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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: Bethlehem 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 |
20,642 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
1,127 |
5.5 |
Kindergarten |
865 |
4.2 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
7,119 |
34.5 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
3,183 |
15.4 |
College or graduate school |
8,348 |
40.4 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
46,071 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
3,476 |
7.5 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
6,470 |
14.0 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
15,307 |
33.2 |
Some college, no degree |
7,129 |
15.5 |
Associate degree |
2,712 |
5.9 |
Bachelor's degree |
6,547 |
14.2 |
Graduate or professional degree |
4,430 |
9.6 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
78.4 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
23.8 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
58,918 |
100.0 |
Never married |
18,974 |
32.2 |
Now married, except separated |
28,340 |
48.1 |
Separated |
1,403 |
2.4 |
Widowed |
5,397 |
9.2 |
Female |
4,492 |
7.6 |
Divorced |
4,804 |
8.2 |
Female |
2,923 |
5.0 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
1,187 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
482 |
40.6 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
56,475 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
6,928 |
12.3 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
16,315 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
1,453 |
8.9 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
38,207 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
7,062 |
18.5 |
Percent employed |
50.8 |
(X) |
No disability |
31,145 |
81.5 |
Percent employed |
76.2 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
12,115 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
4,495 |
37.1 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
67,520 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
37,237 |
55.1 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
27,822 |
41.2 |
Same county |
12,215 |
18.1 |
Different county |
15,607 |
23.1 |
Same state |
8,438 |
12.5 |
Different state |
7,169 |
10.6 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
2,461 |
3.6 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
71,329 |
100.0 |
Native |
66,965 |
93.9 |
Born in United States |
61,713 |
86.5 |
State of residence |
46,145 |
64.7 |
Different state |
15,568 |
21.8 |
Born outside United States |
5,252 |
7.4 |
Foreign born |
4,364 |
6.1 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
1,926 |
2.7 |
Naturalized citizen |
1,821 |
2.6 |
Not a citizen |
2,543 |
3.6 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
4,364 |
100.0 |
Europe |
1,359 |
31.1 |
Asia |
1,447 |
33.2 |
Africa |
206 |
4.7 |
Oceania |
22 |
0.5 |
Latin America |
1,166 |
26.7 |
Northern America |
164 |
3.8 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
67,520 |
100.0 |
English only |
53,257 |
78.9 |
Language other than English |
14,263 |
21.1 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
5,418 |
8.0 |
Spanish |
9,670 |
14.3 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
3,940 |
5.8 |
Other Indo-European languages |
3,038 |
4.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
819 |
1.2 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
1,047 |
1.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
513 |
0.8 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
71,329 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
80,126 |
112.3 |
Arab |
559 |
0.8 |
Czech1 |
484 |
0.7 |
Danish |
93 |
0.1 |
Dutch |
1,878 |
2.6 |
English |
3,830 |
5.4 |
French (except Basque)1 |
1,128 |
1.6 |
French Canadian1 |
194 |
0.3 |
German |
15,846 |
22.2 |
Greek |
625 |
0.9 |
Hungarian |
2,907 |
4.1 |
Irish1 |
8,619 |
12.1 |
Italian |
6,705 |
9.4 |
Lithuanian |
256 |
0.4 |
Norwegian |
306 |
0.4 |
Polish |
3,260 |
4.6 |
Portuguese |
658 |
0.9 |
Russian |
604 |
0.8 |
Scotch-Irish |
809 |
1.1 |
Scottish |
782 |
1.1 |
Slovak |
2,830 |
4.0 |
Subsaharan African |
222 |
0.3 |
Swedish |
528 |
0.7 |
Swiss |
206 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian |
947 |
1.3 |
United States or American |
2,250 |
3.2 |
Welsh |
1,411 |
2.0 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
99 |
0.1 |
Other ancestries |
22,090 |
31.0 |
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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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