Oxford, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4257480, place: Oxford borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 903 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (2.1%)
Kindergarten: 119 (13.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 456 (50.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 216 (23.92%)
College or graduate school: 93 (10.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,866 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 281 (9.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 529 (18.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,100 (38.38%)
Some college, no degree: 375 (13.08%)
Associate degree: 75 (2.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 365 (12.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 141 (4.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,368 (100%)
Never married: 878 (26.07%)
Now married, except separated: 1,824 (54.16%)
Separated: 105 (3.12%)
Total Widowed: 338 (10.04%)
Widowed Female: 288 (8.55%)
Total Divorced: 223 (6.62%)
Divorced Female: 155 (4.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 87 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 45 (51.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,215 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 367 (11.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 860 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (9.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,220 (100%)
--With a disability: 428 (19.28%)
----Percent employed: 43.9%
--No disability: 1,792 (80.72%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 760 (100%)
--With a disability: 372 (48.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,983 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,172 (54.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,683 (42.25%)
--Same county: 997 (25.03%)
--Different county: 686 (17.22%)
----Same state: 443 (11.12%)
----Different state: 243 (6.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 128 (3.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,315 (100%)
Native: 4,003 (92.77%)
--Born in United States: 3,854 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,838 (65.77%)
----Different state: 1,016 (23.55%)
--Born outside United States: 149 (3.45%)
Foreign born: 312 (7.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 222 (5.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (0.32%)
--Not a citizen: 298 (6.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 312 (100%)
Europe: 42 (13.46%)
Asia: 10 (3.21%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 260 (83.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,983 (100%)
English only: 3,404 (85.46%)
Language other than English: 579 (14.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 323 (8.11%)
--Spanish: 469 (11.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 313 (7.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 110 (2.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,315 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,191% (97.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 9 (0.21%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 8 (0.19%)
English: 498 (11.54%)
French (except Basque): 139 (3.22%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.19%)
German: 797 (18.47%)
Greek: 10 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.39%)
Irish: 681 (15.78%)
Italian: 331 (7.67%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 73 (1.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 75 (1.74%)
Scottish: 66 (1.53%)
Slovak: 17 (0.39%)
Subsaharan African: 50 (1.16%)
Swedish: 55 (1.27%)
Swiss: 38 (0.88%)
Ukrainian: 34 (0.79%)
United States or American: 234 (5.42%)
Welsh: 98 (2.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 947 (21.95%)

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