Chester County, PA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Chester county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school119,787100.0
Nursery school, preschool9,9398.3
Kindergarten6,4105.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)53,83144.9
High school (grades 9-12)24,47720.4
College or graduate school25,13021.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over285,816100.0
Less than 9th grade10,0853.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma20,4917.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)74,17926.0
Some college, no degree44,28015.5
Associate degree15,4295.4
Bachelor's degree76,00326.6
Graduate or professional degree45,34915.9
Percent high school graduate or higher89.3(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher42.5(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over338,632100.0
Never married84,90825.1
Now married, except separated205,55760.7
Separated5,4121.6
Widowed19,4565.7
Female
15,8804.7
Divorced23,2996.9
Female
13,6664.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years5,875100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren1,80730.8
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over319,915100.0
Civilian veterans38,10311.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years99,604100.0
With a disability6,3806.4
Population 21 to 64 years251,875100.0
With a disability31,12612.4
Percent employed
64.6(X)
No disability220,74987.6
Percent employed
81.0(X)
Population 65 years and over47,114100.0
With a disability15,51732.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over404,444100.0
Same house in 1995236,99258.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995159,31639.4
Same county
72,38617.9
Different county
86,93021.5
Same state
48,77712.1
Different state
38,1539.4
Elsewhere in 19958,1362.0
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population433,501100.0
Native409,73194.5
Born in United States
405,51193.5
State of residence
287,17766.2
Different state
118,33427.3
Born outside United States
4,2201.0
Foreign born23,7705.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
10,9912.5
Naturalized citizen
10,5132.4
Not a citizen
13,2573.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)23,770100.0
Europe7,61032.0
Asia7,11329.9
Africa8773.7
Oceania1770.7
Latin America7,10429.9
Northern America8893.7
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over404,444100.0
English only369,03091.2
Language other than English35,4148.8
Speak English less than 'very well
13,4053.3
Spanish
14,7943.7
Speak English less than "very well"
7,3221.8
Other Indo-European languages
13,8573.4
Speak English less than "very well"
3,6650.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages
5,3071.3
Speak English less than "very well"
2,0900.5
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population433,501100.0

Total ancestries reported

523,182120.7
Arab1,6560.4
Czech12,9970.7
Danish1,3050.3
Dutch9,2082.1
English59,03013.6
French (except Basque)110,4462.4
French Canadian11,9560.5
German99,05822.9
Greek2,7610.6
Hungarian4,1130.9
Irish197,27522.4
Italian60,28813.9
Lithuanian2,1730.5
Norwegian3,0370.7
Polish22,0995.1
Portuguese3930.1
Russian5,8751.4
Scotch-Irish9,9572.3
Scottish11,5142.7
Slovak3,5790.8
Subsaharan African1,9580.5
Swedish4,9821.1
Swiss2,3750.5
Ukrainian4,5501.0
United States or American20,8394.8
Welsh7,8581.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)7330.2
Other ancestries71,16716.4
(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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