U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

West View, PA

Pennsylvania

Latitude: 40.518368     Longitude: -80.033645
Population 6,863 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4284144, place: West View borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,760 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 129 (7.33%)
Kindergarten: 72 (4.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 801 (45.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 444 (25.23%)
College or graduate school: 314 (17.84%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,033 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 110 (2.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 542 (10.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,958 (38.9%)
Some college, no degree: 940 (18.68%)
Associate degree: 310 (6.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 855 (16.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 318 (6.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,828 (100%)
Never married: 1,738 (29.82%)
Now married, except separated: 2,865 (49.16%)
Separated: 137 (2.35%)
Total Widowed: 552 (9.47%)
Widowed Female: 454 (7.79%)
Total Divorced: 536 (9.2%)
Divorced Female: 323 (5.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (31.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,527 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 636 (11.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,471 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (5.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,196 (100%)
--With a disability: 577 (13.75%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
--No disability: 3,619 (86.25%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,159 (100%)
--With a disability: 508 (43.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,826 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,612 (67.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,204 (32.29%)
--Same county: 1,704 (24.96%)
--Different county: 500 (7.32%)
----Same state: 213 (3.12%)
----Different state: 287 (4.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (0.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,247 (100%)
Native: 7,192 (99.24%)
--Born in United States: 7,110 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,307 (87.03%)
----Different state: 803 (11.08%)
--Born outside United States: 82 (1.13%)
Foreign born: 55 (0.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18 (0.25%)
--Naturalized citizen: 40 (0.55%)
--Not a citizen: 15 (0.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 55 (100%)
Europe: 25 (45.45%)
Asia: 9 (16.36%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (14.55%)
Northern America: 13 (23.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,826 (100%)
English only: 6,597 (96.65%)
Language other than English: 229 (3.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (0.91%)
--Spanish: 66 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 157 (2.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,247 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,450% (130.4%)
Arab: 14 (0.19%)
Czech: 19 (0.26%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 44 (0.61%)
English: 518 (7.15%)
French (except Basque): 236 (3.26%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.07%)
German: 3,083 (42.54%)
Greek: 42 (0.58%)
Hungarian: 67 (0.92%)
Irish: 1,987 (27.42%)
Italian: 993 (13.7%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.22%)
Polish: 638 (8.8%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 87 (1.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 219 (3.02%)
Scottish: 81 (1.12%)
Slovak: 287 (3.96%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 98 (1.35%)
Swiss: 72 (0.99%)
Ukrainian: 64 (0.88%)
United States or American: 200 (2.76%)
Welsh: 32 (0.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 644 (8.89%)

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