Bedford County, PA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Bedford county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,487	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	660	6.3
Kindergarten	524	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,531	52.7
High school (grades 9-12)	2,706	25.8
College or graduate school	1,066	10.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,582	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,504	7.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,014	14.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	17,530	50.7
Some college, no degree	4,329	12.5
Associate degree	1,663	4.8
Bachelor's degree	2,305	6.7
Graduate or professional degree	1,237	3.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	40,229	100.0
Never married	7,953	19.8
Now married, except separated	25,347	63.0
Separated	631	1.6
Widowed	3,289	8.2
Female	2,691	6.7
Divorced	3,009	7.5
Female	1,534	3.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	806	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	391	48.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	38,177	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,327	14.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,415	100.0
With a disability	832	8.0

Population 21 to 64 years	28,186	100.0
With a disability	5,293	18.8
Percent employed	52.1	(X)
No disability	22,893	81.2
Percent employed	75.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,987	100.0
With a disability	3,295	41.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	46,945	100.0
Same house in 1995	33,138	70.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,709	29.2
Same county	8,647	18.4
Different county	5,062	10.8
Same state	2,983	6.4
Different state	2,079	4.4
Elsewhere in 1995	98	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	49,984	100.0
Native	49,693	99.4
Born in United States	49,548	99.1
State of residence	40,162	80.3
Different state	9,386	18.8
Born outside United States	145	0.3
Foreign born	291	0.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	79	0.2
Naturalized citizen	170	0.3
Not a citizen	121	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	291	100.0
Europe	143	49.1
Asia	77	26.5
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	7	2.4
Latin America	34	11.7
Northern America	30	10.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	46,945	100.0
English only	45,788	97.5
Language other than English	1,157	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	430	0.9
Spanish	356	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	110	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	727	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	274	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	59	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	46	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	49,984	100.0
Total ancestries reported	43,082	86.2
Arab	68	0.1
Czech¹	132	0.3
Danish	11	0.0
Dutch	1,599	3.2
English	4,094	8.2
French (except Basque)¹	838	1.7
French Canadian¹	146	0.3
German	16,790	33.6
Greek	113	0.2
Hungarian	217	0.4
Irish¹	4,636	9.3
Italian	1,284	2.6
Lithuanian	34	0.1
Norwegian	111	0.2
Polish	915	1.8
Portuguese	3	0.0
Russian	76	0.2
Scotch-Irish	684	1.4
Scottish	707	1.4
Slovak	259	0.5
Subsaharan African	14	0.0
Swedish	261	0.5
Swiss	345	0.7
Ukrainian	126	0.3
United States or American	5,670	11.3
Welsh	641	1.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	8	0.0
Other ancestries	3,300	6.6

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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