Wyomissing, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4286880, place: Wyomissing borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,462 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 159 (6.46%)
Kindergarten: 100 (4.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 749 (30.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 423 (17.18%)
College or graduate school: 1,031 (41.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,007 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 167 (2.78%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 485 (8.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,563 (26.02%)
Some college, no degree: 1,025 (17.06%)
Associate degree: 323 (5.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,241 (20.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,203 (20.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,328 (100%)
Never married: 1,636 (22.33%)
Now married, except separated: 4,338 (59.2%)
Separated: 95 (1.3%)
Total Widowed: 792 (10.81%)
Widowed Female: 652 (8.9%)
Total Divorced: 467 (6.37%)
Divorced Female: 291 (3.97%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 117 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (19.66%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,011 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 965 (13.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,109 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (4.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,660 (100%)
--With a disability: 359 (9.81%)
----Percent employed: 50.1%
--No disability: 3,301 (90.19%)
----Percent employed: 81.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,403 (100%)
--With a disability: 998 (41.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,303 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,776 (57.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,325 (40.05%)
--Same county: 1,864 (22.45%)
--Different county: 1,461 (17.6%)
----Same state: 957 (11.53%)
----Different state: 504 (6.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 202 (2.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,587 (100%)
Native: 8,246 (96.03%)
--Born in United States: 8,192 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,367 (74.15%)
----Different state: 1,825 (21.25%)
--Born outside United States: 54 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 341 (3.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 123 (1.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 190 (2.21%)
--Not a citizen: 151 (1.76%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 341 (100%)
Europe: 93 (27.27%)
Asia: 136 (39.88%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 71 (20.82%)
Northern America: 41 (12.02%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,303 (100%)
English only: 7,676 (92.45%)
Language other than English: 627 (7.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156 (1.88%)
--Spanish: 136 (1.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 373 (4.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (1.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 102 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,587 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,814% (114.29%)
Arab: 19 (0.22%)
Czech: 43 (0.5%)
Danish: 19 (0.22%)
Dutch: 81 (0.94%)
English: 1,137 (13.24%)
French (except Basque): 159 (1.85%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 2,739 (31.9%)
Greek: 127 (1.48%)
Hungarian: 62 (0.72%)
Irish: 1,069 (12.45%)
Italian: 893 (10.4%)
Lithuanian: 56 (0.65%)
Norwegian: 102 (1.19%)
Polish: 519 (6.04%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 211 (2.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 114 (1.33%)
Scottish: 146 (1.7%)
Slovak: 148 (1.72%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.07%)
Swedish: 76 (0.89%)
Swiss: 78 (0.91%)
Ukrainian: 50 (0.58%)
United States or American: 415 (4.83%)
Welsh: 243 (2.83%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 26 (0.3%)
Other ancestries: 1,276 (14.86%)

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