Ross Township, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4266356, place: Ross Township CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,842 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 491 (7.18%)
Kindergarten: 330 (4.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,940 (42.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,430 (20.9%)
College or graduate school: 1,651 (24.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,330 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 621 (2.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,902 (7.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,673 (31.54%)
Some college, no degree: 4,134 (16.99%)
Associate degree: 1,944 (7.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,154 (21.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,902 (11.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 27,370 (100%)
Never married: 6,402 (23.39%)
Now married, except separated: 15,738 (57.5%)
Separated: 319 (1.17%)
Total Widowed: 2,703 (9.88%)
Widowed Female: 2,191 (8.01%)
Total Divorced: 2,208 (8.07%)
Divorced Female: 1,480 (5.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 156 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (28.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 26,230 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,797 (14.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,565 (100%)
--With a disability: 315 (5.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,441 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,069 (11.22%)
----Percent employed: 68.9%
--No disability: 16,372 (88.78%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 6,294 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,155 (34.24%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 30,998 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 21,067 (67.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,647 (31.12%)
--Same county: 7,254 (23.4%)
--Different county: 2,393 (7.72%)
----Same state: 1,128 (3.64%)
----Different state: 1,265 (4.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 284 (0.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 32,581 (100%)
Native: 31,377 (96.3%)
--Born in United States: 31,237 (100%)
----State of residence: 27,160 (83.36%)
----Different state: 4,077 (12.51%)
--Born outside United States: 140 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 1,204 (3.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 513 (1.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 709 (2.18%)
--Not a citizen: 495 (1.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,204 (100%)
Europe: 463 (38.46%)
Asia: 501 (41.61%)
Africa: 59 (4.9%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 103 (8.55%)
Northern America: 78 (6.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 30,998 (100%)
English only: 29,004 (93.57%)
Language other than English: 1,994 (6.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 782 (2.52%)
--Spanish: 326 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (0.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,264 (4.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 454 (1.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 324 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 143 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 32,581 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 40,637% (124.73%)
Arab: 146 (0.45%)
Czech: 448 (1.38%)
Danish: 119 (0.37%)
Dutch: 182 (0.56%)
English: 2,285 (7.01%)
French (except Basque): 707 (2.17%)
French Canadian: 73 (0.22%)
German: 12,589 (38.64%)
Greek: 316 (0.97%)
Hungarian: 377 (1.16%)
Irish: 7,149 (21.94%)
Italian: 4,411 (13.54%)
Lithuanian: 245 (0.75%)
Norwegian: 87 (0.27%)
Polish: 2,776 (8.52%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.02%)
Russian: 373 (1.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 786 (2.41%)
Scottish: 647 (1.99%)
Slovak: 1,199 (3.68%)
Subsaharan African: 96 (0.29%)
Swedish: 298 (0.91%)
Swiss: 226 (0.69%)
Ukrainian: 416 (1.28%)
United States or American: 1,044 (3.2%)
Welsh: 304 (0.93%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 3,322 (10.2%)

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