U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

White Oak, PA

Pennsylvania

Latitude: 40.344869     Longitude: -79.813202
Population 8,185 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4284704, place: White Oak borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,835 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 112 (6.1%)
Kindergarten: 56 (3.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 726 (39.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 407 (22.18%)
College or graduate school: 534 (29.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,369 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 134 (2.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 564 (8.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,306 (36.21%)
Some college, no degree: 1,272 (19.97%)
Associate degree: 436 (6.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,098 (17.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 559 (8.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,271 (100%)
Never married: 1,636 (22.5%)
Now married, except separated: 4,153 (57.12%)
Separated: 95 (1.31%)
Total Widowed: 814 (11.2%)
Widowed Female: 707 (9.72%)
Total Divorced: 573 (7.88%)
Divorced Female: 284 (3.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 119 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (26.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,984 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,267 (18.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,518 (100%)
--With a disability: 102 (6.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,585 (100%)
--With a disability: 618 (13.48%)
----Percent employed: 54.5%
--No disability: 3,967 (86.52%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 2,057 (100%)
--With a disability: 686 (33.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,160 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,880 (72.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,240 (27.45%)
--Same county: 1,609 (19.72%)
--Different county: 631 (7.73%)
----Same state: 458 (5.61%)
----Different state: 173 (2.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (0.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,474 (100%)
Native: 8,355 (98.6%)
--Born in United States: 8,349 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,776 (91.76%)
----Different state: 573 (6.76%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.07%)
Foreign born: 119 (1.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 35 (0.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 90 (1.06%)
--Not a citizen: 29 (0.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 119 (100%)
Europe: 90 (75.63%)
Asia: 29 (24.37%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,160 (100%)
English only: 7,714 (94.53%)
Language other than English: 446 (5.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 136 (1.67%)
--Spanish: 82 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 291 (3.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (1.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,474 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,232% (120.75%)
Arab: 27 (0.32%)
Czech: 78 (0.92%)
Danish: 26 (0.31%)
Dutch: 89 (1.05%)
English: 855 (10.09%)
French (except Basque): 117 (1.38%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 1,800 (21.24%)
Greek: 113 (1.33%)
Hungarian: 381 (4.5%)
Irish: 1,345 (15.87%)
Italian: 1,222 (14.42%)
Lithuanian: 57 (0.67%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 1,014 (11.97%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 137 (1.62%)
Scotch-Irish: 211 (2.49%)
Scottish: 125 (1.48%)
Slovak: 844 (9.96%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 209 (2.47%)
Swiss: 6 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 65 (0.77%)
United States or American: 393 (4.64%)
Welsh: 141 (1.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 977 (11.53%)

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