Perry County, PA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Perry county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,718	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	419	4.3
Kindergarten	584	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,244	54.0
High school (grades 9-12)	2,489	25.6
College or graduate school	982	10.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,250	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,771	6.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,110	14.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,492	49.5
Some college, no degree	3,790	13.0
Associate degree	1,771	6.1
Bachelor's degree	2,209	7.6
Graduate or professional degree	1,107	3.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	34,501	100.0
Never married	7,179	20.8
Now married, except separated	21,406	62.0
Separated	666	1.9
Widowed	2,359	6.8
Female	1,889	5.5
Divorced	2,891	8.4
Female	1,433	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	622	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	271	43.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	32,461	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,727	14.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,804	100.0
With a disability	771	7.9

Population 21 to 64 years	25,598	100.0
With a disability	3,998	15.6
Percent employed	59.0	(X)
No disability	21,600	84.4
Percent employed	81.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,068	100.0
With a disability	2,051	40.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	40,955	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,561	67.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,282	32.4
Same county	7,578	18.5
Different county	5,704	13.9
Same state	4,928	12.0
Different state	776	1.9
Elsewhere in 1995	112	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	43,602	100.0
Native	43,197	99.1
Born in United States	43,010	98.6
State of residence	39,289	90.1
Different state	3,721	8.5
Born outside United States	187	0.4
Foreign born	405	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	81	0.2
Naturalized citizen	207	0.5
Not a citizen	198	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	405	100.0
Europe	148	36.5
Asia	116	28.6
Africa	3	0.7
Oceania	3	0.7
Latin America	82	20.2
Northern America	53	13.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	40,955	100.0
English only	39,491	96.4
Language other than English	1,464	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	421	1.0
Spanish	475	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	146	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	889	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	227	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	83	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	48	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	43,602	100.0
Total ancestries reported	40,560	93.0
Arab	28	0.1
Czech¹	140	0.3
Danish	38	0.1
Dutch	1,572	3.6
English	2,442	5.6
French (except Basque)¹	638	1.5
French Canadian¹	88	0.2
German	16,535	37.9
Greek	81	0.2
Hungarian	214	0.5
Irish¹	4,815	11.0
Italian	1,574	3.6
Lithuanian	109	0.2
Norwegian	97	0.2
Polish	929	2.1
Portuguese	13	0.0
Russian	95	0.2
Scotch-Irish	941	2.2
Scottish	687	1.6
Slovak	143	0.3
Subsaharan African	27	0.1
Swedish	238	0.5
Swiss	218	0.5
Ukrainian	83	0.2
United States or American	4,935	11.3
Welsh	469	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	17	0.0
Other ancestries	3,394	7.8

(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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