Nicholson, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4254400, place: Nicholson borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 145 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (6.9%)
Kindergarten: 7 (4.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 88 (60.69%)
High school (grades 9-12): 30 (20.69%)
College or graduate school: 10 (6.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 472 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15 (3.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 67 (14.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 212 (44.92%)
Some college, no degree: 68 (14.41%)
Associate degree: 26 (5.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 48 (10.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 36 (7.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 539 (100%)
Never married: 102 (18.92%)
Now married, except separated: 337 (62.52%)
Separated: 13 (2.41%)
Total Widowed: 43 (7.98%)
Widowed Female: 43 (7.98%)
Total Divorced: 44 (8.16%)
Divorced Female: 29 (5.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 515 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 88 (17.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 140 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 382 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (16.49%)
----Percent employed: 50.8%
--No disability: 319 (83.51%)
----Percent employed: 70.2%
Population 65 years and over: 114 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (25.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 640 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 395 (61.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 245 (38.28%)
--Same county: 134 (20.94%)
--Different county: 111 (17.34%)
----Same state: 68 (10.63%)
----Different state: 43 (6.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 699 (100%)
Native: 699 (100%)
--Born in United States: 699 (100%)
----State of residence: 566 (80.97%)
----Different state: 133 (19.03%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 640 (100%)
English only: 629 (98.28%)
Language other than English: 11 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 699 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 820% (117.31%)
Arab: 11 (1.57%)
Czech: 4 (0.57%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (2.58%)
English: 132 (18.88%)
French (except Basque): 42 (6.01%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.72%)
German: 174 (24.89%)
Greek: 3 (0.43%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.29%)
Irish: 63 (9.01%)
Italian: 47 (6.72%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.57%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.29%)
Polish: 94 (13.45%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (1.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (0.43%)
Scottish: 31 (4.43%)
Slovak: 17 (2.43%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 9 (1.29%)
Ukrainian: 7 (1%)
United States or American: 26 (3.72%)
Welsh: 73 (10.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 45 (6.44%)

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