Shaler Township, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4269596, place: Shaler Township CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,621 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 542 (8.19%)
Kindergarten: 389 (5.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,056 (46.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,536 (23.2%)
College or graduate school: 1,098 (16.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 21,591 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 693 (3.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,580 (7.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,534 (39.53%)
Some college, no degree: 3,588 (16.62%)
Associate degree: 1,651 (7.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,769 (17.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,776 (8.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 24,304 (100%)
Never married: 5,229 (21.51%)
Now married, except separated: 15,237 (62.69%)
Separated: 235 (0.97%)
Total Widowed: 2,015 (8.29%)
Widowed Female: 1,567 (6.45%)
Total Divorced: 1,588 (6.53%)
Divorced Female: 965 (3.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 429 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 190 (44.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 23,160 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,726 (16.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,761 (100%)
--With a disability: 278 (4.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,950 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,823 (10.76%)
----Percent employed: 62.8%
--No disability: 15,127 (89.24%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 5,503 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,703 (30.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,233 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 20,502 (72.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,616 (26.98%)
--Same county: 6,206 (21.98%)
--Different county: 1,410 (4.99%)
----Same state: 674 (2.39%)
----Different state: 736 (2.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 115 (0.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 29,757 (100%)
Native: 29,007 (97.48%)
--Born in United States: 28,827 (100%)
----State of residence: 26,231 (88.15%)
----Different state: 2,596 (8.72%)
--Born outside United States: 180 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 750 (2.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 182 (0.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 481 (1.62%)
--Not a citizen: 269 (0.9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 750 (100%)
Europe: 336 (44.8%)
Asia: 237 (31.6%)
Africa: 15 (2%)
Oceania: 8 (1.07%)
Latin America: 103 (13.73%)
Northern America: 51 (6.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,233 (100%)
English only: 26,635 (94.34%)
Language other than English: 1,598 (5.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 392 (1.39%)
--Spanish: 408 (1.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 97 (0.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 954 (3.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 235 (0.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 178 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 54 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 29,757 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 38,420% (129.11%)
Arab: 83 (0.28%)
Czech: 324 (1.09%)
Danish: 5 (0.02%)
Dutch: 157 (0.53%)
English: 1,798 (6.04%)
French (except Basque): 417 (1.4%)
French Canadian: 40 (0.13%)
German: 11,348 (38.14%)
Greek: 191 (0.64%)
Hungarian: 274 (0.92%)
Irish: 6,937 (23.31%)
Italian: 5,169 (17.37%)
Lithuanian: 190 (0.64%)
Norwegian: 28 (0.09%)
Polish: 4,059 (13.64%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.03%)
Russian: 251 (0.84%)
Scotch-Irish: 612 (2.06%)
Scottish: 320 (1.08%)
Slovak: 711 (2.39%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.05%)
Swedish: 211 (0.71%)
Swiss: 147 (0.49%)
Ukrainian: 288 (0.97%)
United States or American: 918 (3.08%)
Welsh: 294 (0.99%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 3,618 (12.16%)

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