Plum, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4261536, place: Plum borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,877 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 531 (7.72%)
Kindergarten: 429 (6.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,171 (46.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,390 (20.21%)
College or graduate school: 1,356 (19.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,555 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 563 (3.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,206 (6.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,581 (35.47%)
Some college, no degree: 3,354 (18.08%)
Associate degree: 1,664 (8.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,534 (19.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,653 (8.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,345 (100%)
Never married: 4,929 (23.09%)
Now married, except separated: 13,464 (63.08%)
Separated: 284 (1.33%)
Total Widowed: 1,337 (6.26%)
Widowed Female: 1,082 (5.07%)
Total Divorced: 1,331 (6.24%)
Divorced Female: 742 (3.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 298 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 138 (46.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,188 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,888 (14.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,795 (100%)
--With a disability: 240 (4.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,839 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,902 (12.01%)
----Percent employed: 55.6%
--No disability: 13,937 (87.99%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,516 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,377 (39.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,206 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,006 (67.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,916 (31.41%)
--Same county: 5,354 (21.24%)
--Different county: 2,562 (10.16%)
----Same state: 1,572 (6.24%)
----Different state: 990 (3.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 284 (1.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,940 (100%)
Native: 26,311 (97.67%)
--Born in United States: 26,229 (100%)
----State of residence: 22,988 (85.33%)
----Different state: 3,241 (12.03%)
--Born outside United States: 82 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 629 (2.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 301 (1.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 371 (1.38%)
--Not a citizen: 258 (0.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 629 (100%)
Europe: 357 (56.76%)
Asia: 172 (27.34%)
Africa: 22 (3.5%)
Oceania: 11 (1.75%)
Latin America: 67 (10.65%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,206 (100%)
English only: 24,332 (96.53%)
Language other than English: 874 (3.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 250 (0.99%)
--Spanish: 171 (0.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 525 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 88 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,940 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 34,957% (129.76%)
Arab: 116 (0.43%)
Czech: 301 (1.12%)
Danish: 50 (0.19%)
Dutch: 183 (0.68%)
English: 2,741 (10.17%)
French (except Basque): 521 (1.93%)
French Canadian: 42 (0.16%)
German: 7,690 (28.54%)
Greek: 126 (0.47%)
Hungarian: 597 (2.22%)
Irish: 5,764 (21.4%)
Italian: 6,311 (23.43%)
Lithuanian: 83 (0.31%)
Norwegian: 46 (0.17%)
Polish: 2,640 (9.8%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.07%)
Russian: 426 (1.58%)
Scotch-Irish: 811 (3.01%)
Scottish: 676 (2.51%)
Slovak: 1,294 (4.8%)
Subsaharan African: 76 (0.28%)
Swedish: 213 (0.79%)
Swiss: 31 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 226 (0.84%)
United States or American: 850 (3.16%)
Welsh: 263 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 51 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 2,811 (10.43%)

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