Harrisburg, PA Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school12,555100.0
Nursery school, preschool8757.0
Kindergarten8086.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)6,58352.4
High school (grades 9-12)2,58920.6
College or graduate school1,70013.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over30,712100.0
Less than 9th grade2,1527.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma6,33120.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)10,98535.8
Some college, no degree5,29217.2
Associate degree1,5685.1
Bachelor's degree2,6428.6
Graduate or professional degree1,7425.7
Percent high school graduate or higher72.4(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher14.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over37,186100.0
Never married16,46344.3
Now married, except separated11,59231.2
Separated1,7554.7
Widowed2,7647.4
Female
2,2306.0
Divorced4,61212.4
Female
2,7277.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,565100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren88256.4
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over35,323100.0
Civilian veterans4,53212.8
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years11,719100.0
With a disability1,61113.7
Population 21 to 64 years27,857100.0
With a disability7,58427.2
Percent employed
52.4(X)
No disability20,27372.8
Percent employed
74.6(X)
Population 65 years and over5,043100.0
With a disability2,19943.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over45,204100.0
Same house in 199522,03148.7
Different house in the U.S. in 199521,82348.3
Same county
14,60432.3
Different county
7,21916.0
Same state
4,0108.9
Different state
3,2097.1
Elsewhere in 19951,3503.0
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population49,100100.0
Native46,22994.2
Born in United States
43,96389.5
State of residence
33,51168.3
Different state
10,45221.3
Born outside United States
2,2664.6
Foreign born2,8715.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1,6553.4
Naturalized citizen
1,0802.2
Not a citizen
1,7913.6
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)2,871100.0
Europe1956.8
Asia1,21942.5
Africa46316.1
Oceania00.0
Latin America96933.8
Northern America250.9
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over45,204100.0
English only38,12884.3
Language other than English7,07615.7
Speak English less than 'very well
3,4907.7
Spanish
4,81410.6
Speak English less than "very well"
2,2995.1
Other Indo-European languages
8741.9
Speak English less than "very well"
3040.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages
9942.2
Speak English less than "very well"
7161.6
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population49,100100.0

Total ancestries reported

45,27892.2
Arab1290.3
Czech11050.2
Danish450.1
Dutch4130.8
English1,0792.2
French (except Basque)12600.5
French Canadian1130.0
German4,7009.6
Greek470.1
Hungarian1450.3
Irish12,2344.5
Italian1,8243.7
Lithuanian800.2
Norwegian770.2
Polish4410.9
Portuguese360.1
Russian1830.4
Scotch-Irish2920.6
Scottish2480.5
Slovak1990.4
Subsaharan African1,0322.1
Swedish1440.3
Swiss1240.3
Ukrainian1430.3
United States or American1,7013.5
Welsh3540.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)3220.7
Other ancestries28,90858.9
(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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