Tinicum Township, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4276796, place: Tinicum Township CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,008 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 48 (4.76%)
Kindergarten: 59 (5.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 484 (48.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 256 (25.4%)
College or graduate school: 161 (15.97%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,020 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 100 (3.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 524 (17.35%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,513 (50.1%)
Some college, no degree: 480 (15.89%)
Associate degree: 155 (5.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 176 (5.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 72 (2.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,535 (100%)
Never married: 1,006 (28.46%)
Now married, except separated: 1,722 (48.71%)
Separated: 107 (3.03%)
Total Widowed: 270 (7.64%)
Widowed Female: 222 (6.28%)
Total Divorced: 430 (12.16%)
Divorced Female: 202 (5.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 103 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 56 (54.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,340 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 498 (14.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 953 (100%)
--With a disability: 108 (11.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,493 (100%)
--With a disability: 451 (18.09%)
----Percent employed: 48.3%
--No disability: 2,042 (81.91%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 676 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (38.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,122 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,707 (65.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,410 (34.21%)
--Same county: 881 (21.37%)
--Different county: 529 (12.83%)
----Same state: 365 (8.85%)
----Different state: 164 (3.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,353 (100%)
Native: 4,271 (98.12%)
--Born in United States: 4,263 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,903 (89.66%)
----Different state: 360 (8.27%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.18%)
Foreign born: 82 (1.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (0.3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 61 (1.4%)
--Not a citizen: 21 (0.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 82 (100%)
Europe: 47 (57.32%)
Asia: 29 (35.37%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 6 (7.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,122 (100%)
English only: 3,915 (94.98%)
Language other than English: 207 (5.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (1.5%)
--Spanish: 27 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 146 (3.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (1.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (0.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,353 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,567% (127.89%)
Arab: 5 (0.11%)
Czech: 15 (0.34%)
Danish: 22 (0.51%)
Dutch: 67 (1.54%)
English: 499 (11.46%)
French (except Basque): 86 (1.98%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 886 (20.35%)
Greek: 25 (0.57%)
Hungarian: 26 (0.6%)
Irish: 1,635 (37.56%)
Italian: 795 (18.26%)
Lithuanian: 41 (0.94%)
Norwegian: 51 (1.17%)
Polish: 314 (7.21%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 82 (1.88%)
Scotch-Irish: 84 (1.93%)
Scottish: 89 (2.04%)
Slovak: 48 (1.1%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 32 (0.74%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 48 (1.1%)
United States or American: 375 (8.61%)
Welsh: 69 (1.59%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 273 (6.27%)

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