New Britain, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4253296, place: New Britain borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,382 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (3.55%)
Kindergarten: 55 (3.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 268 (19.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 134 (9.7%)
College or graduate school: 876 (63.39%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,640 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 32 (1.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 116 (7.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 464 (28.29%)
Some college, no degree: 331 (20.18%)
Associate degree: 128 (7.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 407 (24.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 162 (9.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,646 (100%)
Never married: 1,067 (40.33%)
Now married, except separated: 1,304 (49.28%)
Separated: 23 (0.87%)
Total Widowed: 119 (4.5%)
Widowed Female: 95 (3.59%)
Total Divorced: 133 (5.03%)
Divorced Female: 89 (3.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (44.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,536 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 204 (8.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,074 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (5.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,625 (100%)
--With a disability: 212 (13.05%)
----Percent employed: 64.6%
--No disability: 1,413 (86.95%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 279 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (36.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,985 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,652 (55.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,311 (43.92%)
--Same county: 473 (15.85%)
--Different county: 838 (28.07%)
----Same state: 490 (16.42%)
----Different state: 348 (11.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 22 (0.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,125 (100%)
Native: 2,990 (95.68%)
--Born in United States: 2,987 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,183 (69.86%)
----Different state: 804 (25.73%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.1%)
Foreign born: 135 (4.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (0.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 90 (2.88%)
--Not a citizen: 45 (1.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 135 (100%)
Europe: 71 (52.59%)
Asia: 49 (36.3%)
Africa: 5 (3.7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (7.41%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,985 (100%)
English only: 2,769 (92.76%)
Language other than English: 216 (7.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (2.28%)
--Spanish: 63 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 93 (3.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.77%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.77%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,125 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,777% (120.86%)
Arab: 20 (0.64%)
Czech: 6 (0.19%)
Danish: 4 (0.13%)
Dutch: 51 (1.63%)
English: 406 (12.99%)
French (except Basque): 94 (3.01%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.54%)
German: 906 (28.99%)
Greek: 6 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 56 (1.79%)
Irish: 819 (26.21%)
Italian: 408 (13.06%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.54%)
Norwegian: 25 (0.8%)
Polish: 161 (5.15%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 41 (1.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 99 (3.17%)
Scottish: 68 (2.18%)
Slovak: 5 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 32 (1.02%)
Swiss: 19 (0.61%)
Ukrainian: 31 (0.99%)
United States or American: 98 (3.14%)
Welsh: 74 (2.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 314 (10.05%)

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