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Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Social and demographic information
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Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Pittsburgh 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 |
|
|
|
Total
poplulation |
334,563 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
98,878 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
315,689 |
94.4 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
4,824 |
4.9 |
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Born in
United States |
313,567 |
93.7 |
| Kindergarten |
3,437 |
3.5 |
|
State
of residence |
261,318 |
78.1 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
30,857 |
31.2 |
|
Different state |
52,249 |
15.6 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
15,740 |
15.9 |
|
Born
outside United States |
2,122 |
0.6 |
| College or
graduate school |
44,020 |
44.5 |
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Foreign born |
18,874 |
5.6 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
10,508 |
3.1 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
7,385 |
2.2 |
| Population
25 years and over |
218,813 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
11,489 |
3.4 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
10,046 |
4.6 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
30,936 |
14.1 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
71,657 |
32.7 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
18,874 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
35,497 |
16.2 |
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Europe |
7,413 |
39.3 |
| Associate
degree |
13,410 |
6.1 |
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Asia |
7,938 |
42.1 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
29,936 |
13.7 |
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Africa |
905 |
4.8 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
27,331 |
12.5 |
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Oceania |
155 |
0.8 |
| |
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Latin America |
1,893 |
10.0 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
81.3 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
570 |
3.0 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
26.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
316,760 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
278,988 |
100.0 |
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English only |
287,641 |
90.8 |
| Never married |
112,443 |
40.3 |
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Language other
than English |
29,119 |
9.2 |
| Now married,
except separated |
106,905 |
38.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
10,042 |
3.2 |
| Separated |
7,488 |
2.7 |
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Spanish |
6,019 |
1.9 |
| Widowed |
26,732 |
9.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,863 |
0.6 |
| Female |
21,503 |
7.7 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
14,727 |
4.6 |
| Divorced |
25,420 |
9.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
4,626 |
1.5 |
| Female |
15,261 |
5.5 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
6,062 |
1.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
3,005 |
0.9 |
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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 |
334,563 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
5,999 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
371,332 |
111.0 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
2,699 |
45.0 |
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Arab |
2,374 |
0.7 |
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Czech¹ |
2,076 |
0.6 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
208 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
267,944 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
1,510 |
0.5 |
| Civilian
veterans |
33,559 |
12.5 |
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English |
15,352 |
4.6 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
4,785 |
1.4 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
627 |
0.2 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
65,976 |
19.7 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
70,862 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
1,833 |
0.5 |
| With a
disability |
5,763 |
8.1 |
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Hungarian |
3,961 |
1.2 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
185,364 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
52,924 |
15.8 |
| With a
disability |
36,758 |
19.8 |
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Italian |
39,632 |
11.8 |
| Percent
employed |
49.5 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
2,413 |
0.7 |
| No disability |
148,606 |
80.2 |
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Norwegian |
755 |
0.2 |
| Percent
employed |
73.9 |
(X) |
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Polish |
28,178 |
8.4 |
| Population
65 years and over |
52,140 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
162 |
0.0 |
| With a
disability |
22,956 |
44.0 |
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Russian |
6,697 |
2.0 |
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Scotch-Irish |
4,363 |
1.3 |
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Scottish |
4,189 |
1.3 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
6,566 |
2.0 |
| Population
5 years and over |
316,760 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
4,338 |
1.3 |
| Same house in
1995 |
179,957 |
56.8 |
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Swedish |
1,944 |
0.6 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
128,213 |
40.5 |
|
Swiss |
595 |
0.2 |
| Same county |
87,137 |
27.5 |
|
Ukrainian |
3,067 |
0.9 |
| Different
county |
41,076 |
13.0 |
|
United States
or American |
7,398 |
2.2 |
| Same state |
18,734 |
5.9 |
|
Welsh |
2,816 |
0.8 |
| Different
state |
22,342 |
7.1 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
709 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
8,590 |
2.7 |
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Other
ancestries |
105,884 |
31.6 |
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| Date: January
10, 2005 |
| |
| -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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