Swoyersville, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4275832, place: Swoyersville borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,163 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 97 (8.34%)
Kindergarten: 60 (5.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 476 (40.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 252 (21.67%)
College or graduate school: 278 (23.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,884 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 288 (7.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 354 (9.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,422 (36.61%)
Some college, no degree: 688 (17.71%)
Associate degree: 310 (7.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 618 (15.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 204 (5.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,363 (100%)
Never married: 922 (21.13%)
Now married, except separated: 2,390 (54.78%)
Separated: 86 (1.97%)
Total Widowed: 568 (13.02%)
Widowed Female: 474 (10.86%)
Total Divorced: 397 (9.1%)
Divorced Female: 226 (5.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 87 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,196 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 742 (17.68%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 835 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (4.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,877 (100%)
--With a disability: 520 (18.07%)
----Percent employed: 55%
--No disability: 2,357 (81.93%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 1,211 (100%)
--With a disability: 485 (40.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,923 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,906 (79.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,003 (20.37%)
--Same county: 751 (15.25%)
--Different county: 252 (5.12%)
----Same state: 154 (3.13%)
----Different state: 98 (1.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (0.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,157 (100%)
Native: 5,084 (98.58%)
--Born in United States: 5,063 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,705 (91.24%)
----Different state: 358 (6.94%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 73 (1.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 73 (1.42%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 73 (100%)
Europe: 73 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,923 (100%)
English only: 4,612 (93.68%)
Language other than English: 311 (6.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (1.5%)
--Spanish: 29 (0.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 250 (5.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,157 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,538% (126.78%)
Arab: 52 (1.01%)
Czech: 68 (1.32%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 33 (0.64%)
English: 146 (2.83%)
French (except Basque): 37 (0.72%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.17%)
German: 540 (10.47%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.37%)
Irish: 649 (12.58%)
Italian: 853 (16.54%)
Lithuanian: 403 (7.81%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 1,627 (31.55%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 399 (7.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 39 (0.76%)
Scottish: 12 (0.23%)
Slovak: 1,025 (19.88%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 74 (1.43%)
United States or American: 152 (2.95%)
Welsh: 191 (3.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 210 (4.07%)

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