Alden, NY

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3601088, place: Alden village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 639 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (5.32%)
Kindergarten: 26 (4.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 324 (50.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 171 (26.76%)
College or graduate school: 84 (13.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,800 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 49 (2.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 212 (11.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 662 (36.78%)
Some college, no degree: 382 (21.22%)
Associate degree: 198 (11%)
Bachelor's degree: 171 (9.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 126 (7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,102 (100%)
Never married: 533 (25.36%)
Now married, except separated: 1,146 (54.52%)
Separated: 27 (1.28%)
Total Widowed: 155 (7.37%)
Widowed Female: 139 (6.61%)
Total Divorced: 241 (11.47%)
Divorced Female: 143 (6.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 54 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (14.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,986 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 298 (15.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 637 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (1.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,461 (100%)
--With a disability: 190 (13%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 1,271 (87%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 416 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (29.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,514 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,634 (65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 849 (33.77%)
--Same county: 589 (23.43%)
--Different county: 260 (10.34%)
----Same state: 212 (8.43%)
----Different state: 48 (1.91%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 31 (1.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,667 (100%)
Native: 2,586 (96.96%)
--Born in United States: 2,575 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,375 (89.05%)
----Different state: 200 (7.5%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 81 (3.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20 (0.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 33 (1.24%)
--Not a citizen: 48 (1.8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 81 (100%)
Europe: 29 (35.8%)
Asia: 16 (19.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 36 (44.44%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,514 (100%)
English only: 2,364 (94.03%)
Language other than English: 150 (5.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 59 (2.35%)
--Spanish: 82 (3.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (1.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 63 (2.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.72%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.2%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,667 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,661% (137.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 75 (2.81%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 95 (3.56%)
English: 286 (10.72%)
French (except Basque): 89 (3.34%)
French Canadian: 45 (1.69%)
German: 1,113 (41.73%)
Greek: 27 (1.01%)
Hungarian: 28 (1.05%)
Irish: 454 (17.02%)
Italian: 376 (14.1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.6%)
Polish: 693 (25.98%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (0.37%)
Scottish: 57 (2.14%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 29 (1.09%)
Swiss: 5 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 96 (3.6%)
Welsh: 19 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 148 (5.55%)

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