New Kensington, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4253736, place: New Kensington city, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,320 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 259 (7.8%)
Kindergarten: 211 (6.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,591 (47.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 789 (23.77%)
College or graduate school: 470 (14.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,470 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 467 (4.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,325 (12.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,337 (41.42%)
Some college, no degree: 1,784 (17.04%)
Associate degree: 897 (8.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,119 (10.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 541 (5.17%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,946 (100%)
Never married: 3,151 (26.38%)
Now married, except separated: 5,863 (49.08%)
Separated: 271 (2.27%)
Total Widowed: 1,373 (11.49%)
Widowed Female: 1,145 (9.58%)
Total Divorced: 1,288 (10.78%)
Divorced Female: 749 (6.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 266 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 124 (46.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,381 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,945 (17.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,977 (100%)
--With a disability: 303 (10.18%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,793 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,728 (22.17%)
----Percent employed: 48.9%
--No disability: 6,065 (77.83%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
Population 65 years and over: 3,124 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,364 (43.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,948 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,251 (66.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,651 (33.35%)
--Same county: 3,108 (22.28%)
--Different county: 1,543 (11.06%)
----Same state: 1,241 (8.9%)
----Different state: 302 (2.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 46 (0.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 14,728 (100%)
Native: 14,443 (98.06%)
--Born in United States: 14,406 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,315 (90.41%)
----Different state: 1,091 (7.41%)
--Born outside United States: 37 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 285 (1.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 47 (0.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 204 (1.39%)
--Not a citizen: 81 (0.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 285 (100%)
Europe: 196 (68.77%)
Asia: 46 (16.14%)
Africa: 15 (5.26%)
Oceania: 4 (1.4%)
Latin America: 19 (6.67%)
Northern America: 5 (1.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,948 (100%)
English only: 13,137 (94.19%)
Language other than English: 811 (5.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 276 (1.98%)
--Spanish: 117 (0.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 79 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 595 (4.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 169 (1.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 25 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 14,728 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,992% (122.16%)
Arab: 331 (2.25%)
Czech: 200 (1.36%)
Danish: 12 (0.08%)
Dutch: 175 (1.19%)
English: 1,113 (7.56%)
French (except Basque): 178 (1.21%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.08%)
German: 3,377 (22.93%)
Greek: 151 (1.03%)
Hungarian: 178 (1.21%)
Irish: 2,074 (14.08%)
Italian: 2,850 (19.35%)
Lithuanian: 96 (0.65%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.09%)
Polish: 2,141 (14.54%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 155 (1.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 492 (3.34%)
Scottish: 346 (2.35%)
Slovak: 781 (5.3%)
Subsaharan African: 79 (0.54%)
Swedish: 133 (0.9%)
Swiss: 16 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 201 (1.36%)
United States or American: 302 (2.05%)
Welsh: 131 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,455 (16.67%)

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