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18229 Social
Zip Code: 18229
State: Pennsylvania
City Name: Jim Thorpe
County: Carbon
State Zip Codes: Pennsylvania Zip Codes
State Geography: Pennsylvania Geography


18229 Overview 18229 Demographic 18229 Economic 18229 Housing 18229 Social
Subject
Number
Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
    Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 1,697 100.0
Nursery school, preschool 87 5.1
Kindergarten 81 4.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 759 44.7
High school (grades 9-12) 505 29.8
College or graduate school 265 15.6
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
    Population 25 years and over 4,976 100.0
Less than 9th grade 243 4.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 587 11.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 2,276 45.7
Some college, no degree 822 16.5
Associate degree 347 7.0
Bachelor's degree 459 9.2
Graduate or professional degree 242 4.9
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 83.3 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 14.1 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
    Population 15 years and over 5,777 100.0
Never married 1,400 24.2
Now married, except separated 3,289 56.9
Separated 108 1.9
Widowed 544 9.4
  Female 424 7.3
Divorced 436 7.5
  Female 252 4.4
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 125 100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 96 76.8
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over 5,495 100.0
Civilian veterans 1,023 18.6
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION    
Population 5 to 20 years 1,525 100.0
With a disability 157 10.3
     
Population 21 to 64 years 4,084 100.0
With a disability 843 20.6
  Percent employed 62.8 (X)
No disability 3,241 79.4
  Percent employed 77.8 (X)
     
Population 65 years and over 1,082 100.0
With a disability 499 46.1
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over 6,708 100.0
Same house in 1995 4,931 73.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,777 26.5
  Same county 1,111 16.6
  Different county 666 9.9
    Same state 524 7.8
    Different state 142 2.1
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population 7,007 100.0
Native 6,906 98.6
  Born in United States 6,876 98.1
    State of residence 5,811 82.9
    Different state 1,065 15.2
  Born outside United States 30 0.4
Foreign born 101 1.4
    Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
  Naturalized citizen 86 1.2
  Not a citizen 15 0.2
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea) 101 100.0
Europe 95 94.1
Asia 6 5.9
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 0 0.0
Northern America 0 0.0
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over 6,708 100.0
English only 6,533 97.4
Language other than English 175 2.6
    Speak English less than "very well" 33 0.5
Spanish 25 0.4
    Speak English less than "very well" 5 0.1
Other Indo-European languages 143 2.1
    Speak English less than "very well" 28 0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
    Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population 7,007 100.0
Total ancestries reported 8,421 120.2
Arab 6 0.1
Czech1 96 1.4
Danish 38 0.5
Dutch 419 6.0
English 454 6.5
French (except Basque)1 181 2.6
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 2,699 38.5
Greek 7 0.1
Hungarian 54 0.8
Irish1 1,803 25.7
Italian 605 8.6
Lithuanian 39 0.6
Norwegian 24 0.3
Polish 229 3.3
Portuguese 10 0.1
Russian 124 1.8
Scotch-Irish 70 1.0
Scottish 24 0.3
Slovak 468 6.7
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 11 0.2
Swiss 47 0.7
Ukrainian 56 0.8
United States or American 240 3.4
Welsh 127 1.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 590 8.4


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