Pottstown, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4262416, place: Pottstown borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,115 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 476 (9.31%)
Kindergarten: 404 (7.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,386 (46.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,027 (20.08%)
College or graduate school: 822 (16.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,634 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 709 (4.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,651 (18.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,651 (45.45%)
Some college, no degree: 2,107 (14.4%)
Associate degree: 699 (4.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,291 (8.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 526 (3.59%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,112 (100%)
Never married: 4,918 (28.74%)
Now married, except separated: 8,183 (47.82%)
Separated: 483 (2.82%)
Total Widowed: 1,509 (8.82%)
Widowed Female: 1,273 (7.44%)
Total Divorced: 2,019 (11.8%)
Divorced Female: 1,155 (6.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 427 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 229 (53.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,291 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,330 (14.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,574 (100%)
--With a disability: 468 (10.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,060 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,576 (21.36%)
----Percent employed: 58.5%
--No disability: 9,484 (78.64%)
----Percent employed: 82.3%
Population 65 years and over: 3,355 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,337 (39.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,180 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,053 (59.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,799 (38.65%)
--Same county: 5,288 (26.2%)
--Different county: 2,511 (12.44%)
----Same state: 1,888 (9.36%)
----Different state: 623 (3.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 328 (1.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,771 (100%)
Native: 21,287 (97.78%)
--Born in United States: 20,942 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,161 (83.42%)
----Different state: 2,781 (12.77%)
--Born outside United States: 345 (1.58%)
Foreign born: 484 (2.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 169 (0.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 232 (1.07%)
--Not a citizen: 252 (1.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 484 (100%)
Europe: 178 (36.78%)
Asia: 88 (18.18%)
Africa: 17 (3.51%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 172 (35.54%)
Northern America: 29 (5.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,180 (100%)
English only: 19,135 (94.82%)
Language other than English: 1,045 (5.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 457 (2.26%)
--Spanish: 549 (2.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 258 (1.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 323 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 99 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 104 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,771 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 24,059% (110.51%)
Arab: 17 (0.08%)
Czech: 88 (0.4%)
Danish: 28 (0.13%)
Dutch: 1,082 (4.97%)
English: 1,310 (6.02%)
French (except Basque): 337 (1.55%)
French Canadian: 40 (0.18%)
German: 5,505 (25.29%)
Greek: 116 (0.53%)
Hungarian: 413 (1.9%)
Irish: 2,963 (13.61%)
Italian: 2,143 (9.84%)
Lithuanian: 98 (0.45%)
Norwegian: 60 (0.28%)
Polish: 1,372 (6.3%)
Portuguese: 21 (0.1%)
Russian: 101 (0.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 182 (0.84%)
Scottish: 167 (0.77%)
Slovak: 431 (1.98%)
Subsaharan African: 127 (0.58%)
Swedish: 222 (1.02%)
Swiss: 82 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 367 (1.69%)
United States or American: 1,030 (4.73%)
Welsh: 304 (1.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 48 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 5,405 (24.83%)

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