Altoona, PA Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school12,265100.0
Nursery school, preschool7806.4
Kindergarten7135.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)5,10841.6
High school (grades 9-12)2,62621.4
College or graduate school3,03824.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over32,755100.0
Less than 9th grade1,5484.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma4,34613.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)16,35949.9
Some college, no degree4,54913.9
Associate degree1,9856.1
Bachelor's degree2,6678.1
Graduate or professional degree1,3014.0
Percent high school graduate or higher82.0(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher12.1(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over40,089100.0
Never married11,52628.8
Now married, except separated19,29948.1
Separated1,1632.9
Widowed4,12110.3
Female
3,4518.6
Divorced3,9809.9
Female
2,3295.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,003100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren58958.7
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over38,127100.0
Civilian veterans6,15816.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years11,398100.0
With a disability1,1059.7
Population 21 to 64 years26,586100.0
With a disability6,27923.6
Percent employed
50.4(X)
No disability20,30776.4
Percent employed
77.1(X)
Population 65 years and over7,871100.0
With a disability3,24441.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over46,398100.0
Same house in 199529,43163.4
Different house in the U.S. in 199516,80536.2
Same county
12,20326.3
Different county
4,6029.9
Same state
3,0396.5
Different state
1,5633.4
Elsewhere in 19951620.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population49,525100.0
Native48,99298.9
Born in United States
48,84898.6
State of residence
44,56490.0
Different state
4,2848.7
Born outside United States
1440.3
Foreign born5331.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1300.3
Naturalized citizen
3820.8
Not a citizen
1510.3
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)533100.0
Europe25447.7
Asia13124.6
Africa315.8
Oceania00.0
Latin America7714.4
Northern America407.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over46,398100.0
English only44,88096.7
Language other than English1,5183.3
Speak English less than 'very well
4150.9
Spanish
4110.9
Speak English less than "very well"
1590.3
Other Indo-European languages
8991.9
Speak English less than "very well"
2100.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1410.3
Speak English less than "very well"
460.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population49,525100.0

Total ancestries reported

53,738108.5
Arab2590.5
Czech11400.3
Danish640.1
Dutch1,1372.3
English3,6017.3
French (except Basque)18831.8
French Canadian1870.2
German18,75837.9
Greek1580.3
Hungarian1890.4
Irish19,03918.3
Italian6,58913.3
Lithuanian410.1
Norwegian800.2
Polish2,2624.6
Portuguese50.0
Russian1770.4
Scotch-Irish8991.8
Scottish7221.5
Slovak2680.5
Subsaharan African700.1
Swedish4610.9
Swiss860.2
Ukrainian1000.2
United States or American2,9135.9
Welsh4951.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)210.0
Other ancestries4,2348.5
(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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