Waynesburg, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4281832, place: Waynesburg borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,513 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 57 (3.77%)
Kindergarten: 45 (2.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 382 (25.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 200 (13.22%)
College or graduate school: 829 (54.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,397 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 173 (7.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 228 (9.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,077 (44.93%)
Some college, no degree: 321 (13.39%)
Associate degree: 117 (4.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 341 (14.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 140 (5.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,550 (100%)
Never married: 1,040 (29.3%)
Now married, except separated: 1,819 (51.24%)
Separated: 63 (1.77%)
Total Widowed: 304 (8.56%)
Widowed Female: 246 (6.93%)
Total Divorced: 324 (9.13%)
Divorced Female: 181 (5.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (57.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,383 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 363 (10.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,182 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (7.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,194 (100%)
--With a disability: 500 (22.79%)
----Percent employed: 55.2%
--No disability: 1,694 (77.21%)
----Percent employed: 69.2%
Population 65 years and over: 581 (100%)
--With a disability: 250 (43.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,995 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,898 (47.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,005 (50.19%)
--Same county: 991 (24.81%)
--Different county: 1,014 (25.38%)
----Same state: 740 (18.52%)
----Different state: 274 (6.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 92 (2.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,184 (100%)
Native: 4,130 (98.71%)
--Born in United States: 4,104 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,035 (72.54%)
----Different state: 1,069 (25.55%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.62%)
Foreign born: 54 (1.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (0.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (0.43%)
--Not a citizen: 36 (0.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 54 (100%)
Europe: 8 (14.81%)
Asia: 27 (50%)
Africa: 6 (11.11%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (12.96%)
Northern America: 6 (11.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,995 (100%)
English only: 3,870 (96.87%)
Language other than English: 125 (3.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.93%)
--Spanish: 75 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 41 (1.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,184 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,954% (94.5%)
Arab: 33 (0.79%)
Czech: 17 (0.41%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 111 (2.65%)
English: 594 (14.2%)
French (except Basque): 51 (1.22%)
French Canadian: 24 (0.57%)
German: 897 (21.44%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 46 (1.1%)
Irish: 698 (16.68%)
Italian: 261 (6.24%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 46 (1.1%)
Polish: 157 (3.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 179 (4.28%)
Scottish: 90 (2.15%)
Slovak: 18 (0.43%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 37 (0.88%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.19%)
United States or American: 277 (6.62%)
Welsh: 19 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 366 (8.75%)

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