General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4282848, place: West Elizabeth borough, Pennsylvania)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 132 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (9.09%)
Kindergarten: 5 (3.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 68 (51.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 24 (18.18%)
College or graduate school: 23 (17.42%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 400 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 28 (7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 72 (18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 192 (48%)
Some college, no degree: 44 (11%)
Associate degree: 31 (7.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 24 (6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (2.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 465 (100%)
Never married: 129 (27.74%)
Now married, except separated: 198 (42.58%)
Separated: 9 (1.94%)
Total Widowed: 54 (11.61%)
Widowed Female: 44 (9.46%)
Total Divorced: 75 (16.13%)
Divorced Female: 32 (6.88%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (13.33%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 445 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 78 (17.53%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 118 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (27.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 340 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (19.41%)
----Percent employed: 36.4%
--No disability: 274 (80.59%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 84 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (42.86%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 542 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 361 (66.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 181 (33.39%)
--Same county: 139 (25.65%)
--Different county: 42 (7.75%)
----Same state: 29 (5.35%)
----Different state: 13 (2.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 581 (100%)
Native: 581 (100%)
--Born in United States: 579 (100%)
----State of residence: 542 (93.29%)
----Different state: 37 (6.37%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 542 (100%)
English only: 530 (97.79%)
Language other than English: 12 (2.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 581 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 686% (118.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.69%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 90 (15.49%)
French (except Basque): 7 (1.2%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 169 (29.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 18 (3.1%)
Irish: 107 (18.42%)
Italian: 92 (15.83%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 76 (13.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (1.38%)
Scottish: 8 (1.38%)
Slovak: 17 (2.93%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.86%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 20 (3.44%)
Welsh: 19 (3.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 46 (7.92%)
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