Wyoming County, PA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wyoming county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	7,072	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	446	6.3
Kindergarten	381	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,364	47.6
High school (grades 9-12)	1,870	26.4
College or graduate school	1,011	14.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	18,741	100.0
Less than 9th grade	727	3.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,329	12.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	8,484	45.3
Some college, no degree	3,059	16.3
Associate degree	1,248	6.7
Bachelor's degree	1,845	9.8
Graduate or professional degree	1,049	5.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	22,335	100.0
Never married	5,074	22.7
Now married, except separated	13,161	58.9
Separated	454	2.0
Widowed	1,807	8.1
Female	1,470	6.6
Divorced	1,839	8.2
Female	964	4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	340	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	137	40.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	20,950	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,037	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	6,477	100.0
With a disability	560	8.6

Population 21 to 64 years	16,082	100.0
With a disability	2,868	17.8
Percent employed	53.7	(X)
No disability	13,214	82.2
Percent employed	74.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,559	100.0
With a disability	1,499	42.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	26,470	100.0
Same house in 1995	17,333	65.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,998	34.0
Same county	4,597	17.4
Different county	4,401	16.6
Same state	3,042	11.5
Different state	1,359	5.1
Elsewhere in 1995	139	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	28,080	100.0
Native	27,737	98.8
Born in United States	27,617	98.4
State of residence	22,493	80.1
Different state	5,124	18.2
Born outside United States	120	0.4
Foreign born	343	1.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	72	0.3
Naturalized citizen	223	0.8
Not a citizen	120	0.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	343	100.0
Europe	173	50.4
Asia	74	21.6
Africa	14	4.1
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	49	14.3
Northern America	33	9.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	26,470	100.0
English only	25,749	97.3
Language other than English	721	2.7
Speak English less than 'very well	222	0.8
Spanish	312	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	77	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	335	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	110	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	52	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	32	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	28,080	100.0
Total ancestries reported	30,981	110.3
Arab	52	0.2
Czech¹	140	0.5
Danish	39	0.1
Dutch	983	3.5
English	3,816	13.6
French (except Basque)¹	702	2.5
French Canadian¹	202	0.7
German	6,427	22.9
Greek	77	0.3
Hungarian	207	0.7
Irish¹	4,257	15.2
Italian	2,130	7.6
Lithuanian	558	2.0
Norwegian	66	0.2
Polish	3,307	11.8
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	411	1.5
Scotch-Irish	330	1.2
Scottish	484	1.7
Slovak	501	1.8
Subsaharan African	8	0.0
Swedish	209	0.7
Swiss	64	0.2
Ukrainian	222	0.8
United States or American	2,024	7.2
Welsh	1,741	6.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	10	0.0
Other ancestries	2,012	7.2

(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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