General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4286056, place: Womelsdorf borough, Pennsylvania)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 578 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (5.88%)
Kindergarten: 12 (2.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 307 (53.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 155 (26.82%)
College or graduate school: 70 (12.11%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,800 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 89 (4.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 219 (12.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 825 (45.83%)
Some college, no degree: 291 (16.17%)
Associate degree: 97 (5.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 189 (10.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 90 (5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,081 (100%)
Never married: 493 (23.69%)
Now married, except separated: 1,192 (57.28%)
Separated: 23 (1.11%)
Total Widowed: 177 (8.51%)
Widowed Female: 144 (6.92%)
Total Divorced: 196 (9.42%)
Divorced Female: 118 (5.67%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (53.33%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,966 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 366 (18.62%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 564 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (5.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,442 (100%)
--With a disability: 235 (16.3%)
----Percent employed: 57.9%
--No disability: 1,207 (83.7%)
----Percent employed: 86%
Population 65 years and over: 422 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (42.65%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 2,428 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,329 (54.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,079 (44.44%)
--Same county: 719 (29.61%)
--Different county: 360 (14.83%)
----Same state: 228 (9.39%)
----Different state: 132 (5.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (0.82%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 2,599 (100%)
Native: 2,558 (98.42%)
--Born in United States: 2,546 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,238 (86.11%)
----Different state: 308 (11.85%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 41 (1.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 26 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.62%)
--Not a citizen: 25 (0.96%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 13 (31.71%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 11 (26.83%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (31.71%)
Northern America: 4 (9.76%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 2,428 (100%)
English only: 2,277 (93.78%)
Language other than English: 151 (6.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (1.61%)
--Spanish: 59 (2.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 81 (3.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.82%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 2,599 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,896% (111.43%)
Arab: 11 (0.42%)
Czech: 35 (1.35%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 134 (5.16%)
English: 248 (9.54%)
French (except Basque): 52 (2%)
French Canadian: 16 (0.62%)
German: 1,197 (46.06%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.15%)
Irish: 407 (15.66%)
Italian: 193 (7.43%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.46%)
Polish: 61 (2.35%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 34 (1.31%)
Scottish: 29 (1.12%)
Slovak: 4 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 36 (1.39%)
Swiss: 11 (0.42%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 118 (4.54%)
Welsh: 59 (2.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 225 (8.66%)
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