Parkesburg, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4258032, place: Parkesburg borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 848 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 48 (5.66%)
Kindergarten: 49 (5.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 493 (58.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 168 (19.81%)
College or graduate school: 90 (10.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,118 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 102 (4.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 278 (13.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,076 (50.8%)
Some college, no degree: 215 (10.15%)
Associate degree: 64 (3.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 257 (12.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 126 (5.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,509 (100%)
Never married: 582 (23.2%)
Now married, except separated: 1,393 (55.52%)
Separated: 95 (3.79%)
Total Widowed: 220 (8.77%)
Widowed Female: 168 (6.7%)
Total Divorced: 219 (8.73%)
Divorced Female: 134 (5.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 81 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 47 (58.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,368 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 311 (13.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 852 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (8.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,780 (100%)
--With a disability: 271 (15.22%)
----Percent employed: 57.2%
--No disability: 1,509 (84.78%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 466 (100%)
--With a disability: 216 (46.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,104 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,892 (60.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,199 (38.63%)
--Same county: 951 (30.64%)
--Different county: 248 (7.99%)
----Same state: 204 (6.57%)
----Different state: 44 (1.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,373 (100%)
Native: 3,312 (98.19%)
--Born in United States: 3,288 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,808 (83.25%)
----Different state: 480 (14.23%)
--Born outside United States: 24 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 61 (1.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (1.16%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (0.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 61 (100%)
Europe: 29 (47.54%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (44.26%)
Northern America: 5 (8.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,104 (100%)
English only: 2,958 (95.3%)
Language other than English: 146 (4.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (2.48%)
--Spanish: 100 (3.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (1.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 46 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (1.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,373 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,841% (113.87%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.15%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 136 (4.03%)
English: 342 (10.14%)
French (except Basque): 52 (1.54%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.5%)
German: 863 (25.59%)
Greek: 9 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.33%)
Irish: 839 (24.87%)
Italian: 306 (9.07%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 49 (1.45%)
Polish: 202 (5.99%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 104 (3.08%)
Scottish: 74 (2.19%)
Slovak: 11 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.21%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 27 (0.8%)
United States or American: 302 (8.95%)
Welsh: 55 (1.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.44%)
Other ancestries: 405 (12.01%)

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