Yeadon, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4286968, place: Yeadon borough, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,405 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 236 (6.93%)
Kindergarten: 183 (5.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,345 (39.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 692 (20.32%)
College or graduate school: 949 (27.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,114 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 336 (4.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 911 (11.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,530 (31.18%)
Some college, no degree: 1,879 (23.16%)
Associate degree: 633 (7.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,212 (14.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 613 (7.55%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,352 (100%)
Never married: 3,218 (34.41%)
Now married, except separated: 3,782 (40.44%)
Separated: 402 (4.3%)
Total Widowed: 935 (10%)
Widowed Female: 766 (8.19%)
Total Divorced: 1,015 (10.85%)
Divorced Female: 638 (6.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 372 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 130 (34.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,899 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,160 (13.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,505 (100%)
--With a disability: 217 (8.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,605 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,545 (23.39%)
----Percent employed: 65%
--No disability: 5,060 (76.61%)
----Percent employed: 79.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,602 (100%)
--With a disability: 543 (33.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,029 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,395 (67.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,343 (30.31%)
--Same county: 1,260 (11.42%)
--Different county: 2,083 (18.89%)
----Same state: 1,662 (15.07%)
----Different state: 421 (3.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 291 (2.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,799 (100%)
Native: 10,637 (90.15%)
--Born in United States: 10,612 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,331 (70.61%)
----Different state: 2,281 (19.33%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 1,162 (9.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 553 (4.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 598 (5.07%)
--Not a citizen: 564 (4.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,162 (100%)
Europe: 79 (6.8%)
Asia: 72 (6.2%)
Africa: 497 (42.77%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 507 (43.63%)
Northern America: 7 (0.6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,029 (100%)
English only: 10,172 (92.23%)
Language other than English: 857 (7.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 343 (3.11%)
--Spanish: 179 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 81 (0.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 313 (2.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 63 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,799 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,400% (96.62%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.11%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 274 (2.32%)
French (except Basque): 29 (0.25%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 329 (2.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 612 (5.19%)
Italian: 512 (4.34%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 67 (0.57%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 90 (0.76%)
Scottish: 36 (0.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 777 (6.59%)
Swedish: 31 (0.26%)
Swiss: 12 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.08%)
United States or American: 199 (1.69%)
Welsh: 39 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 507 (4.3%)
Other ancestries: 7,836 (66.41%)

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