General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4258036, place: Park Forest Village CDP, Pennsylvania)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,630 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 182 (5.01%)
Kindergarten: 109 (3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 897 (24.71%)
High school (grades 9-12): 553 (15.23%)
College or graduate school: 1,889 (52.04%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 5,062 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 60 (1.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 199 (3.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 632 (12.49%)
Some college, no degree: 601 (11.87%)
Associate degree: 230 (4.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,425 (28.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,915 (37.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 66%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 7,205 (100%)
Never married: 2,730 (37.89%)
Now married, except separated: 3,838 (53.27%)
Separated: 29 (0.4%)
Total Widowed: 227 (3.15%)
Widowed Female: 149 (2.07%)
Total Divorced: 381 (5.29%)
Divorced Female: 287 (3.98%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 54 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 34 (62.96%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 6,760 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 576 (8.52%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,914 (100%)
--With a disability: 99 (5.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,720 (100%)
--With a disability: 405 (7.08%)
----Percent employed: 60.7%
--No disability: 5,315 (92.92%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 658 (100%)
--With a disability: 102 (15.5%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 8,302 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,677 (44.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,953 (47.62%)
--Same county: 1,321 (15.91%)
--Different county: 2,632 (31.7%)
----Same state: 1,561 (18.8%)
----Different state: 1,071 (12.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 672 (8.09%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 8,708 (100%)
Native: 7,693 (88.34%)
--Born in United States: 7,554 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,761 (54.67%)
----Different state: 2,793 (32.07%)
--Born outside United States: 139 (1.6%)
Foreign born: 1,015 (11.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 702 (8.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 203 (2.33%)
--Not a citizen: 812 (9.32%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 1,015 (100%)
Europe: 151 (14.88%)
Asia: 727 (71.63%)
Africa: 33 (3.25%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 57 (5.62%)
Northern America: 47 (4.63%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 8,302 (100%)
English only: 7,243 (87.24%)
Language other than English: 1,059 (12.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 418 (5.03%)
--Spanish: 68 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 384 (4.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 104 (1.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 525 (6.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 275 (3.31%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 8,708 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,276% (118.01%)
Arab: 38 (0.44%)
Czech: 75 (0.86%)
Danish: 24 (0.28%)
Dutch: 232 (2.66%)
English: 933 (10.71%)
French (except Basque): 167 (1.92%)
French Canadian: 68 (0.78%)
German: 2,185 (25.09%)
Greek: 56 (0.64%)
Hungarian: 107 (1.23%)
Irish: 1,161 (13.33%)
Italian: 820 (9.42%)
Lithuanian: 44 (0.51%)
Norwegian: 121 (1.39%)
Polish: 532 (6.11%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.11%)
Russian: 172 (1.98%)
Scotch-Irish: 123 (1.41%)
Scottish: 238 (2.73%)
Slovak: 129 (1.48%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.34%)
Swedish: 177 (2.03%)
Swiss: 8 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 46 (0.53%)
United States or American: 463 (5.32%)
Welsh: 242 (2.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,075 (23.83%)
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