Tower City, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4277184, place: Tower City borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 336 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (4.76%)
Kindergarten: 24 (7.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 165 (49.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 81 (24.11%)
College or graduate school: 50 (14.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 979 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 53 (5.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 190 (19.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 552 (56.38%)
Some college, no degree: 81 (8.27%)
Associate degree: 37 (3.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 43 (4.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 23 (2.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,122 (100%)
Never married: 259 (23.08%)
Now married, except separated: 587 (52.32%)
Separated: 46 (4.1%)
Total Widowed: 125 (11.14%)
Widowed Female: 109 (9.71%)
Total Divorced: 105 (9.36%)
Divorced Female: 61 (5.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (42.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,069 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 164 (15.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 309 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (7.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 737 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (19.81%)
----Percent employed: 57.5%
--No disability: 591 (80.19%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 285 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (37.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,333 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 985 (73.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 347 (26.03%)
--Same county: 210 (15.75%)
--Different county: 137 (10.28%)
----Same state: 120 (9%)
----Different state: 17 (1.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,396 (100%)
Native: 1,387 (99.36%)
--Born in United States: 1,378 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,309 (93.77%)
----Different state: 69 (4.94%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.64%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.36%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 3 (33.33%)
Asia: 4 (44.44%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (22.22%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,333 (100%)
English only: 1,312 (98.42%)
Language other than English: 21 (1.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.6%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 13 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,396 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,373% (98.35%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.29%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 116 (8.31%)
English: 70 (5.01%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.79%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.21%)
German: 603 (43.19%)
Greek: 4 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 26 (1.86%)
Irish: 94 (6.73%)
Italian: 47 (3.37%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 60 (4.3%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.29%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 5 (0.36%)
Scottish: 8 (0.57%)
Slovak: 2 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.43%)
United States or American: 192 (13.75%)
Welsh: 20 (1.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 91 (6.52%)

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