Snyder County, PA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Snyder county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	9,512	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	406	4.3
Kindergarten	420	4.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,446	46.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,861	19.6
College or graduate school	2,379	25.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,217	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,021	12.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,474	14.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,224	46.3
Some college, no degree	2,480	10.2
Associate degree	990	4.1
Bachelor's degree	1,902	7.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,126	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,128	100.0
Never married	7,691	25.5
Now married, except separated	17,791	59.1
Separated	518	1.7
Widowed	2,042	6.8
Female	1,708	5.7
Divorced	2,086	6.9
Female	1,069	3.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	410	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	159	38.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,534	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,366	11.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,987	100.0
With a disability	667	7.4

Population 21 to 64 years	20,518	100.0
With a disability	3,921	19.1
Percent employed	63.1	(X)
No disability	16,597	80.9
Percent employed	78.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,023	100.0
With a disability	1,914	38.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	35,421	100.0
Same house in 1995	24,010	67.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,248	31.8
Same county	5,690	16.1
Different county	5,558	15.7
Same state	3,913	11.0
Different state	1,645	4.6
Elsewhere in 1995	163	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	37,546	100.0
Native	37,205	99.1
Born in United States	37,046	98.7
State of residence	33,008	87.9
Different state	4,038	10.8
Born outside United States	159	0.4
Foreign born	341	0.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	91	0.2
Naturalized citizen	187	0.5
Not a citizen	154	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	341	100.0
Europe	166	48.7
Asia	69	20.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	8	2.3
Latin America	65	19.1
Northern America	33	9.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	35,421	100.0
English only	32,593	92.0
Language other than English	2,828	8.0
Speak English less than 'very well	1,197	3.4
Spanish	516	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	120	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	2,235	6.3
Speak English less than "very well"	1,060	3.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	54	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	37,546	100.0
Total ancestries reported	33,130	88.2
Arab	24	0.1
Czech¹	71	0.2
Danish	19	0.1
Dutch	1,206	3.2
English	2,282	6.1
French (except Basque)¹	483	1.3
French Canadian¹	50	0.1
German	14,710	39.2
Greek	39	0.1
Hungarian	60	0.2
Irish¹	2,384	6.3
Italian	1,404	3.7
Lithuanian	77	0.2
Norwegian	72	0.2
Polish	1,028	2.7
Portuguese	26	0.1
Russian	92	0.2
Scotch-Irish	329	0.9
Scottish	362	1.0
Slovak	106	0.3
Subsaharan African	22	0.1
Swedish	221	0.6
Swiss	519	1.4
Ukrainian	135	0.4
United States or American	4,520	12.0
Welsh	487	1.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	7	0.0
Other ancestries	2,395	6.4

(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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