Schuylkill Haven, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4268312, place: Schuylkill Haven borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,230 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (4.23%)
Kindergarten: 98 (7.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 597 (48.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 244 (19.84%)
College or graduate school: 239 (19.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,878 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 145 (3.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 484 (12.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,833 (47.27%)
Some college, no degree: 617 (15.91%)
Associate degree: 256 (6.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 328 (8.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 215 (5.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,492 (100%)
Never married: 1,126 (25.07%)
Now married, except separated: 2,385 (53.09%)
Separated: 111 (2.47%)
Total Widowed: 402 (8.95%)
Widowed Female: 347 (7.72%)
Total Divorced: 468 (10.42%)
Divorced Female: 259 (5.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 79 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (37.97%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,253 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 679 (15.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,135 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (5.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,014 (100%)
--With a disability: 495 (16.42%)
----Percent employed: 54.5%
--No disability: 2,519 (83.58%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,057 (100%)
--With a disability: 414 (39.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,206 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,391 (65.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,800 (34.58%)
--Same county: 1,281 (24.61%)
--Different county: 519 (9.97%)
----Same state: 248 (4.76%)
----Different state: 271 (5.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,548 (100%)
Native: 5,455 (98.32%)
--Born in United States: 5,438 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,900 (88.32%)
----Different state: 538 (9.7%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 93 (1.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 37 (0.67%)
--Not a citizen: 56 (1.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 93 (100%)
Europe: 61 (65.59%)
Asia: 22 (23.66%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 10 (10.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,206 (100%)
English only: 5,017 (96.37%)
Language other than English: 189 (3.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (1.42%)
--Spanish: 59 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.79%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 115 (2.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,548 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,551% (118.08%)
Arab: 35 (0.63%)
Czech: 66 (1.19%)
Danish: 13 (0.23%)
Dutch: 293 (5.28%)
English: 216 (3.89%)
French (except Basque): 54 (0.97%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.13%)
German: 2,519 (45.4%)
Greek: 14 (0.25%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.31%)
Irish: 845 (15.23%)
Italian: 462 (8.33%)
Lithuanian: 130 (2.34%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.29%)
Polish: 254 (4.58%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 55 (0.99%)
Scotch-Irish: 35 (0.63%)
Scottish: 77 (1.39%)
Slovak: 130 (2.34%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 56 (1.01%)
Swiss: 17 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 150 (2.7%)
United States or American: 171 (3.08%)
Welsh: 235 (4.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 684 (12.33%)

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