ACS: 2001 ACS Tabular Profile for Schuylkill County -- Table 2

2001 American Community Survey Profile Schuylkill County

TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
	Estimate	Lower Bound	Upper Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	28,646	27,806	29,486
Nursery school, preschool	1,461	1,141	1,781
Kindergarten	1,452	1,054	1,850
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	14,383	13,817	14,949
High school grade (grades 9-12)	6,649	6,233	7,065
College or graduate school	4,701	4,097	5,305

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	102,041	101,797	102,285
Less than 9th grade	5,305	4,501	6,109
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	13,048	11,910	14,187
High school graduate (including equivalency)	51,976	50,318	53,634
Some college, no degree	13,580	12,554	14,606
Associate degree	7,201	6,427	7,975
Bachelor's degree	7,009	6,219	7,799
Graduate or professional degree	3,922	3,260	4,584

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.0	80.7	83.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	10.7	9.9	11.5

MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over	56,444	56,203	56,685
Never married	15,694	14,890	16,498
Now married, except separated	32,489	31,511	33,467
Separated	902	585	1,219
Widowed	2,226	1,817	2,635
Divorced	5,133	4,409	5,857

Females 15 years and over	61,724	61,528	61,920
Never married	12,604	11,822	13,386
Now married, except separated	33,095	32,110	34,080
Separated	1,173	769	1,577
Widowed	9,587	9,016	10,158
Divorced	5,265	4,605	5,925

FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months	1,940	1,521	2,359
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)	518	234	802
Per 1,000 unmarried women	38	18	58
As a percent of all women with a birth	26.7	14.0	39.4
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old	58	46	70
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old	17	1	34
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old	125	97	153
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old	20	8	32

GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households	2,177	1,657	2,697
Responsible for grandchildren	1,056	680	1,432
less than 1 year	291	12	570
1 or 2 years	298	117	480
3 or 4 years	200	0	416
5 or more years	267	122	412

Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female	60.0	53.2	66.8
Percent who are married	81.5	70.6	92.4
Percent who are in labor force	43.1	29.4	56.8
Percent who are in poverty	18.2	0.1	36.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	112,385	112,167	112,603
Civilian veterans	18,443	17,402	19,484

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	27,176	26,754	27,598
With a disability	1,904	1,513	2,295

Population 21 to 64 years	80,596	80,164	81,028
With a disability	12,642	11,558	13,726
Percent employed	44.8	40.7	48.9
No disability	67,954	66,830	69,078
Percent employed	80.1	78.6	81.6

Population 65 years and over	27,256	27,160	27,352
With a disability	12,356	11,645	13,067

RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over	140,331	140,011	140,651
Same house	128,478	126,972	129,984
Different house in the U.S.	11,640	10,101	13,179
Same county	8,398	7,175	9,621
Different county	3,242	2,458	4,026
Same state	2,215	1,614	2,816
Different state	1,027	483	1,572
Abroad	213	41	385

PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population	141,950	*****	*****
Native	140,466	140,095	140,837
Born in United States	140,197	139,799	140,595
State of residence	128,738	127,601	129,875
Different state	11,459	10,393	12,525
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)	269	104	434
Foreign born	1,484	1,113	1,855
Naturalized citizen	779	584	974
Not a citizen	705	405	1,005
Entered 1990 or later	495	213	777
Entered before 1990	989	702	1,276

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported	1,484	1,113	1,855
Europe	469	281	657
Asia	470	322	619
Africa	0	0	488
Oceania	0	0	488
Latin America	403	246	560
Northern America	142	0	330

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	135,158	134,998	135,318
English only	129,756	129,083	130,429
Language other than English	5,402	4,749	6,055
Speak English less than "very well"	1,399	1,114	1,684
Spanish	1,337	1,060	1,614
Speak English less than "very well"	347	194	500
Other Indo-European languages	3,657	3,098	4,216
Speak English less than "very well"	918	634	1,202
Asian and Pacific Islander languages	295	153	437
Speak English less than "very well"	101	17	185
Other languages	113	24	202
Speak English less than "very well"	33	0	86

ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population	141,950	*****	*****
Arab	833	262	1,404
Czech	725	426	1,024
Danish	135	18	252
Dutch	13,535	12,076	14,994
English	9,220	7,981	10,459
French (except Basque)	2,357	1,529	3,185
French Canadian	182	58	306
German	48,405	45,727	51,083
Greek	1,336	892	1,780
Hungarian	793	499	1,087
Irish	25,991	24,207	27,775
Italian	12,621	11,291	13,951
Lithuanian	10,595	9,199	11,991
Norwegian	378	73	683
Polish	18,323	16,228	20,419
Portuguese	103	0	237
Russian	1,892	1,319	2,465
Scotch-Irish	942	574	1,310
Scottish	1,038	606	1,470
Slovak	5,373	4,173	6,573
Subsaharan African	0	0	488
Swedish	336	87	585
Swiss	746	243	1,249
Ukrainian	4,724	3,854	5,594
United States or American	5,995	5,149	6,841
Welsh	6,404	5,396	7,412
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)	62	0	178

The 2001 American Community Survey universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the 2001 American Community Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the 2001 American Community Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '*' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.