Wilson, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4285592, place: Wilson borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,885 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 184 (9.76%)
Kindergarten: 98 (5.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 887 (47.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 440 (23.34%)
College or graduate school: 276 (14.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,136 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 323 (6.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 677 (13.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,264 (44.08%)
Some college, no degree: 910 (17.72%)
Associate degree: 363 (7.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 391 (7.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 208 (4.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,105 (100%)
Never married: 1,740 (28.5%)
Now married, except separated: 2,953 (48.37%)
Separated: 142 (2.33%)
Total Widowed: 502 (8.22%)
Widowed Female: 420 (6.88%)
Total Divorced: 768 (12.58%)
Divorced Female: 426 (6.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 141 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 68 (48.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,773 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 809 (14.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,651 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (7.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,308 (100%)
--With a disability: 619 (14.37%)
----Percent employed: 69%
--No disability: 3,689 (85.63%)
----Percent employed: 86.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,116 (100%)
--With a disability: 465 (41.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,155 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,202 (58.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,713 (37.92%)
--Same county: 1,910 (26.69%)
--Different county: 803 (11.22%)
----Same state: 291 (4.07%)
----Different state: 512 (7.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 240 (3.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,683 (100%)
Native: 7,218 (93.95%)
--Born in United States: 7,187 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,271 (68.61%)
----Different state: 1,916 (24.94%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 465 (6.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 327 (4.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 151 (1.97%)
--Not a citizen: 314 (4.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 465 (100%)
Europe: 79 (16.99%)
Asia: 189 (40.65%)
Africa: 38 (8.17%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 149 (32.04%)
Northern America: 10 (2.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,155 (100%)
English only: 6,593 (92.15%)
Language other than English: 562 (7.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 267 (3.73%)
--Spanish: 180 (2.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 143 (2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 308 (4.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (1.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 34 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,683 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,399% (122.34%)
Arab: 134 (1.74%)
Czech: 54 (0.7%)
Danish: 8 (0.1%)
Dutch: 387 (5.04%)
English: 360 (4.69%)
French (except Basque): 150 (1.95%)
French Canadian: 38 (0.49%)
German: 2,584 (33.63%)
Greek: 8 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 244 (3.18%)
Irish: 1,303 (16.96%)
Italian: 1,351 (17.58%)
Lithuanian: 51 (0.66%)
Norwegian: 74 (0.96%)
Polish: 415 (5.4%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.09%)
Russian: 59 (0.77%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (0.75%)
Scottish: 270 (3.51%)
Slovak: 87 (1.13%)
Subsaharan African: 39 (0.51%)
Swedish: 113 (1.47%)
Swiss: 11 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 52 (0.68%)
United States or American: 305 (3.97%)
Welsh: 118 (1.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,119 (14.56%)

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