Port Carbon, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4262128, place: Port Carbon borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 419 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 24 (5.73%)
Kindergarten: 19 (4.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 197 (47.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 99 (23.63%)
College or graduate school: 80 (19.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,450 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 78 (5.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 160 (11.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 827 (57.03%)
Some college, no degree: 166 (11.45%)
Associate degree: 80 (5.52%)
Bachelor's degree: 88 (6.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 51 (3.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,671 (100%)
Never married: 480 (28.73%)
Now married, except separated: 825 (49.37%)
Separated: 24 (1.44%)
Total Widowed: 210 (12.57%)
Widowed Female: 170 (10.17%)
Total Divorced: 132 (7.9%)
Divorced Female: 66 (3.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (22.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,590 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 252 (15.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 397 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (5.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,095 (100%)
--With a disability: 150 (13.7%)
----Percent employed: 40%
--No disability: 945 (86.3%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
Population 65 years and over: 420 (100%)
--With a disability: 161 (38.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,912 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,369 (71.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 531 (27.77%)
--Same county: 451 (23.59%)
--Different county: 80 (4.18%)
----Same state: 32 (1.67%)
----Different state: 48 (2.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (0.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,023 (100%)
Native: 2,023 (100%)
--Born in United States: 2,023 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,880 (92.93%)
----Different state: 143 (7.07%)
--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: 1,912 (100%)
English only: 1,867 (97.65%)
Language other than English: 45 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.63%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 32 (1.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,023 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,566% (126.84%)
Arab: 8 (0.4%)
Czech: 11 (0.54%)
Danish: 10 (0.49%)
Dutch: 112 (5.54%)
English: 87 (4.3%)
French (except Basque): 39 (1.93%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 650 (32.13%)
Greek: 13 (0.64%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.94%)
Irish: 477 (23.58%)
Italian: 133 (6.57%)
Lithuanian: 186 (9.19%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 223 (11.02%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 12 (0.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.59%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 167 (8.26%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 4 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 119 (5.88%)
United States or American: 100 (4.94%)
Welsh: 88 (4.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 96 (4.75%)

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