Wayne County, PA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wayne county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,913	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	642	5.9
Kindergarten	577	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,555	50.9
High school (grades 9-12)	2,821	25.8
College or graduate school	1,318	12.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	33,326	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,792	5.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,625	13.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,498	43.5
Some college, no degree	5,649	17.0
Associate degree	1,910	5.7
Bachelor's degree	2,947	8.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,905	5.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	38,398	100.0
Never married	8,317	21.7
Now married, except separated	22,362	58.2
Separated	826	2.2
Widowed	3,463	9.0
Female	2,826	7.4
Divorced	3,430	8.9
Female	1,627	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	702	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	255	36.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	36,200	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,011	16.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,220	100.0
With a disability	840	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	25,291	100.0
With a disability	4,855	19.2
Percent employed	50.9	(X)
No disability	20,436	80.8
Percent employed	75.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,944	100.0
With a disability	3,066	38.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	45,043	100.0
Same house in 1995	30,173	67.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	14,614	32.4
Same county	6,723	14.9
Different county	7,891	17.5
Same state	3,474	7.7
Different state	4,417	9.8
Elsewhere in 1995	256	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	47,722	100.0
Native	46,275	97.0
Born in United States	45,898	96.2
State of residence	28,629	60.0
Different state	17,269	36.2
Born outside United States	377	0.8
Foreign born	1,447	3.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	226	0.5
Naturalized citizen	1,046	2.2
Not a citizen	401	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,447	100.0
Europe	1,024	70.8
Asia	166	11.5
Africa	16	1.1
Oceania	2	0.1
Latin America	170	11.7
Northern America	69	4.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	45,043	100.0
English only	42,585	94.5
Language other than English	2,458	5.5
Speak English less than 'very well	813	1.8
Spanish	758	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	259	0.6
Other Indo-European languages	1,534	3.4
Speak English less than "very well"	466	1.0
Asian and Pacific Island languages	139	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	88	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	47,722	100.0
Total ancestries reported	55,602	116.5
Arab	44	0.1
Czech¹	300	0.6
Danish	167	0.3
Dutch	1,238	2.6
English	6,661	14.0
French (except Basque)¹	1,071	2.2
French Canadian¹	225	0.5
German	13,473	28.2
Greek	239	0.5
Hungarian	364	0.8
Irish¹	9,679	20.3
Italian	5,407	11.3
Lithuanian	558	1.2
Norwegian	412	0.9
Polish	4,479	9.4
Portuguese	69	0.1
Russian	1,015	2.1
Scotch-Irish	490	1.0
Scottish	681	1.4
Slovak	614	1.3
Subsaharan African	15	0.0
Swedish	374	0.8
Swiss	88	0.2
Ukrainian	334	0.7
United States or American	2,387	5.0
Welsh	1,287	2.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	50	0.1
Other ancestries	3,881	8.1

(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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