West Hazleton, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4283136, place: West Hazleton borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 683 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 38 (5.56%)
Kindergarten: 25 (3.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 355 (51.98%)
High school (grades 9-12): 153 (22.4%)
College or graduate school: 112 (16.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,596 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 202 (7.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 376 (14.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,269 (48.88%)
Some college, no degree: 335 (12.9%)
Associate degree: 87 (3.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 223 (8.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 104 (4.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,966 (100%)
Never married: 790 (26.64%)
Now married, except separated: 1,429 (48.18%)
Separated: 104 (3.51%)
Total Widowed: 378 (12.74%)
Widowed Female: 341 (11.5%)
Total Divorced: 265 (8.93%)
Divorced Female: 150 (5.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 39 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (12.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,844 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 463 (16.28%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 615 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (3.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,971 (100%)
--With a disability: 405 (20.55%)
----Percent employed: 49.1%
--No disability: 1,566 (79.45%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 773 (100%)
--With a disability: 475 (61.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,365 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,083 (61.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,228 (36.49%)
--Same county: 778 (23.12%)
--Different county: 450 (13.37%)
----Same state: 316 (9.39%)
----Different state: 134 (3.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 54 (1.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,543 (100%)
Native: 3,398 (95.91%)
--Born in United States: 3,391 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,098 (87.44%)
----Different state: 293 (8.27%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.2%)
Foreign born: 145 (4.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 57 (1.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 53 (1.5%)
--Not a citizen: 92 (2.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 145 (100%)
Europe: 60 (41.38%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 23 (15.86%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 54 (37.24%)
Northern America: 8 (5.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,365 (100%)
English only: 3,102 (92.18%)
Language other than English: 263 (7.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (2.76%)
--Spanish: 100 (2.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (1.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 163 (4.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (1.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,543 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,527% (127.77%)
Arab: 32 (0.9%)
Czech: 20 (0.56%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 166 (4.69%)
English: 127 (3.58%)
French (except Basque): 32 (0.9%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.71%)
German: 670 (18.91%)
Greek: 47 (1.33%)
Hungarian: 33 (0.93%)
Irish: 571 (16.12%)
Italian: 620 (17.5%)
Lithuanian: 208 (5.87%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.25%)
Polish: 873 (24.64%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 55 (1.55%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (0.62%)
Scottish: 7 (0.2%)
Slovak: 375 (10.58%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.37%)
Swedish: 14 (0.4%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 80 (2.26%)
United States or American: 129 (3.64%)
Welsh: 48 (1.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 351 (9.91%)

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