Armstrong County, PA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Armstrong county pennsylvania dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	15,812	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	974	6.2
Kindergarten	924	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,602	48.1
High school (grades 9-12)	4,300	27.2
College or graduate school	2,012	12.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	50,638	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,634	7.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,510	12.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	25,852	51.1
Some college, no degree	6,452	12.7
Associate degree	2,900	5.7
Bachelor's degree	3,608	7.1
Graduate or professional degree	1,682	3.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	58,991	100.0
Never married	12,956	22.0
Now married, except separated	34,585	58.6
Separated	1,120	1.9
Widowed	5,562	9.4
Female	4,446	7.5
Divorced	4,768	8.1
Female	2,484	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	990	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	398	40.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	55,799	100.0
Civilian veterans	8,701	15.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	15,114	100.0
With a disability	1,006	6.7

Population 21 to 64 years	40,265	100.0
With a disability	7,689	19.1
Percent employed	43.4	(X)
No disability	32,576	80.9
Percent employed	73.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	12,648	100.0
With a disability	4,984	39.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	68,513	100.0
Same house in 1995	48,579	70.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,729	28.8
Same county	11,975	17.5
Different county	7,754	11.3
Same state	6,208	9.1
Different state	1,546	2.3
Elsewhere in 1995	205	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	72,392	100.0
Native	71,900	99.3
Born in United States	71,647	99.0
State of residence	66,607	92.0
Different state	5,040	7.0
Born outside United States	253	0.3
Foreign born	492	0.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	92	0.1
Naturalized citizen	348	0.5
Not a citizen	144	0.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	492	100.0
Europe	301	61.2
Asia	119	24.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	33	6.7
Northern America	39	7.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	68,513	100.0
English only	66,809	97.5
Language other than English	1,704	2.5
Speak English less than 'very well	510	0.7
Spanish	546	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	204	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	934	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	233	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	140	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	44	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	72,392	100.0
Total ancestries reported	73,056	100.9
Arab	126	0.2
Czech¹	394	0.5
Danish	26	0.0
Dutch	2,904	4.0
English	5,973	8.3
French (except Basque)¹	834	1.2
French Canadian¹	134	0.2
German	23,397	32.3
Greek	171	0.2
Hungarian	776	1.1
Irish¹	9,737	13.5
Italian	6,580	9.1
Lithuanian	159	0.2
Norwegian	109	0.2
Polish	3,974	5.5
Portuguese	29	0.0
Russian	356	0.5
Scotch-Irish	2,156	3.0
Scottish	1,199	1.7
Slovak	2,895	4.0
Subsaharan African	30	0.0
Swedish	503	0.7
Swiss	137	0.2
Ukrainian	802	1.1
United States or American	4,378	6.0
Welsh	512	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	18	0.0
Other ancestries	4,747	6.6

(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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