Union County, PA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Union county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,801	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	438	4.1
Kindergarten	368	3.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,147	38.4
High school (grades 9-12)	2,131	19.7
College or graduate school	3,717	34.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	27,521	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,817	6.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,589	20.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,731	39.0
Some college, no degree	3,284	11.9
Associate degree	1,139	4.1
Bachelor's degree	2,820	10.2
Graduate or professional degree	2,141	7.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	73.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	34,785	100.0
Never married	8,078	23.2
Now married, except separated	22,233	63.9
Separated	384	1.1
Widowed	1,967	5.7
Female	1,553	4.5
Divorced	2,123	6.1
Female	998	2.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	430	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	116	27.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,256	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,912	11.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,313	100.0
With a disability	569	6.1

Population 21 to 64 years	19,455	100.0
With a disability	3,132	16.1
Percent employed	57.0	(X)
No disability	16,323	83.9
Percent employed	76.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,070	100.0
With a disability	2,186	43.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	39,637	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,707	57.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,830	39.9
Same county	4,809	12.1
Different county	11,021	27.8
Same state	6,902	17.4
Different state	4,119	10.4
Elsewhere in 1995	1,100	2.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	41,624	100.0
Native	40,087	96.3
Born in United States	39,787	95.6
State of residence	30,022	72.1
Different state	9,765	23.5
Born outside United States	300	0.7
Foreign born	1,537	3.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	608	1.5
Naturalized citizen	434	1.0
Not a citizen	1,103	2.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,537	100.0
Europe	440	28.6
Asia	317	20.6
Africa	87	5.7
Oceania	2	0.1
Latin America	605	39.4
Northern America	86	5.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	39,637	100.0
English only	35,508	89.6
Language other than English	4,129	10.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,261	3.2
Spanish	1,460	3.7
Speak English less than "very well"	452	1.1
Other Indo-European languages	2,245	5.7
Speak English less than "very well"	633	1.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	325	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	161	0.4

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	41,624	100.0
Total ancestries reported	34,645	83.2
Arab	67	0.2
Czech¹	113	0.3
Danish	54	0.1
Dutch	1,233	3.0
English	2,562	6.2
French (except Basque)¹	636	1.5
French Canadian¹	160	0.4
German	12,913	31.0
Greek	59	0.1
Hungarian	105	0.3
Irish¹	2,946	7.1
Italian	1,733	4.2
Lithuanian	88	0.2
Norwegian	163	0.4
Polish	1,191	2.9
Portuguese	24	0.1
Russian	400	1.0
Scotch-Irish	380	0.9
Scottish	512	1.2
Slovak	125	0.3
Subsaharan African	65	0.2
Swedish	257	0.6
Swiss	454	1.1
Ukrainian	134	0.3
United States or American	3,693	8.9
Welsh	431	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	67	0.2
Other ancestries	4,080	9.8

(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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