Northumberland County, PA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Northumberland county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,600	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,090	5.6
Kindergarten	1,077	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	9,761	49.8
High school (grades 9-12)	5,524	28.2
College or graduate school	2,148	11.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	67,112	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,898	7.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	9,985	14.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	33,672	50.2
Some college, no degree	8,091	12.1
Associate degree	3,040	4.5
Bachelor's degree	4,875	7.3
Graduate or professional degree	2,551	3.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	78,039	100.0
Never married	17,149	22.0
Now married, except separated	44,423	56.9
Separated	1,534	2.0
Widowed	8,023	10.3
Female	6,409	8.2
Divorced	6,910	8.9
Female	3,724	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,098	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	472	43.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	73,848	100.0
Civilian veterans	11,851	16.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	18,533	100.0
With a disability	1,339	7.2

Population 21 to 64 years	51,019	100.0
With a disability	9,853	19.3
Percent employed	52.2	(X)
No disability	41,166	80.7
Percent employed	79.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	16,948	100.0
With a disability	7,145	42.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	89,719	100.0
Same house in 1995	60,941	67.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	28,443	31.7
Same county	17,452	19.5
Different county	10,991	12.3
Same state	7,960	8.9
Different state	3,031	3.4
Elsewhere in 1995	335	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	94,556	100.0
Native	93,500	98.9
Born in United States	93,063	98.4
State of residence	83,817	88.6
Different state	9,246	9.8
Born outside United States	437	0.5
Foreign born	1,056	1.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	284	0.3
Naturalized citizen	686	0.7
Not a citizen	370	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,056	100.0
Europe	525	49.7
Asia	286	27.1
Africa	22	2.1
Oceania	6	0.6
Latin America	166	15.7
Northern America	51	4.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	89,719	100.0
English only	85,743	95.6
Language other than English	3,976	4.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,166	1.3
Spanish	1,338	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	402	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	2,316	2.6
Speak English less than "very well"	641	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	234	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	105	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	94,556	100.0
Total ancestries reported	99,628	105.4
Arab	242	0.3
Czech¹	220	0.2
Danish	43	0.0
Dutch	7,814	8.3
English	5,303	5.6
French (except Basque)¹	1,117	1.2
French Canadian¹	139	0.1
German	29,993	31.7
Greek	149	0.2
Hungarian	541	0.6
Irish¹	10,171	10.8
Italian	7,653	8.1
Lithuanian	1,147	1.2
Norwegian	183	0.2
Polish	12,274	13.0
Portuguese	23	0.0
Russian	603	0.6
Scotch-Irish	878	0.9
Scottish	737	0.8
Slovak	1,311	1.4
Subsaharan African	48	0.1
Swedish	338	0.4
Swiss	264	0.3
Ukrainian	2,036	2.2
United States or American	7,226	7.6
Welsh	2,048	2.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	32	0.0
Other ancestries	7,095	7.5

(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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