Shillington, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4270248, place: Shillington borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,091 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 85 (7.79%)
Kindergarten: 92 (8.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 490 (44.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 289 (26.49%)
College or graduate school: 135 (12.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,611 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 214 (5.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 284 (7.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,276 (35.34%)
Some college, no degree: 561 (15.54%)
Associate degree: 235 (6.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 657 (18.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 384 (10.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,177 (100%)
Never married: 1,015 (24.3%)
Now married, except separated: 2,354 (56.36%)
Separated: 82 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 327 (7.83%)
Widowed Female: 296 (7.09%)
Total Divorced: 399 (9.55%)
Divorced Female: 265 (6.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,971 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 593 (14.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (1.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,724 (100%)
--With a disability: 324 (11.89%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 2,400 (88.11%)
----Percent employed: 86.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,080 (100%)
--With a disability: 367 (33.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,808 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,356 (69.8%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,387 (28.85%)
--Same county: 1,118 (23.25%)
--Different county: 269 (5.59%)
----Same state: 161 (3.35%)
----Different state: 108 (2.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 65 (1.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,059 (100%)
Native: 4,944 (97.73%)
--Born in United States: 4,914 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,318 (85.35%)
----Different state: 596 (11.78%)
--Born outside United States: 30 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 115 (2.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 39 (0.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 45 (0.89%)
--Not a citizen: 70 (1.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 115 (100%)
Europe: 60 (52.17%)
Asia: 29 (25.22%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (22.61%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,808 (100%)
English only: 4,637 (96.44%)
Language other than English: 171 (3.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (1.41%)
--Spanish: 75 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 67 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.6%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,059 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,820% (115.04%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 34 (0.67%)
Danish: 19 (0.38%)
Dutch: 74 (1.46%)
English: 382 (7.55%)
French (except Basque): 114 (2.25%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 2,071 (40.94%)
Greek: 25 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.34%)
Irish: 651 (12.87%)
Italian: 498 (9.84%)
Lithuanian: 38 (0.75%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.14%)
Polish: 422 (8.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 53 (1.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 69 (1.36%)
Scottish: 76 (1.5%)
Slovak: 94 (1.86%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 53 (1.05%)
Ukrainian: 140 (2.77%)
United States or American: 404 (7.99%)
Welsh: 96 (1.9%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.2%)
Other ancestries: 473 (9.35%)

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