West Reading, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4283928, place: West Reading borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 957 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 87 (9.09%)
Kindergarten: 37 (3.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 257 (26.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 246 (25.71%)
College or graduate school: 330 (34.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,950 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 344 (11.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 451 (15.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,013 (34.34%)
Some college, no degree: 532 (18.03%)
Associate degree: 180 (6.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 273 (9.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 157 (5.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,496 (100%)
Never married: 1,168 (33.41%)
Now married, except separated: 1,541 (44.08%)
Separated: 80 (2.29%)
Total Widowed: 286 (8.18%)
Widowed Female: 228 (6.52%)
Total Divorced: 421 (12.04%)
Divorced Female: 261 (7.47%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 46 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (71.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,330 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 429 (12.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 642 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (7.94%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,061 (100%)
--With a disability: 323 (15.67%)
----Percent employed: 71.8%
--No disability: 1,738 (84.33%)
----Percent employed: 87.5%
Population 65 years and over: 603 (100%)
--With a disability: 233 (38.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,848 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,912 (49.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,908 (49.58%)
--Same county: 1,213 (31.52%)
--Different county: 695 (18.06%)
----Same state: 348 (9.04%)
----Different state: 347 (9.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 28 (0.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,107 (100%)
Native: 3,897 (94.89%)
--Born in United States: 3,830 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,178 (77.38%)
----Different state: 652 (15.88%)
--Born outside United States: 67 (1.63%)
Foreign born: 210 (5.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 47 (1.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 139 (3.38%)
--Not a citizen: 71 (1.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 210 (100%)
Europe: 104 (49.52%)
Asia: 17 (8.1%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 71 (33.81%)
Northern America: 18 (8.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,848 (100%)
English only: 3,481 (90.46%)
Language other than English: 367 (9.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 150 (3.9%)
--Spanish: 203 (5.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (2.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 160 (4.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (1.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,107 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,948% (96.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.32%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 79 (1.92%)
English: 231 (5.62%)
French (except Basque): 63 (1.53%)
French Canadian: 41 (1%)
German: 1,326 (32.29%)
Greek: 18 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.19%)
Irish: 343 (8.35%)
Italian: 512 (12.47%)
Lithuanian: 25 (0.61%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.19%)
Polish: 212 (5.16%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.15%)
Russian: 32 (0.78%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (0.44%)
Scottish: 27 (0.66%)
Slovak: 17 (0.41%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 13 (0.32%)
Swiss: 6 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.22%)
United States or American: 182 (4.43%)
Welsh: 90 (2.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 669 (16.29%)

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