Westfield, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4282968, place: Westfield borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 263 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (3.8%)
Kindergarten: 17 (6.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 142 (53.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 74 (28.14%)
College or graduate school: 20 (7.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 790 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (5.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 153 (19.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 348 (44.05%)
Some college, no degree: 131 (16.58%)
Associate degree: 43 (5.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 54 (6.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15 (1.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 936 (100%)
Never married: 191 (20.41%)
Now married, except separated: 496 (52.99%)
Separated: 31 (3.31%)
Total Widowed: 121 (12.93%)
Widowed Female: 89 (9.51%)
Total Divorced: 97 (10.36%)
Divorced Female: 67 (7.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (54.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 880 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 154 (17.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 258 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (11.24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 601 (100%)
--With a disability: 129 (21.46%)
----Percent employed: 51.2%
--No disability: 472 (78.54%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 221 (100%)
--With a disability: 99 (44.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,103 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 652 (59.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 451 (40.89%)
--Same county: 270 (24.48%)
--Different county: 181 (16.41%)
----Same state: 116 (10.52%)
----Different state: 65 (5.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,181 (100%)
Native: 1,167 (98.81%)
--Born in United States: 1,161 (100%)
----State of residence: 887 (75.11%)
----Different state: 274 (23.2%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 14 (1.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.68%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.51%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 14 (100%)
Europe: 2 (14.29%)
Asia: 5 (35.71%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (7.14%)
Northern America: 6 (42.86%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,103 (100%)
English only: 1,076 (97.55%)
Language other than English: 27 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.91%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.73%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,181 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 997% (84.42%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.51%)
Dutch: 23 (1.95%)
English: 147 (12.45%)
French (except Basque): 46 (3.9%)
French Canadian: 14 (1.19%)
German: 192 (16.26%)
Greek: 2 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.76%)
Irish: 91 (7.71%)
Italian: 20 (1.69%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 37 (3.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (1.78%)
Scottish: 21 (1.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 16 (1.35%)
Swiss: 20 (1.69%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 180 (15.24%)
Welsh: 18 (1.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 134 (11.35%)

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