West Wyomissing, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4284280, place: West Wyomissing CDP, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 614 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 75 (12.21%)
Kindergarten: 38 (6.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 300 (48.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 86 (14.01%)
College or graduate school: 115 (18.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,354 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 52 (2.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 367 (15.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,009 (42.86%)
Some college, no degree: 389 (16.53%)
Associate degree: 96 (4.08%)
Bachelor's degree: 355 (15.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 86 (3.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,547 (100%)
Never married: 497 (19.51%)
Now married, except separated: 1,516 (59.52%)
Separated: 39 (1.53%)
Total Widowed: 244 (9.58%)
Widowed Female: 190 (7.46%)
Total Divorced: 251 (9.85%)
Divorced Female: 156 (6.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 42 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (54.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,477 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 427 (17.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 467 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (8.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,715 (100%)
--With a disability: 283 (16.5%)
----Percent employed: 71%
--No disability: 1,432 (83.5%)
----Percent employed: 86%
Population 65 years and over: 722 (100%)
--With a disability: 267 (36.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,904 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,910 (65.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 986 (33.95%)
--Same county: 834 (28.72%)
--Different county: 152 (5.23%)
----Same state: 122 (4.2%)
----Different state: 30 (1.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,056 (100%)
Native: 2,967 (97.09%)
--Born in United States: 2,967 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,640 (86.39%)
----Different state: 327 (10.7%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 89 (2.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 25 (0.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 81 (2.65%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 89 (100%)
Europe: 54 (60.67%)
Asia: 17 (19.1%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (20.22%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,904 (100%)
English only: 2,735 (94.18%)
Language other than English: 169 (5.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.79%)
--Spanish: 96 (3.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 59 (2.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,056 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,423% (112.01%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 27 (0.88%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 88 (2.88%)
English: 263 (8.61%)
French (except Basque): 83 (2.72%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.62%)
German: 1,090 (35.67%)
Greek: 45 (1.47%)
Hungarian: 36 (1.18%)
Irish: 224 (7.33%)
Italian: 376 (12.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.36%)
Polish: 282 (9.23%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 7 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 86 (2.81%)
Scottish: 33 (1.08%)
Slovak: 61 (2%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.36%)
Swedish: 15 (0.49%)
Swiss: 48 (1.57%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.79%)
United States or American: 54 (1.77%)
Welsh: 55 (1.8%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 485 (15.87%)

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