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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

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.


Subject

Number

Percent

 

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

 

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

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

 

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

 

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

72.7

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

15.4

(X)

 

 

 

MARITAL STATUS

 

 

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

 

 

 

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

 

 

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

 

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

 

Civilian population 18 years and over

80,360

100.0

Civilian veterans

9,285

11.6

 

 

 

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

 

 

Population 5 to 20 years

24,125

100.0

With a disability

2,457

10.2

 

 

 

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)

 

 

 

Population 65 years and over

15,119

100.0

With a disability

5,949

39.3

 

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1995

 

 

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

 

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

 

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

 

 

 

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

 

 

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

 

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

 

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

 

 

 

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

 

 

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

(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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