Sharon Hill, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4269752, place: Sharon Hill borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,549 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 67 (4.33%)
Kindergarten: 127 (8.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 719 (46.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 388 (25.05%)
College or graduate school: 248 (16.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,458 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 60 (1.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 515 (14.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,353 (39.13%)
Some college, no degree: 704 (20.36%)
Associate degree: 257 (7.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 417 (12.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 152 (4.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,163 (100%)
Never married: 1,400 (33.63%)
Now married, except separated: 1,859 (44.66%)
Separated: 78 (1.87%)
Total Widowed: 421 (10.11%)
Widowed Female: 343 (8.24%)
Total Divorced: 405 (9.73%)
Divorced Female: 263 (6.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 98 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (44.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,912 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 573 (14.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,384 (100%)
--With a disability: 137 (9.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,003 (100%)
--With a disability: 716 (23.84%)
----Percent employed: 65.4%
--No disability: 2,287 (76.16%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 697 (100%)
--With a disability: 317 (45.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,103 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,291 (64.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,723 (33.76%)
--Same county: 1,008 (19.75%)
--Different county: 715 (14.01%)
----Same state: 413 (8.09%)
----Different state: 302 (5.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 89 (1.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,468 (100%)
Native: 5,224 (95.54%)
--Born in United States: 5,205 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,454 (81.46%)
----Different state: 751 (13.73%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 244 (4.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 103 (1.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 133 (2.43%)
--Not a citizen: 111 (2.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 244 (100%)
Europe: 50 (20.49%)
Asia: 36 (14.75%)
Africa: 45 (18.44%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 105 (43.03%)
Northern America: 8 (3.28%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,103 (100%)
English only: 4,728 (92.65%)
Language other than English: 375 (7.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 158 (3.1%)
--Spanish: 34 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 295 (5.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 102 (2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,468 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,304% (115.29%)
Arab: 21 (0.38%)
Czech: 15 (0.27%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 93 (1.7%)
English: 479 (8.76%)
French (except Basque): 110 (2.01%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.35%)
German: 824 (15.07%)
Greek: 15 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.16%)
Irish: 1,618 (29.59%)
Italian: 679 (12.42%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.09%)
Polish: 272 (4.97%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.24%)
Russian: 7 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 160 (2.93%)
Scottish: 112 (2.05%)
Slovak: 39 (0.71%)
Subsaharan African: 90 (1.65%)
Swedish: 27 (0.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 50 (0.91%)
United States or American: 102 (1.87%)
Welsh: 19 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 141 (2.58%)
Other ancestries: 1,379 (25.22%)

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