Albany, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3601000, place: Albany city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 32,325 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,467 (4.54%)
Kindergarten: 1,125 (3.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,559 (26.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,292 (13.28%)
College or graduate school: 16,882 (52.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 58,339 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,248 (5.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7,709 (13.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 14,232 (24.4%)
Some college, no degree: 9,431 (16.17%)
Associate degree: 4,745 (8.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 10,006 (17.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8,968 (15.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 79,648 (100%)
Never married: 36,269 (45.54%)
Now married, except separated: 27,337 (34.32%)
Separated: 2,749 (3.45%)
Total Widowed: 6,748 (8.47%)
Widowed Female: 5,351 (6.72%)
Total Divorced: 6,545 (8.22%)
Divorced Female: 3,687 (4.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,255 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 625 (49.8%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 76,699 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,347 (9.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 22,064 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,516 (11.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 54,382 (100%)
--With a disability: 11,404 (20.97%)
----Percent employed: 52.3%
--No disability: 42,978 (79.03%)
----Percent employed: 75.6%
Population 65 years and over: 11,581 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,882 (42.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 90,185 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 40,207 (44.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 47,317 (52.47%)
--Same county: 25,497 (28.27%)
--Different county: 21,820 (24.19%)
----Same state: 17,263 (19.14%)
----Different state: 4,557 (5.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,661 (2.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 95,658 (100%)
Native: 87,436 (91.4%)
--Born in United States: 86,249 (100%)
----State of residence: 71,533 (74.78%)
----Different state: 14,716 (15.38%)
--Born outside United States: 1,187 (1.24%)
Foreign born: 8,222 (8.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,709 (3.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,200 (4.39%)
--Not a citizen: 4,022 (4.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8,222 (100%)
Europe: 2,582 (31.4%)
Asia: 2,361 (28.72%)
Africa: 777 (9.45%)
Oceania: 20 (0.24%)
Latin America: 2,243 (27.28%)
Northern America: 239 (2.91%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 90,185 (100%)
English only: 78,255 (86.77%)
Language other than English: 11,930 (13.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,264 (4.73%)
--Spanish: 4,091 (4.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,316 (1.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,794 (5.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,600 (1.77%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,003 (2.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 961 (1.07%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 95,658 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 99,665% (104.19%)
Arab: 400 (0.42%)
Czech: 329 (0.34%)
Danish: 195 (0.2%)
Dutch: 1,814 (1.9%)
English: 5,013 (5.24%)
French (except Basque): 2,920 (3.05%)
French Canadian: 950 (0.99%)
German: 9,927 (10.38%)
Greek: 521 (0.54%)
Hungarian: 445 (0.47%)
Irish: 17,277 (18.06%)
Italian: 11,816 (12.35%)
Lithuanian: 314 (0.33%)
Norwegian: 271 (0.28%)
Polish: 4,108 (4.29%)
Portuguese: 174 (0.18%)
Russian: 2,065 (2.16%)
Scotch-Irish: 684 (0.72%)
Scottish: 994 (1.04%)
Slovak: 149 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 1,810 (1.89%)
Swedish: 496 (0.52%)
Swiss: 144 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 662 (0.69%)
United States or American: 2,356 (2.46%)
Welsh: 492 (0.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,672 (1.75%)
Other ancestries: 31,667 (33.1%)

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