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Comparison of Age Groups	Crawford County	PA	Meadville
Population<18	24.7%	22.9%	19.4%
65+	15.6%	15.3%	18.7%

 

Households of Meadville, PA

 

 

Family households	Married couple families	Female only households
53.2%	36.5%	13.4%

 

 

Average household size		Average family size
2.18		2.86

 

 

Non family households	Householder living alone	Householder 65+
46.8%	38.5%	16.4%

 

Selected Social Characteristics: 2000

 

Marital status-Population 15 years and over	11,473	100.0
Never married	4,203	36.6
Now married, except separated	4,627	40.3
Separated	336	2.9
Widowed	1,113	9.7
Female	881	7.7
Divorced	1,194	10.4
Female	739	6.4
Grandparents as Caregivers- living in household with one or more grndchildren under 18 years	82	100.0
Grandparents responsible for grandchildren	26	31.7
Veteran Status-Civilian Population 18 years and over	11,013	100.0
Civilian Veterans	1,514	13.7
Disability Status of Civilian Population Noninstitutionalized-Population 5 to 20 years	3,437	100.0
With a disability	328	9.5
Population 21 to 64 years	6,890	100.0
With a disability	1,724	25.0
Percent employed	44.3	n/a
No disability	5,166	75.0
Percent employed	77.1	n/a
Population 65 and over	2,153	100.0
With a disability	893	41.5
Nativity and Place of Birth-Total Population	13,667	100.0
Native born in Uunited States	13,411	98.1
Born outside United States	24	0.2
Forgein born	256	1.9
Naturalized Citizen	143	1.0
Not a citizen	113	0.8
Language spoken at home-Population 5 years and over	12,921	100.0
English only	12,406	96.0
Language other than English	515	4.0
Spanish	162	1.3
Indo-European	327	2.5
Ancestry(single or multiple)- Total Population	13,667	100.0
German	3,539	25.9
Irish	1,980	14.5
English	1,643	12.0
Italian	1,572	11.5
Polish	898	6.6
United States or American	666	4.9