Mifflin County, PA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Mifflin county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,564	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	598	6.3
Kindergarten	542	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,338	55.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,364	24.7
College or graduate school	722	7.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,722	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,832	8.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,388	13.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	16,516	52.1
Some college, no degree	3,243	10.2
Associate degree	1,283	4.0
Bachelor's degree	2,219	7.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,241	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	36,968	100.0
Never married	7,762	21.0
Now married, except separated	21,934	59.3
Separated	611	1.7
Widowed	3,500	9.5
Female	2,762	7.5
Divorced	3,161	8.6
Female	1,681	4.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	674	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	334	49.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	34,996	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,308	15.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,049	100.0
With a disability	692	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	25,517	100.0
With a disability	5,035	19.7
Percent employed	50.9	(X)
No disability	20,482	80.3
Percent employed	77.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,398	100.0
With a disability	2,957	40.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	43,591	100.0
Same house in 1995	29,860	68.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,632	31.3
Same county	10,004	22.9
Different county	3,628	8.3
Same state	2,689	6.2
Different state	939	2.2
Elsewhere in 1995	99	0.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	46,486	100.0
Native	46,114	99.2
Born in United States	45,940	98.8
State of residence	42,628	91.7
Different state	3,312	7.1
Born outside United States	174	0.4
Foreign born	372	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	52	0.1
Naturalized citizen	242	0.5
Not a citizen	130	0.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	372	100.0
Europe	222	59.7
Asia	67	18.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	36	9.7
Northern America	47	12.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	43,591	100.0
English only	40,430	92.7
Language other than English	3,161	7.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,528	3.5
Spanish	343	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	76	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	2,763	6.3
Speak English less than "very well"	1,424	3.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	55	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	28	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	46,486	100.0
Total ancestries reported	39,825	85.7
Arab	17	0.0
Czech¹	72	0.2
Danish	5	0.0
Dutch	2,302	5.0
English	3,035	6.5
French (except Basque)¹	667	1.4
French Canadian¹	79	0.2
German	14,463	31.1
Greek	93	0.2
Hungarian	79	0.2
Irish¹	4,569	9.8
Italian	1,694	3.6
Lithuanian	32	0.1
Norwegian	75	0.2
Polish	708	1.5
Portuguese	32	0.1
Russian	110	0.2
Scotch-Irish	988	2.1
Scottish	583	1.3
Slovak	105	0.2
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	194	0.4
Swiss	658	1.4
Ukrainian	118	0.3
United States or American	5,812	12.5
Welsh	308	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	3,020	6.5

(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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