Amenia, NY

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3601682, place: Amenia CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 213 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 10 (4.69%)
Kindergarten: 31 (14.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 87 (40.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 57 (26.76%)
College or graduate school: 28 (13.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 830 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 61 (7.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 129 (15.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 316 (38.07%)
Some college, no degree: 108 (13.01%)
Associate degree: 70 (8.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 63 (7.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 83 (10%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 927 (100%)
Never married: 248 (26.75%)
Now married, except separated: 502 (54.15%)
Separated: 33 (3.56%)
Total Widowed: 45 (4.85%)
Widowed Female: 27 (2.91%)
Total Divorced: 99 (10.68%)
Divorced Female: 63 (6.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 890 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 127 (14.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 191 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (3.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 733 (100%)
--With a disability: 296 (40.38%)
----Percent employed: 58.8%
--No disability: 437 (59.62%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 141 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (21.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,065 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 590 (55.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 475 (44.6%)
--Same county: 287 (26.95%)
--Different county: 188 (17.65%)
----Same state: 108 (10.14%)
----Different state: 80 (7.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,122 (100%)
Native: 1,053 (93.85%)
--Born in United States: 1,041 (100%)
----State of residence: 403 (35.92%)
----Different state: 638 (56.86%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (1.07%)
Foreign born: 69 (6.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 50 (4.46%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (1.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 69 (100%)
Europe: 37 (53.62%)
Asia: 19 (27.54%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 13 (18.84%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,065 (100%)
English only: 986 (92.58%)
Language other than English: 79 (7.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.66%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 64 (6.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,122 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,308% (116.58%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 60 (5.35%)
English: 109 (9.71%)
French (except Basque): 130 (11.59%)
French Canadian: 33 (2.94%)
German: 108 (9.63%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 26 (2.32%)
Irish: 366 (32.62%)
Italian: 160 (14.26%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 20 (1.78%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.25%)
Scottish: 20 (1.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 111 (9.89%)
Welsh: 6 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 145 (12.92%)

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