U.S. Beacon April 24, 2024

Sharpsville, PA

Mercer County, Pennsylvania

Latitude: 41.259005     Longitude: -80.481791
Population 4,281 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4269800, place: Sharpsville borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 997 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 81 (8.12%)
Kindergarten: 81 (8.12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 438 (43.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 211 (21.16%)
College or graduate school: 186 (18.66%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,222 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 136 (4.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 394 (12.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,364 (42.33%)
Some college, no degree: 556 (17.26%)
Associate degree: 235 (7.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 386 (11.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 151 (4.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,673 (100%)
Never married: 757 (20.61%)
Now married, except separated: 1,947 (53.01%)
Separated: 85 (2.31%)
Total Widowed: 362 (9.86%)
Widowed Female: 286 (7.79%)
Total Divorced: 522 (14.21%)
Divorced Female: 330 (8.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 49 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (12.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,493 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 587 (16.81%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 891 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (3.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,445 (100%)
--With a disability: 359 (14.68%)
----Percent employed: 49.9%
--No disability: 2,086 (85.32%)
----Percent employed: 75.9%
Population 65 years and over: 920 (100%)
--With a disability: 358 (38.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,256 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,982 (70.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,263 (29.68%)
--Same county: 982 (23.07%)
--Different county: 281 (6.6%)
----Same state: 99 (2.33%)
----Different state: 182 (4.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,528 (100%)
Native: 4,453 (98.34%)
--Born in United States: 4,428 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,810 (84.14%)
----Different state: 618 (13.65%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 75 (1.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (1.15%)
--Not a citizen: 23 (0.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 75 (100%)
Europe: 45 (60%)
Asia: 16 (21.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (10.67%)
Northern America: 6 (8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,256 (100%)
English only: 4,036 (94.83%)
Language other than English: 220 (5.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (1.67%)
--Spanish: 35 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 144 (3.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (1.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,528 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,613% (123.96%)
Arab: 12 (0.27%)
Czech: 34 (0.75%)
Danish: 5 (0.11%)
Dutch: 106 (2.34%)
English: 510 (11.26%)
French (except Basque): 25 (0.55%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 932 (20.58%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 260 (5.74%)
Irish: 953 (21.05%)
Italian: 1,062 (23.45%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 39 (0.86%)
Polish: 154 (3.4%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.22%)
Russian: 46 (1.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 184 (4.06%)
Scottish: 26 (0.57%)
Slovak: 337 (7.44%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.22%)
Swedish: 66 (1.46%)
Swiss: 14 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 49 (1.08%)
United States or American: 128 (2.83%)
Welsh: 80 (1.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 571 (12.61%)

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