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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Allentown city, Pennsylvania |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Number |
Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
27,373 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
1,506 |
5.5 |
Kindergarten |
1,556 |
5.7 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
12,635 |
46.2 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
5,496 |
20.1 |
College or graduate school |
6,180 |
22.6 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
68,718 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
6,234 |
9.1 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
12,514 |
18.2 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
25,091 |
36.5 |
Some college, no degree |
10,640 |
15.5 |
Associate degree |
3,682 |
5.4 |
Bachelor's degree |
6,944 |
10.1 |
Graduate or professional degree |
3,613 |
5.3 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
72.7 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
15.4 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
84,090 |
100.0 |
Never married |
26,714 |
31.8 |
Now married, except separated |
37,821 |
45.0 |
Separated |
2,925 |
3.5 |
Widowed |
7,146 |
8.5 |
Female |
5,844 |
6.9 |
Divorced |
9,484 |
11.3 |
Female |
5,455 |
6.5 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
2,395 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
1,022 |
42.7 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
80,360 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
9,285 |
11.6 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
24,125 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
2,457 |
10.2 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
57,947 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
13,270 |
22.9 |
Percent employed |
48.9 |
(X) |
No disability |
44,677 |
77.1 |
Percent employed |
77.6 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
15,119 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
5,949 |
39.3 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
99,279 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
49,447 |
49.8 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
45,576 |
45.9 |
Same county |
28,506 |
28.7 |
Different county |
17,070 |
17.2 |
Same state |
8,501 |
8.6 |
Different state |
8,569 |
8.6 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
4,256 |
4.3 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
106,632 |
100.0 |
Native |
96,405 |
90.4 |
Born in United States |
87,477 |
82.0 |
State of residence |
68,231 |
64.0 |
Different state |
19,246 |
18.0 |
Born outside United States |
8,928 |
8.4 |
Foreign born |
10,227 |
9.6 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
4,585 |
4.3 |
Naturalized citizen |
4,460 |
4.2 |
Not a citizen |
5,767 |
5.4 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
10,227 |
100.0 |
Europe |
1,459 |
14.3 |
Asia |
3,701 |
36.2 |
Africa |
268 |
2.6 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
4,674 |
45.7 |
Northern America |
125 |
1.2 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
99,279 |
100.0 |
English only |
71,714 |
72.2 |
Language other than English |
27,565 |
27.8 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
11,568 |
11.7 |
Spanish |
19,688 |
19.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
8,222 |
8.3 |
Other Indo-European languages |
3,398 |
3.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,067 |
1.1 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
1,940 |
2.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
1,115 |
1.1 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
106,632 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
112,005 |
105.0 |
Arab |
2,638 |
2.5 |
Czech1 |
661 |
0.6 |
Danish |
64 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
2,614 |
2.5 |
English |
3,760 |
3.5 |
French (except Basque)1 |
1,324 |
1.2 |
French Canadian1 |
286 |
0.3 |
German |
22,715 |
21.3 |
Greek |
577 |
0.5 |
Hungarian |
2,216 |
2.1 |
Irish1 |
9,006 |
8.4 |
Italian |
6,458 |
6.1 |
Lithuanian |
308 |
0.3 |
Norwegian |
269 |
0.3 |
Polish |
3,083 |
2.9 |
Portuguese |
104 |
0.1 |
Russian |
1,111 |
1.0 |
Scotch-Irish |
554 |
0.5 |
Scottish |
845 |
0.8 |
Slovak |
2,639 |
2.5 |
Subsaharan African |
583 |
0.5 |
Swedish |
354 |
0.3 |
Swiss |
239 |
0.2 |
Ukrainian |
1,442 |
1.4 |
United States or American |
4,617 |
4.3 |
Welsh |
1,613 |
1.5 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
759 |
0.7 |
Other ancestries |
41,166 |
38.6 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) 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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