Skippack, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4271008, place: Skippack CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 648 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 77 (11.88%)
Kindergarten: 28 (4.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 237 (36.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 151 (23.3%)
College or graduate school: 155 (23.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,039 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 24 (1.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 113 (5.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 530 (25.99%)
Some college, no degree: 410 (20.11%)
Associate degree: 192 (9.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 469 (23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 301 (14.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,269 (100%)
Never married: 491 (21.64%)
Now married, except separated: 1,400 (61.7%)
Separated: 69 (3.04%)
Total Widowed: 82 (3.61%)
Widowed Female: 70 (3.09%)
Total Divorced: 227 (10%)
Divorced Female: 141 (6.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,143 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 265 (12.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 478 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (4.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,776 (100%)
--With a disability: 221 (12.44%)
----Percent employed: 72.9%
--No disability: 1,555 (87.56%)
----Percent employed: 85.3%
Population 65 years and over: 312 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (42.63%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,566 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,285 (50.08%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,228 (47.86%)
--Same county: 643 (25.06%)
--Different county: 585 (22.8%)
----Same state: 268 (10.44%)
----Different state: 317 (12.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 53 (2.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,917 (100%)
Native: 2,701 (92.6%)
--Born in United States: 2,701 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,109 (72.3%)
----Different state: 592 (20.29%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 216 (7.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 88 (3.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 85 (2.91%)
--Not a citizen: 131 (4.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 216 (100%)
Europe: 122 (56.48%)
Asia: 54 (25%)
Africa: 30 (13.89%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 10 (4.63%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,566 (100%)
English only: 2,344 (91.35%)
Language other than English: 222 (8.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (3.39%)
--Spanish: 9 (0.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 148 (5.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (1.95%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 27 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,917 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,784% (129.72%)
Arab: 37 (1.27%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 24 (0.82%)
English: 399 (13.68%)
French (except Basque): 110 (3.77%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.75%)
German: 806 (27.63%)
Greek: 50 (1.71%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.27%)
Irish: 817 (28.01%)
Italian: 661 (22.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.55%)
Polish: 128 (4.39%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.65%)
Russian: 47 (1.61%)
Scotch-Irish: 64 (2.19%)
Scottish: 25 (0.86%)
Slovak: 7 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 58 (1.99%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 26 (0.89%)
United States or American: 175 (6%)
Welsh: 44 (1.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 241 (8.26%)

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