Swarthmore, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4275648, place: Swarthmore borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,615 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 143 (5.47%)
Kindergarten: 44 (1.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 538 (20.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 350 (13.38%)
College or graduate school: 1,540 (58.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,395 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 19 (0.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 101 (2.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 227 (6.69%)
Some college, no degree: 331 (9.75%)
Associate degree: 99 (2.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,059 (31.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,559 (45.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 77.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,260 (100%)
Never married: 2,211 (42.03%)
Now married, except separated: 2,473 (47.02%)
Separated: 36 (0.68%)
Total Widowed: 278 (5.29%)
Widowed Female: 250 (4.75%)
Total Divorced: 262 (4.98%)
Divorced Female: 176 (3.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,024 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 408 (8.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,908 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (4.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,129 (100%)
--With a disability: 292 (9.33%)
----Percent employed: 66.4%
--No disability: 2,837 (90.67%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 890 (100%)
--With a disability: 211 (23.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,927 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,482 (58.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,294 (38.7%)
--Same county: 603 (10.17%)
--Different county: 1,691 (28.53%)
----Same state: 351 (5.92%)
----Different state: 1,340 (22.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 151 (2.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,170 (100%)
Native: 5,589 (90.58%)
--Born in United States: 5,526 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,839 (46.01%)
----Different state: 2,687 (43.55%)
--Born outside United States: 63 (1.02%)
Foreign born: 581 (9.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 242 (3.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 250 (4.05%)
--Not a citizen: 331 (5.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 581 (100%)
Europe: 154 (26.51%)
Asia: 249 (42.86%)
Africa: 55 (9.47%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 94 (16.18%)
Northern America: 29 (4.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,927 (100%)
English only: 5,252 (88.61%)
Language other than English: 675 (11.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 130 (2.19%)
--Spanish: 144 (2.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 244 (4.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 237 (4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (1.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,170 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,101% (131.3%)
Arab: 120 (1.94%)
Czech: 40 (0.65%)
Danish: 15 (0.24%)
Dutch: 90 (1.46%)
English: 1,099 (17.81%)
French (except Basque): 232 (3.76%)
French Canadian: 34 (0.55%)
German: 1,097 (17.78%)
Greek: 87 (1.41%)
Hungarian: 51 (0.83%)
Irish: 1,072 (17.37%)
Italian: 537 (8.7%)
Lithuanian: 78 (1.26%)
Norwegian: 35 (0.57%)
Polish: 253 (4.1%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 379 (6.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 243 (3.94%)
Scottish: 194 (3.14%)
Slovak: 24 (0.39%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.49%)
Swedish: 86 (1.39%)
Swiss: 55 (0.89%)
Ukrainian: 74 (1.2%)
United States or American: 101 (1.64%)
Welsh: 136 (2.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.34%)
Other ancestries: 1,918 (31.09%)

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