Mount Oliver, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4251744, place: Mount Oliver borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,014 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 70 (6.9%)
Kindergarten: 59 (5.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 457 (45.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 203 (20.02%)
College or graduate school: 225 (22.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,605 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 142 (5.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 507 (19.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,031 (39.58%)
Some college, no degree: 604 (23.19%)
Associate degree: 106 (4.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 129 (4.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 86 (3.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,164 (100%)
Never married: 1,204 (38.05%)
Now married, except separated: 1,195 (37.77%)
Separated: 106 (3.35%)
Total Widowed: 365 (11.54%)
Widowed Female: 325 (10.27%)
Total Divorced: 294 (9.29%)
Divorced Female: 151 (4.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 90 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (24.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,016 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 405 (13.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 920 (100%)
--With a disability: 83 (9.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,271 (100%)
--With a disability: 719 (31.66%)
----Percent employed: 52.3%
--No disability: 1,552 (68.34%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 559 (100%)
--With a disability: 272 (48.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,750 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,196 (58.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,495 (39.87%)
--Same county: 1,354 (36.11%)
--Different county: 141 (3.76%)
----Same state: 34 (0.91%)
----Different state: 107 (2.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 59 (1.57%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,970 (100%)
Native: 3,916 (98.64%)
--Born in United States: 3,898 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,650 (91.94%)
----Different state: 248 (6.25%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 54 (1.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 28 (0.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 19 (0.48%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (0.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 54 (100%)
Europe: 17 (31.48%)
Asia: 30 (55.56%)
Africa: 7 (12.96%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,750 (100%)
English only: 3,598 (95.95%)
Language other than English: 152 (4.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (0.91%)
--Spanish: 53 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 65 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,970 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,793% (120.73%)
Arab: 28 (0.71%)
Czech: 34 (0.86%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 5 (0.13%)
English: 198 (4.99%)
French (except Basque): 28 (0.71%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,180 (29.72%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 55 (1.39%)
Irish: 967 (24.36%)
Italian: 563 (14.18%)
Lithuanian: 58 (1.46%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.15%)
Polish: 582 (14.66%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 62 (1.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (0.93%)
Scottish: 18 (0.45%)
Slovak: 68 (1.71%)
Subsaharan African: 49 (1.23%)
Swedish: 13 (0.33%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 49 (1.23%)
United States or American: 71 (1.79%)
Welsh: 61 (1.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 661 (16.65%)

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