Susquehanna County, PA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Susquehanna county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,047	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	561	5.6
Kindergarten	534	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,300	52.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,624	26.1
College or graduate school	1,028	10.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	28,581	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,280	4.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,726	13.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,494	47.2
Some college, no degree	4,406	15.4
Associate degree	1,899	6.6
Bachelor's degree	2,293	8.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,483	5.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	33,515	100.0
Never married	7,218	21.5
Now married, except separated	19,879	59.3
Separated	640	1.9
Widowed	2,658	7.9
Female	2,125	6.3
Divorced	3,120	9.3
Female	1,539	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	514	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	199	38.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	31,458	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,124	16.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,696	100.0
With a disability	802	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	23,469	100.0
With a disability	4,402	18.8
Percent employed	52.5	(X)
No disability	19,067	81.2
Percent employed	78.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	6,293	100.0
With a disability	2,603	41.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	39,822	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,895	70.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	11,781	29.6
Same county	6,366	16.0
Different county	5,415	13.6
Same state	2,861	7.2
Different state	2,554	6.4
Elsewhere in 1995	146	0.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	42,238	100.0
Native	41,695	98.7
Born in United States	41,486	98.2
State of residence	26,087	61.8
Different state	15,399	36.5
Born outside United States	209	0.5
Foreign born	543	1.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	70	0.2
Naturalized citizen	387	0.9
Not a citizen	156	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	543	100.0
Europe	365	67.2
Asia	87	16.0
Africa	5	0.9
Oceania	4	0.7
Latin America	39	7.2
Northern America	43	7.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	39,822	100.0
English only	38,613	97.0
Language other than English	1,209	3.0
Speak English less than 'very well	297	0.7
Spanish	300	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	95	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	827	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	177	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	67	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	23	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	42,238	100.0
Total ancestries reported	47,900	113.4
Arab	45	0.1
Czech¹	220	0.5
Danish	108	0.3
Dutch	1,504	3.6
English	7,510	17.8
French (except Basque)¹	1,261	3.0
French Canadian¹	134	0.3
German	8,168	19.3
Greek	103	0.2
Hungarian	238	0.6
Irish¹	7,654	18.1
Italian	3,529	8.4
Lithuanian	491	1.2
Norwegian	149	0.4
Polish	3,559	8.4
Portuguese	64	0.2
Russian	839	2.0
Scotch-Irish	560	1.3
Scottish	879	2.1
Slovak	622	1.5
Subsaharan African	5	0.0
Swedish	326	0.8
Swiss	110	0.3
Ukrainian	269	0.6
United States or American	3,574	8.5
Welsh	1,915	4.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	24	0.1
Other ancestries	4,040	9.6

(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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