U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Upper Providence Township, PA

Pennsylvania

Latitude: 39.932761     Longitude: -75.395018
Population 10,509 (2000)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4279260, place: Upper Providence Township CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,746 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 287 (10.45%)
Kindergarten: 136 (4.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,182 (43.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 637 (23.2%)
College or graduate school: 504 (18.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,375 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 91 (1.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 245 (3.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,542 (20.91%)
Some college, no degree: 1,125 (15.25%)
Associate degree: 497 (6.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,155 (29.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,720 (23.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 52.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,378 (100%)
Never married: 1,960 (23.39%)
Now married, except separated: 5,269 (62.89%)
Separated: 139 (1.66%)
Total Widowed: 355 (4.24%)
Widowed Female: 293 (3.5%)
Total Divorced: 655 (7.82%)
Divorced Female: 392 (4.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 105 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (12.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,913 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,020 (12.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,126 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (6.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,352 (100%)
--With a disability: 759 (11.95%)
----Percent employed: 60.2%
--No disability: 5,593 (88.05%)
----Percent employed: 81.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,349 (100%)
--With a disability: 315 (23.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,836 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,365 (64.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,344 (34%)
--Same county: 1,875 (19.06%)
--Different county: 1,469 (14.93%)
----Same state: 810 (8.24%)
----Different state: 659 (6.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 127 (1.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,509 (100%)
Native: 9,920 (94.4%)
--Born in United States: 9,899 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,577 (72.1%)
----Different state: 2,322 (22.1%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 589 (5.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 174 (1.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 355 (3.38%)
--Not a citizen: 234 (2.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 589 (100%)
Europe: 217 (36.84%)
Asia: 254 (43.12%)
Africa: 37 (6.28%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 52 (8.83%)
Northern America: 29 (4.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,836 (100%)
English only: 9,125 (92.77%)
Language other than English: 711 (7.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 233 (2.37%)
--Spanish: 157 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (0.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 332 (3.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 192 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 120 (1.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,509 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,224% (125.83%)
Arab: 60 (0.57%)
Czech: 112 (1.07%)
Danish: 66 (0.63%)
Dutch: 154 (1.47%)
English: 1,369 (13.03%)
French (except Basque): 250 (2.38%)
French Canadian: 50 (0.48%)
German: 2,229 (21.21%)
Greek: 49 (0.47%)
Hungarian: 55 (0.52%)
Irish: 2,993 (28.48%)
Italian: 1,880 (17.89%)
Lithuanian: 55 (0.52%)
Norwegian: 153 (1.46%)
Polish: 583 (5.55%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.16%)
Russian: 283 (2.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 198 (1.88%)
Scottish: 171 (1.63%)
Slovak: 66 (0.63%)
Subsaharan African: 29 (0.28%)
Swedish: 86 (0.82%)
Swiss: 28 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 217 (2.06%)
United States or American: 335 (3.19%)
Welsh: 124 (1.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 16 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 1,596 (15.19%)

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