Nixon, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4254552, place: Nixon CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 377 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 39 (10.34%)
Kindergarten: 26 (6.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 173 (45.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 71 (18.83%)
College or graduate school: 68 (18.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 972 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 20 (2.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 62 (6.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 252 (25.93%)
Some college, no degree: 89 (9.16%)
Associate degree: 92 (9.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 277 (28.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 180 (18.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 47%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,064 (100%)
Never married: 160 (15.04%)
Now married, except separated: 731 (68.7%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 102 (9.59%)
Widowed Female: 86 (8.08%)
Total Divorced: 71 (6.67%)
Divorced Female: 47 (4.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,007 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 156 (15.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 312 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (2.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 774 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (8.53%)
----Percent employed: 42.4%
--No disability: 708 (91.47%)
----Percent employed: 71.3%
Population 65 years and over: 206 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (38.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,292 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 943 (72.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 349 (27.01%)
--Same county: 234 (18.11%)
--Different county: 115 (8.9%)
----Same state: 78 (6.04%)
----Different state: 37 (2.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,402 (100%)
Native: 1,382 (98.57%)
--Born in United States: 1,382 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,233 (87.95%)
----Different state: 149 (10.63%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 20 (1.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (1.43%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 15 (75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (25%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,292 (100%)
English only: 1,217 (94.2%)
Language other than English: 75 (5.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.62%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 47 (3.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 23 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,402 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,724% (122.97%)
Arab: 5 (0.36%)
Czech: 28 (2%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (0.43%)
English: 169 (12.05%)
French (except Basque): 45 (3.21%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 496 (35.38%)
Greek: 7 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 21 (1.5%)
Irish: 233 (16.62%)
Italian: 106 (7.56%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.78%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.64%)
Polish: 110 (7.85%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 16 (1.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 47 (3.35%)
Scottish: 58 (4.14%)
Slovak: 51 (3.64%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 18 (1.28%)
Swiss: 12 (0.86%)
Ukrainian: 21 (1.5%)
United States or American: 25 (1.78%)
Welsh: 18 (1.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 212 (15.12%)

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