South Pottstown, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4272432, place: South Pottstown CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 507 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (9.27%)
Kindergarten: 24 (4.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 192 (37.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 116 (22.88%)
College or graduate school: 128 (25.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,500 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (2.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 176 (11.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 598 (39.87%)
Some college, no degree: 272 (18.13%)
Associate degree: 80 (5.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 267 (17.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 71 (4.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,771 (100%)
Never married: 546 (30.83%)
Now married, except separated: 793 (44.78%)
Separated: 29 (1.64%)
Total Widowed: 150 (8.47%)
Widowed Female: 129 (7.28%)
Total Divorced: 253 (14.29%)
Divorced Female: 122 (6.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,699 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 231 (13.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 426 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (11.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,368 (100%)
--With a disability: 196 (14.33%)
----Percent employed: 56.6%
--No disability: 1,172 (85.67%)
----Percent employed: 89.3%
Population 65 years and over: 232 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (36.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,033 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 994 (48.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,018 (50.07%)
--Same county: 461 (22.68%)
--Different county: 557 (27.4%)
----Same state: 481 (23.66%)
----Different state: 76 (3.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (1.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,129 (100%)
Native: 2,044 (96.01%)
--Born in United States: 2,031 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,691 (79.43%)
----Different state: 340 (15.97%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 85 (3.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (0.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 44 (2.07%)
--Not a citizen: 41 (1.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 85 (100%)
Europe: 16 (18.82%)
Asia: 51 (60%)
Africa: 13 (15.29%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 5 (5.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,033 (100%)
English only: 1,891 (93.02%)
Language other than English: 142 (6.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (2.8%)
--Spanish: 49 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 37 (1.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (1.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,129 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,476% (116.3%)
Arab: 21 (0.99%)
Czech: 6 (0.28%)
Danish: 6 (0.28%)
Dutch: 142 (6.67%)
English: 177 (8.31%)
French (except Basque): 31 (1.46%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.47%)
German: 752 (35.32%)
Greek: 11 (0.52%)
Hungarian: 30 (1.41%)
Irish: 414 (19.45%)
Italian: 334 (15.69%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 110 (5.17%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.23%)
Scottish: 18 (0.85%)
Slovak: 10 (0.47%)
Subsaharan African: 36 (1.69%)
Swedish: 7 (0.33%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 10 (0.47%)
United States or American: 100 (4.7%)
Welsh: 22 (1.03%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 214 (10.05%)

Return to South Pottstown,PA.