Ridley Park, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4264832, place: Ridley Park borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,807 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 133 (7.36%)
Kindergarten: 100 (5.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 734 (40.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 397 (21.97%)
College or graduate school: 443 (24.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,136 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 116 (2.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 406 (7.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,092 (40.73%)
Some college, no degree: 842 (16.39%)
Associate degree: 422 (8.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 789 (15.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 469 (9.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,936 (100%)
Never married: 1,678 (28.27%)
Now married, except separated: 3,094 (52.12%)
Separated: 153 (2.58%)
Total Widowed: 618 (10.41%)
Widowed Female: 469 (7.9%)
Total Divorced: 393 (6.62%)
Divorced Female: 194 (3.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 95 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (41.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,647 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 853 (15.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,490 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (4.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,969 (100%)
--With a disability: 598 (15.07%)
----Percent employed: 71.1%
--No disability: 3,371 (84.93%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 1,321 (100%)
--With a disability: 494 (37.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,843 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,463 (65.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,334 (34.11%)
--Same county: 1,710 (24.99%)
--Different county: 624 (9.12%)
----Same state: 322 (4.71%)
----Different state: 302 (4.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 46 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,196 (100%)
Native: 6,979 (96.98%)
--Born in United States: 6,952 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,281 (87.28%)
----Different state: 671 (9.32%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 217 (3.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 65 (0.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 122 (1.7%)
--Not a citizen: 95 (1.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 217 (100%)
Europe: 123 (56.68%)
Asia: 73 (33.64%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (9.68%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,843 (100%)
English only: 6,456 (94.34%)
Language other than English: 387 (5.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (1.39%)
--Spanish: 96 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 234 (3.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (0.94%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 57 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,196 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,247% (128.5%)
Arab: 52 (0.72%)
Czech: 22 (0.31%)
Danish: 13 (0.18%)
Dutch: 72 (1%)
English: 844 (11.73%)
French (except Basque): 64 (0.89%)
French Canadian: 71 (0.99%)
German: 1,569 (21.8%)
Greek: 70 (0.97%)
Hungarian: 77 (1.07%)
Irish: 2,655 (36.9%)
Italian: 1,783 (24.78%)
Lithuanian: 72 (1%)
Norwegian: 44 (0.61%)
Polish: 397 (5.52%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.14%)
Russian: 59 (0.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 163 (2.27%)
Scottish: 128 (1.78%)
Slovak: 41 (0.57%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 55 (0.76%)
Swiss: 19 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 125 (1.74%)
United States or American: 289 (4.02%)
Welsh: 79 (1.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 468 (6.5%)

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