Amsterdam, NY

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3602066, place: Amsterdam city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,235 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 285 (6.73%)
Kindergarten: 288 (6.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,031 (47.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,085 (25.62%)
College or graduate school: 546 (12.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,458 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 943 (7.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,115 (16.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,509 (36.19%)
Some college, no degree: 1,948 (15.64%)
Associate degree: 1,090 (8.75%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,112 (8.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 741 (5.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,601 (100%)
Never married: 4,165 (28.53%)
Now married, except separated: 6,453 (44.2%)
Separated: 610 (4.18%)
Total Widowed: 1,940 (13.29%)
Widowed Female: 1,604 (10.99%)
Total Divorced: 1,433 (9.81%)
Divorced Female: 877 (6.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 196 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 104 (53.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,866 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,952 (14.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,839 (100%)
--With a disability: 446 (11.62%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,204 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,254 (24.49%)
----Percent employed: 58.7%
--No disability: 6,950 (75.51%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 3,824 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,402 (36.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,138 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,057 (58.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,885 (40.17%)
--Same county: 4,871 (28.42%)
--Different county: 2,014 (11.75%)
----Same state: 1,639 (9.56%)
----Different state: 375 (2.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 196 (1.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,355 (100%)
Native: 17,449 (95.06%)
--Born in United States: 16,218 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,932 (81.35%)
----Different state: 1,286 (7.01%)
--Born outside United States: 1,231 (6.71%)
Foreign born: 906 (4.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 313 (1.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 610 (3.32%)
--Not a citizen: 296 (1.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 906 (100%)
Europe: 372 (41.06%)
Asia: 131 (14.46%)
Africa: 5 (0.55%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 365 (40.29%)
Northern America: 33 (3.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,138 (100%)
English only: 13,711 (80%)
Language other than English: 3,427 (20%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,283 (7.49%)
--Spanish: 2,335 (13.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 904 (5.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 988 (5.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 328 (1.91%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 99 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,355 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,550% (117.41%)
Arab: 13 (0.07%)
Czech: 35 (0.19%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 482 (2.63%)
English: 1,105 (6.02%)
French (except Basque): 723 (3.94%)
French Canadian: 227 (1.24%)
German: 2,204 (12.01%)
Greek: 65 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 51 (0.28%)
Irish: 2,542 (13.85%)
Italian: 4,546 (24.77%)
Lithuanian: 530 (2.89%)
Norwegian: 29 (0.16%)
Polish: 3,670 (19.99%)
Portuguese: 42 (0.23%)
Russian: 51 (0.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 91 (0.5%)
Scottish: 143 (0.78%)
Slovak: 14 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.1%)
Swedish: 49 (0.27%)
Swiss: 18 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 193 (1.05%)
United States or American: 808 (4.4%)
Welsh: 80 (0.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 30 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 3,791 (20.65%)

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