Wampum, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4280880, place: Wampum borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 161 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 17 (10.56%)
Kindergarten: 5 (3.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 79 (49.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 42 (26.09%)
College or graduate school: 18 (11.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 524 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 32 (6.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 101 (19.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 258 (49.24%)
Some college, no degree: 66 (12.6%)
Associate degree: 29 (5.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 24 (4.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (2.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 604 (100%)
Never married: 127 (21.03%)
Now married, except separated: 306 (50.66%)
Separated: 6 (0.99%)
Total Widowed: 94 (15.56%)
Widowed Female: 78 (12.91%)
Total Divorced: 71 (11.75%)
Divorced Female: 44 (7.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (30.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 575 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 100 (17.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 150 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 394 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (17.51%)
----Percent employed: 58%
--No disability: 325 (82.49%)
----Percent employed: 75.1%
Population 65 years and over: 158 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (36.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 702 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 476 (67.81%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 226 (32.19%)
--Same county: 154 (21.94%)
--Different county: 72 (10.26%)
----Same state: 57 (8.12%)
----Different state: 15 (2.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 730 (100%)
Native: 723 (99.04%)
--Born in United States: 722 (100%)
----State of residence: 672 (92.05%)
----Different state: 50 (6.85%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.14%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.96%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 7 (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: 702 (100%)
English only: 688 (98.01%)
Language other than English: 14 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.14%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 730 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 852% (116.71%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.27%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 13 (1.78%)
English: 48 (6.58%)
French (except Basque): 9 (1.23%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 213 (29.18%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.82%)
Irish: 140 (19.18%)
Italian: 155 (21.23%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 52 (7.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 56 (7.67%)
Scottish: 9 (1.23%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (0.27%)
Swiss: 2 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 52 (7.12%)
Welsh: 9 (1.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 79 (10.82%)

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