New Brighton, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4253288, place: New Brighton borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,647 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 121 (7.35%)
Kindergarten: 101 (6.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 814 (49.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 355 (21.55%)
College or graduate school: 256 (15.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,262 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 253 (5.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 485 (11.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,061 (48.36%)
Some college, no degree: 704 (16.52%)
Associate degree: 338 (7.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 335 (7.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 86 (2.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,209 (100%)
Never married: 1,530 (29.37%)
Now married, except separated: 2,357 (45.25%)
Separated: 149 (2.86%)
Total Widowed: 529 (10.16%)
Widowed Female: 455 (8.73%)
Total Divorced: 644 (12.36%)
Divorced Female: 384 (7.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 126 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 81 (64.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,928 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 777 (15.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,586 (100%)
--With a disability: 142 (8.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,553 (100%)
--With a disability: 833 (23.44%)
----Percent employed: 44.5%
--No disability: 2,720 (76.56%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 960 (100%)
--With a disability: 366 (38.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,191 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,663 (59.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,518 (40.67%)
--Same county: 2,146 (34.66%)
--Different county: 372 (6.01%)
----Same state: 199 (3.21%)
----Different state: 173 (2.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (0.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,641 (100%)
Native: 6,602 (99.41%)
--Born in United States: 6,583 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,751 (86.6%)
----Different state: 832 (12.53%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 39 (0.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (0.41%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 39 (100%)
Europe: 28 (71.79%)
Asia: 6 (15.38%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (12.82%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,191 (100%)
English only: 6,003 (96.96%)
Language other than English: 188 (3.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.61%)
--Spanish: 47 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 117 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,641 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,919% (119.24%)
Arab: 11 (0.17%)
Czech: 37 (0.56%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 94 (1.42%)
English: 626 (9.43%)
French (except Basque): 110 (1.66%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.23%)
German: 1,875 (28.23%)
Greek: 28 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 149 (2.24%)
Irish: 1,105 (16.64%)
Italian: 987 (14.86%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.18%)
Polish: 429 (6.46%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.29%)
Russian: 39 (0.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 367 (5.53%)
Scottish: 84 (1.26%)
Slovak: 112 (1.69%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 57 (0.86%)
Swiss: 8 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 21 (0.32%)
United States or American: 332 (5%)
Welsh: 80 (1.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 1,317 (19.83%)

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