Pike County, PA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pike county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,944	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	818	6.8
Kindergarten	696	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,248	52.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,770	23.2
College or graduate school	1,412	11.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	31,525	100.0
Less than 9th grade	802	2.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,364	10.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,004	41.2
Some college, no degree	6,398	20.3
Associate degree	1,971	6.3
Bachelor's degree	3,861	12.2
Graduate or professional degree	2,125	6.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	86.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	36,003	100.0
Never married	6,737	18.7
Now married, except separated	23,265	64.6
Separated	714	2.0
Widowed	2,438	6.8
Female	1,861	5.2
Divorced	2,849	7.9
Female	1,508	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	734	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	239	32.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,996	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,915	17.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,779	100.0
With a disability	764	7.1

Population 21 to 64 years	25,656	100.0
With a disability	5,096	19.9
Percent employed	58.1	(X)
No disability	20,560	80.1
Percent employed	72.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,909	100.0
With a disability	2,559	37.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	43,628	100.0
Same house in 1995	26,348	60.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,089	39.2
Same county	4,006	9.2
Different county	13,083	30.0
Same state	2,625	6.0
Different state	10,458	24.0
Elsewhere in 1995	191	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	46,302	100.0
Native	44,010	95.0
Born in United States	43,626	94.2
State of residence	9,627	20.8
Different state	33,999	73.4
Born outside United States	384	0.8
Foreign born	2,292	5.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	338	0.7
Naturalized citizen	1,493	3.2
Not a citizen	799	1.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,292	100.0
Europe	1,307	57.0
Asia	261	11.4
Africa	29	1.3
Oceania	15	0.7
Latin America	582	25.4
Northern America	98	4.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	43,628	100.0
English only	39,862	91.4
Language other than English	3,766	8.6
Speak English less than 'very well	1,152	2.6
Spanish	1,692	3.9
Speak English less than "very well"	454	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	1,783	4.1
Speak English less than "very well"	596	1.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	212	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	82	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	46,302	100.0
Total ancestries reported	57,801	124.8
Arab	71	0.2
Czech¹	388	0.8
Danish	123	0.3
Dutch	1,785	3.9
English	4,230	9.1
French (except Basque)¹	1,233	2.7
French Canadian¹	265	0.6
German	11,567	25.0
Greek	190	0.4
Hungarian	683	1.5
Irish¹	10,994	23.7
Italian	9,138	19.7
Lithuanian	156	0.3
Norwegian	689	1.5
Polish	3,229	7.0
Portuguese	97	0.2
Russian	862	1.9
Scotch-Irish	673	1.5
Scottish	813	1.8
Slovak	325	0.7
Subsaharan African	67	0.1
Swedish	655	1.4
Swiss	248	0.5
Ukrainian	299	0.6
United States or American	1,812	3.9
Welsh	477	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	165	0.4
Other ancestries	6,567	14.2

(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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