Paradise, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4257840, place: Paradise CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 204 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (1.47%)
Kindergarten: 25 (12.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 101 (49.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 51 (25%)
College or graduate school: 24 (11.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 624 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 23 (3.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 117 (18.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 252 (40.38%)
Some college, no degree: 131 (20.99%)
Associate degree: 21 (3.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 57 (9.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 23 (3.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 732 (100%)
Never married: 148 (20.22%)
Now married, except separated: 448 (61.2%)
Separated: 11 (1.5%)
Total Widowed: 48 (6.56%)
Widowed Female: 48 (6.56%)
Total Divorced: 77 (10.52%)
Divorced Female: 39 (5.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 695 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 113 (16.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 175 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (10.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 551 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (21.23%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
--No disability: 434 (78.77%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 117 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (32.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 864 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 542 (62.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 322 (37.27%)
--Same county: 191 (22.11%)
--Different county: 131 (15.16%)
----Same state: 49 (5.67%)
----Different state: 82 (9.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 940 (100%)
Native: 940 (100%)
--Born in United States: 940 (100%)
----State of residence: 727 (77.34%)
----Different state: 213 (22.66%)
--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: 864 (100%)
English only: 842 (97.45%)
Language other than English: 22 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (2.2%)
--Spanish: 7 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 15 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (1.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 940 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,086% (115.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 13 (1.38%)
English: 102 (10.85%)
French (except Basque): 29 (3.09%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.32%)
German: 413 (43.94%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 105 (11.17%)
Italian: 73 (7.77%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.32%)
Polish: 4 (0.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (3.19%)
Scottish: 6 (0.64%)
Slovak: 8 (0.85%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 23 (2.45%)
Swiss: 54 (5.74%)
Ukrainian: 18 (1.91%)
United States or American: 89 (9.47%)
Welsh: 11 (1.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 95 (10.11%)

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