Whitaker, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4284440, place: Whitaker borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 318 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (9.75%)
Kindergarten: 24 (7.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 149 (46.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 72 (22.64%)
College or graduate school: 42 (13.21%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 935 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 30 (3.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 117 (12.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 481 (51.44%)
Some college, no degree: 151 (16.15%)
Associate degree: 68 (7.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 60 (6.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (2.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,071 (100%)
Never married: 262 (24.46%)
Now married, except separated: 590 (55.09%)
Separated: 23 (2.15%)
Total Widowed: 104 (9.71%)
Widowed Female: 83 (7.75%)
Total Divorced: 92 (8.59%)
Divorced Female: 57 (5.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (46.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,019 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 152 (14.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 272 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (10.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 765 (100%)
--With a disability: 157 (20.52%)
----Percent employed: 48.4%
--No disability: 608 (79.48%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 226 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (42.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,263 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 884 (69.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 372 (29.45%)
--Same county: 310 (24.54%)
--Different county: 62 (4.91%)
----Same state: 31 (2.45%)
----Different state: 31 (2.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,338 (100%)
Native: 1,330 (99.4%)
--Born in United States: 1,324 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,250 (93.42%)
----Different state: 74 (5.53%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 8 (0.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.3%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.3%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8 (100%)
Europe: 4 (50%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (50%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,263 (100%)
English only: 1,213 (96.04%)
Language other than English: 50 (3.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.48%)
--Spanish: 15 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (2.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,338 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,591% (118.91%)
Arab: 2 (0.15%)
Czech: 18 (1.35%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 9 (0.67%)
English: 60 (4.48%)
French (except Basque): 16 (1.2%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 318 (23.77%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 67 (5.01%)
Irish: 266 (19.88%)
Italian: 156 (11.66%)
Lithuanian: 20 (1.49%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 130 (9.72%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 19 (1.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 35 (2.62%)
Scottish: 23 (1.72%)
Slovak: 297 (22.2%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.3%)
United States or American: 31 (2.32%)
Welsh: 4 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.52%)
Other ancestries: 104 (7.77%)

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