Scranton, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4269000, place: Scranton city, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 20,110 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,216 (6.05%)
Kindergarten: 927 (4.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,597 (37.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,900 (19.39%)
College or graduate school: 6,470 (32.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 51,268 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,090 (6.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,099 (15.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 21,365 (41.67%)
Some college, no degree: 7,886 (15.38%)
Associate degree: 2,819 (5.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,989 (9.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,020 (5.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 63,388 (100%)
Never married: 20,171 (31.82%)
Now married, except separated: 28,596 (45.11%)
Separated: 1,543 (2.43%)
Total Widowed: 7,457 (11.76%)
Widowed Female: 6,037 (9.52%)
Total Divorced: 5,621 (8.87%)
Divorced Female: 3,342 (5.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 986 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 381 (38.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 60,543 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,225 (13.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 16,619 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,614 (9.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 39,770 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,177 (23.08%)
----Percent employed: 49.5%
--No disability: 30,593 (76.92%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 14,655 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,734 (45.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 72,558 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 46,609 (64.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 25,090 (34.58%)
--Same county: 17,458 (24.06%)
--Different county: 7,632 (10.52%)
----Same state: 3,623 (4.99%)
----Different state: 4,009 (5.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 859 (1.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 76,415 (100%)
Native: 74,040 (96.89%)
--Born in United States: 73,379 (100%)
----State of residence: 63,386 (82.95%)
----Different state: 9,993 (13.08%)
--Born outside United States: 661 (0.87%)
Foreign born: 2,375 (3.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,159 (1.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,207 (1.58%)
--Not a citizen: 1,168 (1.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,375 (100%)
Europe: 983 (41.39%)
Asia: 744 (31.33%)
Africa: 108 (4.55%)
Oceania: 7 (0.29%)
Latin America: 520 (21.89%)
Northern America: 13 (0.55%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 72,558 (100%)
English only: 67,497 (93.02%)
Language other than English: 5,061 (6.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,819 (2.51%)
--Spanish: 1,862 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 594 (0.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,520 (3.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 912 (1.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 376 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 235 (0.32%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 76,415 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 91,930% (120.3%)
Arab: 740 (0.97%)
Czech: 219 (0.29%)
Danish: 47 (0.06%)
Dutch: 703 (0.92%)
English: 4,432 (5.8%)
French (except Basque): 853 (1.12%)
French Canadian: 113 (0.15%)
German: 11,979 (15.68%)
Greek: 213 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 549 (0.72%)
Irish: 23,187 (30.34%)
Italian: 14,833 (19.41%)
Lithuanian: 1,880 (2.46%)
Norwegian: 113 (0.15%)
Polish: 11,311 (14.8%)
Portuguese: 60 (0.08%)
Russian: 2,325 (3.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 558 (0.73%)
Scottish: 679 (0.89%)
Slovak: 1,458 (1.91%)
Subsaharan African: 214 (0.28%)
Swedish: 332 (0.43%)
Swiss: 158 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 1,373 (1.8%)
United States or American: 2,114 (2.77%)
Welsh: 5,300 (6.94%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 67 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 6,120 (8.01%)

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