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17055 Social
Zip Code: 17055
State: Pennsylvania
City Name: Mechanicsburg
County: Cumberland
State Zip Codes: Pennsylvania Zip Codes
State Geography: Pennsylvania Geography


17055 Overview 17055 Demographic 17055 Economic 17055 Housing 17055 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 15,747 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 942 6.0
Kindergarten 639 4.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 6,633 42.1
High school (grades 9-12) 3,347 21.3
College or graduate school 4,186 26.6
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 39,805 100.0
Less than 9th grade 1,001 2.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 2,565 6.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 12,225 30.7
Some college, no degree 7,124 17.9
Associate degree 3,083 7.7
Bachelor's degree 9,233 23.2
Graduate or professional degree 4,574 11.5
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 91.0 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 34.7 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 47,765 100.0
Never married 11,649 24.4
Now married, except separated 28,690 60.1
Separated 715 1.5
Widowed 2,985 6.2
  Female 2,459 5.1
Divorced 3,726 7.8
  Female 2,379 5.0
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 558 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 228 40.9
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 45,184 100.0
Civilian veterans 6,680 14.8
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 13,384 100.0
With a disability 1,148 8.6
     
Population 21 to 64 years 33,727 100.0
With a disability 4,143 12.3
  Percent employed 69.6 (X)
No disability 29,584 87.7
  Percent employed 82.7 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 6,924 100.0
With a disability 2,560 37.0
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 55,744 100.0
Same house in 1995 32,306 58.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 22,808 40.9
  Same county 11,152 20.0
  Different county 11,656 20.9
    Same state 6,396 11.5
    Different state 5,260 9.4
Elsewhere in 1995 630 1.1
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 58,971 100.0
Native 56,948 96.6
  Born in United States 56,418 95.7
    State of residence 42,182 71.5
    Different state 14,236 24.1
  Born outside United States 530 0.9
Foreign born 2,023 3.4
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 810 1.4
  Naturalized citizen 1,098 1.9
  Not a citizen 925 1.6
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 2,023 100.0
Europe 481 23.8
Asia 1,131 55.9
Africa 120 5.9
Oceania 32 1.6
Latin America 152 7.5
Northern America 107 5.3
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 55,744 100.0
English only 52,787 94.7
Language other than English 2,957 5.3
    Speak English less than "very well" 1,009 1.8
Spanish 746 1.3
    Speak English less than "very well" 232 0.4
Other Indo-European languages 1,212 2.2
    Speak English less than "very well" 324 0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages 779 1.4
    Speak English less than "very well" 357 0.6
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 58,971 100.0
Total ancestries reported 67,381 114.3
Arab 308 0.5
Czech1 356 0.6
Danish 121 0.2
Dutch 1,588 2.7
English 6,562 11.1
French (except Basque)1 1,577 2.7
French Canadian1 354 0.6
German 21,761 36.9
Greek 358 0.6
Hungarian 606 1.0
Irish1 8,791 14.9
Italian 4,531 7.7
Lithuanian 348 0.6
Norwegian 269 0.5
Polish 2,462 4.2
Portuguese 75 0.1
Russian 444 0.8
Scotch-Irish 1,466 2.5
Scottish 1,314 2.2
Slovak 673 1.1
Subsaharan African 146 0.2
Swedish 875 1.5
Swiss 493 0.8
Ukrainian 298 0.5
United States or American 3,612 6.1
Welsh 1,056 1.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 28 0.0
Other ancestries 6,909 11.7


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