Thorndale, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4276584, place: Thorndale CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 999 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 104 (10.41%)
Kindergarten: 64 (6.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 369 (36.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 226 (22.62%)
College or graduate school: 236 (23.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,257 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 51 (2.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 112 (4.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 667 (29.55%)
Some college, no degree: 484 (21.44%)
Associate degree: 145 (6.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 539 (23.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 259 (11.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,774 (100%)
Never married: 796 (28.7%)
Now married, except separated: 1,619 (58.36%)
Separated: 47 (1.69%)
Total Widowed: 106 (3.82%)
Widowed Female: 98 (3.53%)
Total Divorced: 206 (7.43%)
Divorced Female: 166 (5.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 43 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (30.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,595 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 273 (10.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 726 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (12.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,213 (100%)
--With a disability: 245 (11.07%)
----Percent employed: 69.4%
--No disability: 1,968 (88.93%)
----Percent employed: 84.4%
Population 65 years and over: 310 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (33.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,249 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,954 (60.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,264 (38.9%)
--Same county: 760 (23.39%)
--Different county: 504 (15.51%)
----Same state: 228 (7.02%)
----Different state: 276 (8.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 31 (0.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,604 (100%)
Native: 3,420 (94.89%)
--Born in United States: 3,330 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,668 (74.03%)
----Different state: 662 (18.37%)
--Born outside United States: 90 (2.5%)
Foreign born: 184 (5.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 63 (1.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 83 (2.3%)
--Not a citizen: 101 (2.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 184 (100%)
Europe: 42 (22.83%)
Asia: 71 (38.59%)
Africa: 19 (10.33%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 52 (28.26%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,249 (100%)
English only: 2,932 (90.24%)
Language other than English: 317 (9.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (1.88%)
--Spanish: 109 (3.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 99 (3.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 46 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,604 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,734% (131.35%)
Arab: 40 (1.11%)
Czech: 35 (0.97%)
Danish: 11 (0.31%)
Dutch: 85 (2.36%)
English: 481 (13.35%)
French (except Basque): 62 (1.72%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 955 (26.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 116 (3.22%)
Irish: 965 (26.78%)
Italian: 587 (16.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 38 (1.05%)
Polish: 120 (3.33%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.28%)
Russian: 9 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 40 (1.11%)
Scottish: 76 (2.11%)
Slovak: 6 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 34 (0.94%)
Swedish: 50 (1.39%)
Swiss: 16 (0.44%)
Ukrainian: 80 (2.22%)
United States or American: 168 (4.66%)
Welsh: 99 (2.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 61 (1.69%)
Other ancestries: 590 (16.37%)

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