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Philadelphia Pennsylvania Social and demographic information
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Philadelphia Pennsylvania Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Philadelphia city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
1,517,550 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
440,307 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
1,380,345 |
91.0 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
26,132 |
5.9 |
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Born in
United States |
1,332,410 |
87.8 |
| Kindergarten |
20,916 |
4.8 |
|
State
of residence |
1,088,493 |
71.7 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
181,196 |
41.2 |
|
Different state |
243,917 |
16.1 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
96,392 |
21.9 |
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Born
outside United States |
47,935 |
3.2 |
| College or
graduate school |
115,671 |
26.3 |
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Foreign born |
137,205 |
9.0 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
63,624 |
4.2 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
64,786 |
4.3 |
| Population
25 years and over |
966,197 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
72,419 |
4.8 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
72,617 |
7.5 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
205,473 |
21.3 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
322,059 |
33.3 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
137,205 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
150,413 |
15.6 |
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Europe |
41,516 |
30.3 |
| Associate
degree |
42,994 |
4.4 |
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Asia |
52,767 |
38.5 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
99,936 |
10.3 |
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Africa |
9,175 |
6.7 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
72,705 |
7.5 |
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Oceania |
250 |
0.2 |
| |
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Latin America |
32,099 |
23.4 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
71.2 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
1,398 |
1.0 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
17.9 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
1,419,977 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
1,194,967 |
100.0 |
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English only |
1,168,463 |
82.3 |
| Never married |
487,710 |
40.8 |
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Language other
than English |
251,514 |
17.7 |
| Now married,
except separated |
439,762 |
36.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
113,672 |
8.0 |
| Separated |
52,078 |
4.4 |
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Spanish |
110,498 |
7.8 |
| Widowed |
112,542 |
9.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
45,884 |
3.2 |
| Female |
91,942 |
7.7 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
79,181 |
5.6 |
| Divorced |
102,875 |
8.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
33,447 |
2.4 |
| Female |
63,552 |
5.3 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
49,926 |
3.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
30,339 |
2.1 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
1,517,550 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
51,159 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
1,505,152 |
99.2 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
21,123 |
41.3 |
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Arab |
5,271 |
0.3 |
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Czech¹ |
2,421 |
0.2 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
950 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
1,134,285 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
5,444 |
0.4 |
| Civilian
veterans |
123,365 |
10.9 |
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English |
44,513 |
2.9 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
11,316 |
0.7 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
1,994 |
0.1 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
123,058 |
8.1 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
358,399 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
4,414 |
0.3 |
| With a
disability |
34,273 |
9.6 |
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Hungarian |
5,848 |
0.4 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
835,325 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
206,582 |
13.6 |
| With a
disability |
223,058 |
26.7 |
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Italian |
140,139 |
9.2 |
| Percent
employed |
47.5 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
5,681 |
0.4 |
| No disability |
612,267 |
73.3 |
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Norwegian |
2,201 |
0.1 |
| Percent
employed |
68.8 |
(X) |
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Polish |
65,508 |
4.3 |
| Population
65 years and over |
204,900 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
2,589 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
97,078 |
47.4 |
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Russian |
26,375 |
1.7 |
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Scotch-Irish |
9,109 |
0.6 |
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Scottish |
8,323 |
0.5 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
2,388 |
0.2 |
| Population
5 years and over |
1,419,977 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
24,682 |
1.6 |
| Same house in
1995 |
879,027 |
61.9 |
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Swedish |
3,597 |
0.2 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
494,773 |
34.8 |
|
Swiss |
1,218 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
359,507 |
25.3 |
|
Ukrainian |
15,665 |
1.0 |
| Different
county |
135,266 |
9.5 |
|
United States
or American |
27,843 |
1.8 |
| Same state |
54,213 |
3.8 |
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Welsh |
4,922 |
0.3 |
| Different
state |
81,053 |
5.7 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
18,376 |
1.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
46,177 |
3.3 |
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Other
ancestries |
734,725 |
48.4 |
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| Date: January
10, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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