S0602: Selected Characteristics of the Native and Foreign-Born Populations

Data Set: 2004 American Community Survey

Geographic Area: Pennsylvania

NOTE. Data are limited to the household population and exclude the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Survey Methodology.


Subject

Total

 

MOE

 

Native

 

MOE

 

Foreign born

 

MOE

 

Foreign born; Naturalized U.S. citizen

 

MOE

 

Foreign born; Entered U.S. 2000 or later

 

MOE

 

Total population

11,957,883

*****

11,392,818

+/-29,050

565,065

+/-29,050

293,261

+/-19,488

106,957

+/-15,524

 

SEX AND AGE

Male

48.2%

+/-0.1

48.2%

+/-0.1

49.0%

+/-1.5

49.2%

+/-2.6

48.8%

+/-3.8

Female

51.8%

+/-0.1

51.8%

+/-0.1

51.0%

+/-1.5

50.8%

+/-2.6

51.2%

+/-3.8

 

Under 5 years

6.0%

+/-0.1

6.3%

+/-0.1

1.2%

+/-0.3

1.1%

+/-0.5

6.2%

+/-1.6

5 to 17 years

17.6%

+/-0.1

18.1%

+/-0.1

7.3%

+/-1.1

4.2%

+/-1.1

16.1%

+/-3.1

18 to 24 years

8.3%

+/-0.1

8.3%

+/-0.1

8.0%

+/-1.2

2.4%

+/-0.7

18.8%

+/-4.8

25 to 44 years

26.9%

+/-0.1

26.3%

+/-0.1

39.6%

+/-1.9

32.5%

+/-3.1

48.1%

+/-5.5

45 to 54 years

15.5%

+/-0.1

15.4%

+/-0.1

15.8%

+/-1.7

18.2%

+/-2.3

6.2%

+/-2.1

55 to 64 years

11.0%

+/-0.1

10.9%

+/-0.1

11.5%

+/-1.1

15.8%

+/-2.0

1.8%

+/-1.3

65 to 74 years

7.0%

+/-0.1

6.9%

+/-0.1

9.4%

+/-1.0

14.0%

+/-2.0

2.2%

+/-2.2

75 to 84 years

5.9%

+/-0.1

5.9%

+/-0.1

5.6%

+/-1.0

9.4%

+/-1.8

0.4%

+/-0.5

85 years and over

1.8%

+/-0.1

1.8%

+/-0.1

1.6%

+/-0.6

2.4%

+/-0.9

0.2%

+/-0.2

 

Median age (years)

39.3

+/-0.2

39.1

+/-0.2

41.9

+/-1.3

50.7

+/-2.6

28.7

+/-2.0

 

RACE AND HISPANIC OR LATINO ORIGIN

One race

98.9%

+/-0.1

98.9%

+/-0.1

99.0%

+/-0.5

99.3%

+/-0.4

97.6%

+/-1.6

White

84.8%

+/-0.2

86.6%

+/-0.2

49.4%

+/-2.5

54.9%

+/-3.8

44.3%

+/-6.2

Black or African American

10.0%

+/-0.1

10.1%

+/-0.2

9.1%

+/-2.1

8.0%

+/-2.4

7.2%

+/-3.8

American Indian and Alaska Native

0.1%

+/-0.1

0.1%

+/-0.1

0.0%

+/-0.1

0.0%

+/-0.2

0.0%

+/-0.5

Asian

2.2%

+/-0.1

0.7%

+/-0.1

31.9%

+/-2.0

31.5%

+/-3.1

30.7%

+/-6.2

Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

0.0%

+/-0.1

0.0%

+/-0.1

0.0%

+/-0.1

0.0%

+/-0.2

0.0%

+/-0.5

Some other race

1.8%

+/-0.2

1.5%

+/-0.1

8.5%

+/-1.7

4.9%

+/-2.0

15.4%

+/-4.9

Two or more races

1.1%

+/-0.1

1.1%

+/-0.1

1.0%

+/-0.5

0.7%

+/-0.4

2.4%

+/-1.6

 

Hispanic or Latino origin (of any race)

3.7%

+/-0.1

3.1%

+/-0.1

16.4%

+/-1.9

10.5%

+/-2.3

27.8%

+/-5.7

White alone, not Hispanic or Latino

83.1%

+/-0.1

85.2%

+/-0.1

41.6%

+/-2.3

49.6%

+/-3.5

30.0%

+/-6.1

 

HOUSEHOLD TYPE

In married-couple family households

64.5%

+/-0.6

64.2%

+/-0.6

70.5%

+/-2.7

72.4%

+/-2.9

66.8%

+/-7.1

In other households

35.5%

+/-0.6

35.8%

+/-0.6

29.5%

+/-2.7

27.6%

+/-2.9

33.2%

+/-7.1

 

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

9,638,973

+/-7,683

9,110,878

+/-26,342

528,095

+/-26,636

280,487

+/-18,470

87,469

+/-12,177

Never married

27.8%

+/-0.3

28.3%

+/-0.4

19.5%

+/-1.8

13.2%

+/-2.2

33.2%

+/-5.9

Now married, except separated

54.0%

+/-0.5

53.2%

+/-0.5

67.1%

+/-2.1

71.0%

+/-2.7

60.3%

+/-6.1

Divorced or separated

11.0%

+/-0.4

11.2%

+/-0.4

7.5%

+/-1.1

8.2%

+/-1.7

4.8%

+/-2.6

Widowed

7.3%

+/-0.2

7.4%

+/-0.2

5.8%

+/-1.0

7.6%

+/-1.6

1.6%

+/-1.3

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

8,137,533

+/-11,769

7,665,877

+/-24,216

471,656

+/-23,524

270,436

+/-18,091

63,083

+/-10,755

Less than high school graduate

14.2%

+/-0.4

13.8%

+/-0.4

21.2%

+/-2.0

21.8%

+/-2.7

10.2%

+/-4.1

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

38.9%

+/-0.5

39.8%

+/-0.5

24.0%

+/-2.1

23.2%

+/-2.7

25.9%

+/-5.4

Some college or associate's degree

22.1%

+/-0.4

22.5%

+/-0.4

16.5%

+/-1.6

17.7%

+/-2.3

9.7%

+/-3.1

Bachelor's degree

15.6%

+/-0.4

15.3%

+/-0.4

20.2%

+/-2.1

19.6%

+/-2.7

28.2%

+/-6.3

Graduate or professional degree

9.1%

+/-0.3

8.6%

+/-0.3

18.1%

+/-1.9