West Pittston, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4283856, place: West Pittston borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,036 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (4.15%)
Kindergarten: 40 (3.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 528 (50.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 255 (24.61%)
College or graduate school: 170 (16.41%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,752 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 204 (5.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 520 (13.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,460 (38.91%)
Some college, no degree: 585 (15.59%)
Associate degree: 296 (7.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 470 (12.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 217 (5.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,237 (100%)
Never married: 1,116 (26.34%)
Now married, except separated: 2,083 (49.16%)
Separated: 78 (1.84%)
Total Widowed: 538 (12.7%)
Widowed Female: 458 (10.81%)
Total Divorced: 422 (9.96%)
Divorced Female: 254 (5.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 83 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,068 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 568 (13.96%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 952 (100%)
--With a disability: 111 (11.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,735 (100%)
--With a disability: 440 (16.09%)
----Percent employed: 48%
--No disability: 2,295 (83.91%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,154 (100%)
--With a disability: 526 (45.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,844 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,429 (70.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,415 (29.21%)
--Same county: 1,204 (24.86%)
--Different county: 211 (4.36%)
----Same state: 158 (3.26%)
----Different state: 53 (1.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,072 (100%)
Native: 5,040 (99.37%)
--Born in United States: 4,982 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,613 (90.95%)
----Different state: 369 (7.28%)
--Born outside United States: 58 (1.14%)
Foreign born: 32 (0.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (0.63%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 32 (100%)
Europe: 32 (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: 4,844 (100%)
English only: 4,669 (96.39%)
Language other than English: 175 (3.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 99 (2.04%)
--Spanish: 59 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.99%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 116 (2.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (1.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,072 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,426% (126.7%)
Arab: 6 (0.12%)
Czech: 11 (0.22%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 87 (1.72%)
English: 372 (7.33%)
French (except Basque): 61 (1.2%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.49%)
German: 807 (15.91%)
Greek: 9 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.14%)
Irish: 1,181 (23.28%)
Italian: 1,515 (29.87%)
Lithuanian: 316 (6.23%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 796 (15.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 230 (4.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 39 (0.77%)
Scottish: 27 (0.53%)
Slovak: 285 (5.62%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 11 (0.22%)
Swiss: 12 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 33 (0.65%)
United States or American: 94 (1.85%)
Welsh: 326 (6.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 176 (3.47%)

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