Weigelstown, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4282008, place: Weigelstown CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,272 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 193 (8.49%)
Kindergarten: 153 (6.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,121 (49.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 600 (26.41%)
College or graduate school: 205 (9.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,954 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 519 (7.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,079 (15.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,262 (46.91%)
Some college, no degree: 908 (13.06%)
Associate degree: 339 (4.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 630 (9.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 217 (3.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,095 (100%)
Never married: 1,449 (17.9%)
Now married, except separated: 5,097 (62.96%)
Separated: 139 (1.72%)
Total Widowed: 423 (5.23%)
Widowed Female: 363 (4.48%)
Total Divorced: 987 (12.19%)
Divorced Female: 548 (6.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 122 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (31.97%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,637 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,216 (15.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,190 (100%)
--With a disability: 190 (8.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,897 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,049 (17.79%)
----Percent employed: 56.8%
--No disability: 4,848 (82.21%)
----Percent employed: 86.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,444 (100%)
--With a disability: 608 (42.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,531 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,926 (62.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,568 (37.44%)
--Same county: 2,637 (27.67%)
--Different county: 931 (9.77%)
----Same state: 368 (3.86%)
----Different state: 563 (5.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 37 (0.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,096 (100%)
Native: 10,009 (99.14%)
--Born in United States: 9,956 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,353 (82.74%)
----Different state: 1,603 (15.88%)
--Born outside United States: 53 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 87 (0.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 28 (0.28%)
--Not a citizen: 59 (0.58%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 87 (100%)
Europe: 39 (44.83%)
Asia: 6 (6.9%)
Africa: 17 (19.54%)
Oceania: 9 (10.34%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 16 (18.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,531 (100%)
English only: 9,302 (97.6%)
Language other than English: 229 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 105 (1.1%)
--Spanish: 105 (1.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (0.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 107 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,096 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,839% (97.45%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.13%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 304 (3.01%)
English: 742 (7.35%)
French (except Basque): 207 (2.05%)
French Canadian: 49 (0.49%)
German: 4,373 (43.31%)
Greek: 84 (0.83%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.25%)
Irish: 931 (9.22%)
Italian: 497 (4.92%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 33 (0.33%)
Polish: 253 (2.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 13 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 171 (1.69%)
Scottish: 109 (1.08%)
Slovak: 24 (0.24%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.3%)
Swedish: 86 (0.85%)
Swiss: 79 (0.78%)
Ukrainian: 66 (0.65%)
United States or American: 1,037 (10.27%)
Welsh: 64 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 649 (6.43%)

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