Columbia County, PA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Columbia county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	17,963	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	855	4.8
Kindergarten	805	4.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,360	35.4
High school (grades 9-12)	3,303	18.4
College or graduate school	6,640	37.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	41,658	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,322	5.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,753	13.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	19,326	46.4
Some college, no degree	5,784	13.9
Associate degree	1,905	4.6
Bachelor's degree	4,158	10.0
Graduate or professional degree	2,410	5.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	53,274	100.0
Never married	14,682	27.6
Now married, except separated	29,096	54.6
Separated	894	1.7
Widowed	4,036	7.6
Female	3,349	6.3
Divorced	4,566	8.6
Female	2,476	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	708	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	318	44.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	50,788	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,256	14.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	14,941	100.0
With a disability	1,132	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	35,666	100.0
With a disability	5,805	16.3
Percent employed	52.6	(X)
No disability	29,861	83.7
Percent employed	77.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,525	100.0
With a disability	3,841	40.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	61,028	100.0
Same house in 1995	38,181	62.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	22,375	36.7
Same county	12,717	20.8
Different county	9,658	15.8
Same state	7,286	11.9
Different state	2,372	3.9
Elsewhere in 1995	472	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	64,151	100.0
Native	63,238	98.6
Born in United States	62,906	98.1
State of residence	54,507	85.0
Different state	8,399	13.1
Born outside United States	332	0.5
Foreign born	913	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	312	0.5
Naturalized citizen	518	0.8
Not a citizen	395	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	913	100.0
Europe	305	33.4
Asia	287	31.4
Africa	88	9.6
Oceania	23	2.5
Latin America	109	11.9
Northern America	101	11.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	61,028	100.0
English only	59,087	96.8
Language other than English	1,941	3.2
Speak English less than 'very well	641	1.1
Spanish	641	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	238	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	1,068	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	308	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	141	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	53	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	64,151	100.0
Total ancestries reported	67,019	104.5
Arab	135	0.2
Czech¹	245	0.4
Danish	36	0.1
Dutch	4,982	7.8
English	4,782	7.5
French (except Basque)¹	1,147	1.8
French Canadian¹	120	0.2
German	20,747	32.3
Greek	161	0.3
Hungarian	497	0.8
Irish¹	7,341	11.4
Italian	4,780	7.5
Lithuanian	522	0.8
Norwegian	212	0.3
Polish	4,360	6.8
Portuguese	18	0.0
Russian	456	0.7
Scotch-Irish	507	0.8
Scottish	772	1.2
Slovak	821	1.3
Subsaharan African	124	0.2
Swedish	395	0.6
Swiss	195	0.3
Ukrainian	1,090	1.7
United States or American	4,810	7.5
Welsh	1,471	2.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	52	0.1
Other ancestries	6,241	9.7

(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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