General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4261000, place: Pittsburgh city, Pennsylvania)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 98,878 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4,824 (4.88%)
Kindergarten: 3,437 (3.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 30,857 (31.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 15,740 (15.92%)
College or graduate school: 44,020 (44.52%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 218,813 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 10,046 (4.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 30,936 (14.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 71,657 (32.75%)
Some college, no degree: 35,497 (16.22%)
Associate degree: 13,410 (6.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 29,936 (13.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 27,331 (12.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.2%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 278,988 (100%)
Never married: 112,443 (40.3%)
Now married, except separated: 106,905 (38.32%)
Separated: 7,488 (2.68%)
Total Widowed: 26,732 (9.58%)
Widowed Female: 21,503 (7.71%)
Total Divorced: 25,420 (9.11%)
Divorced Female: 15,261 (5.47%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5,999 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,699 (44.99%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 267,944 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 33,559 (12.52%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 70,862 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,763 (8.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 185,364 (100%)
--With a disability: 36,758 (19.83%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 148,606 (80.17%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
Population 65 years and over: 52,140 (100%)
--With a disability: 22,956 (44.03%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 316,760 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 179,957 (56.81%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 128,213 (40.48%)
--Same county: 87,137 (27.51%)
--Different county: 41,076 (12.97%)
----Same state: 18,734 (5.91%)
----Different state: 22,342 (7.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8,590 (2.71%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 334,563 (100%)
Native: 315,689 (94.36%)
--Born in United States: 313,567 (100%)
----State of residence: 261,318 (78.11%)
----Different state: 52,249 (15.62%)
--Born outside United States: 2,122 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 18,874 (5.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10,508 (3.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,385 (2.21%)
--Not a citizen: 11,489 (3.43%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 18,874 (100%)
Europe: 7,413 (39.28%)
Asia: 7,938 (42.06%)
Africa: 905 (4.79%)
Oceania: 155 (0.82%)
Latin America: 1,893 (10.03%)
Northern America: 570 (3.02%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 316,760 (100%)
English only: 287,641 (90.81%)
Language other than English: 29,119 (9.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,042 (3.17%)
--Spanish: 6,019 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,863 (0.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14,727 (4.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,626 (1.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6,062 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,005 (0.95%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 334,563 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 371,332% (110.99%)
Arab: 2,374 (0.71%)
Czech: 2,076 (0.62%)
Danish: 208 (0.06%)
Dutch: 1,510 (0.45%)
English: 15,352 (4.59%)
French (except Basque): 4,785 (1.43%)
French Canadian: 627 (0.19%)
German: 65,976 (19.72%)
Greek: 1,833 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 3,961 (1.18%)
Irish: 52,924 (15.82%)
Italian: 39,632 (11.85%)
Lithuanian: 2,413 (0.72%)
Norwegian: 755 (0.23%)
Polish: 28,178 (8.42%)
Portuguese: 162 (0.05%)
Russian: 6,697 (2%)
Scotch-Irish: 4,363 (1.3%)
Scottish: 4,189 (1.25%)
Slovak: 6,566 (1.96%)
Subsaharan African: 4,338 (1.3%)
Swedish: 1,944 (0.58%)
Swiss: 595 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 3,067 (0.92%)
United States or American: 7,398 (2.21%)
Welsh: 2,816 (0.84%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 709 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 105,884 (31.65%)
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