Portland, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4262264, place: Portland borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 128 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (3.13%)
Kindergarten: 14 (10.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 77 (60.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 18 (14.06%)
College or graduate school: 15 (11.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 401 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 22 (5.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 42 (10.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 200 (49.88%)
Some college, no degree: 63 (15.71%)
Associate degree: 20 (4.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 39 (9.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15 (3.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 440 (100%)
Never married: 93 (21.14%)
Now married, except separated: 243 (55.23%)
Separated: 12 (2.73%)
Total Widowed: 38 (8.64%)
Widowed Female: 29 (6.59%)
Total Divorced: 54 (12.27%)
Divorced Female: 30 (6.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 432 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 94 (21.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 115 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 325 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (29.23%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
--No disability: 230 (70.77%)
----Percent employed: 70.9%
Population 65 years and over: 96 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (53.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 536 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 338 (63.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 172 (32.09%)
--Same county: 54 (10.07%)
--Different county: 118 (22.01%)
----Same state: 50 (9.33%)
----Different state: 68 (12.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (4.85%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 572 (100%)
Native: 531 (92.83%)
--Born in United States: 531 (100%)
----State of residence: 307 (53.67%)
----Different state: 224 (39.16%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 41 (7.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 29 (5.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (1.4%)
--Not a citizen: 33 (5.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 35 (85.37%)
Asia: 2 (4.88%)
Africa: 2 (4.88%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (4.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 536 (100%)
English only: 497 (92.72%)
Language other than English: 39 (7.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (5.6%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 31 (5.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (5.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 572 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 600% (104.9%)
Arab: 14 (2.45%)
Czech: 4 (0.7%)
Danish: 27 (4.72%)
Dutch: 26 (4.55%)
English: 83 (14.51%)
French (except Basque): 16 (2.8%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.7%)
German: 131 (22.9%)
Greek: 1 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 6 (1.05%)
Irish: 64 (11.19%)
Italian: 63 (11.01%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.35%)
Polish: 35 (6.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (1.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.35%)
Scottish: 10 (1.75%)
Slovak: 6 (1.05%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.35%)
Swedish: 2 (0.35%)
Swiss: 2 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 8 (1.4%)
United States or American: 17 (2.97%)
Welsh: 3 (0.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 66 (11.54%)

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