DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Springfield township
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 24,046 100.0
      enrolled in school 6,508 100.0   Native 23,256 96.7
Nursery school, preschool 461 7.1       Born in United States 23,050 95.9
Kindergarten 319 4.9           State of residence 17,878 74.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 2,808 43.1           Different state 5,172 21.5
High school (grades 9-12) 1,276 19.6       Born outside United States 206 0.9
College or graduate school 1,644 25.3   Foreign born 790 3.3
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 359 1.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 396 1.6
  Population 25 years and over 15,917 100.0       Not a citizen 394 1.6
Less than 9th grade 627 3.9        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 1,398 8.8   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 4,890 30.7     Total (excluding born at sea) 790 100.0
Some college, no degree 3,452 21.7   Europe 172 21.8
Associate degree 1,269 8.0   Asia 317 40.1
Bachelor's degree 2,616 16.4   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 1,665 10.5   Oceania 2 0.3
        Latin America 196 24.8
Percent high school graduate or higher 87.3 (X)   Northern America 103 13.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 26.9 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 22,421 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 19,068 100.0   English only 21,156 94.4
Never married 4,831 25.3   Language other than English 1,265 5.6
Now married, except separated 11,014 57.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 307 1.4
Separated 199 1.0   Spanish 400 1.8
Widowed 986 5.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 121 0.5
 Female 782 4.1   Other Indo-European languages 486 2.2
Divorced 2,038 10.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 104 0.5
 Female 986 5.2   Asian and Pacific Island languages 328 1.5
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 82 0.4
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 24,046 100.0
           under 18 years 377 100.0     Total ancestries reported 25,991 108.1
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 198 52.5   Arab 102 0.4
        Czech¹ 137 0.6
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 78 0.3
          Civilian population 18 years and over 18,088 100.0   Dutch 520 2.2
Civilian veterans 2,322 12.8   English 2,257 9.4
        French (except Basque)¹ 1,050 4.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 185 0.8
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 7,427 30.9
     Population 5 to 20 years 5,169 100.0   Greek 95 0.4
With a disability 393 7.6   Hungarian 513 2.1
     Population 21 to 64 years 14,643 100.0   Irish¹ 2,869 11.9
With a disability 2,194 15.0   Italian 1,180 4.9
 Percent employed 62.9 (X)   Lithuanian 22 0.1
No disability 12,449 85.0   Norwegian 113 0.5
 Percent employed 80.8 (X)   Polish 2,250 9.4
     Population 65 years and over 2,118 100.0   Portuguese 36 0.1
With a disability 842 39.8   Russian 161 0.7
        Scotch-Irish 286 1.2
        Scottish 463 1.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 168 0.7
  Population 5 years and over 22,421 100.0   Subsaharan African 13 0.1
Same house in 1995 11,592 51.7   Swedish 280 1.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 10,482 46.8   Swiss 121 0.5
 Same county 7,285 32.5   Ukrainian 47 0.2
 Different county 3,197 14.3   United States or American 1,248 5.2
  Same state 1,401 6.2   Welsh 360 1.5
  Different state 1,796 8.0   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 9 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 347 1.5   Other ancestries 4,001 16.6
 
Date: August 27, 2004
 
-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.