Bay Shore, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3604935, place: Bay Shore CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,739 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 485 (7.2%)
Kindergarten: 458 (6.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,924 (43.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,304 (19.35%)
College or graduate school: 1,568 (23.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,758 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 816 (5.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,986 (12.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,305 (33.67%)
Some college, no degree: 3,266 (20.73%)
Associate degree: 1,178 (7.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,896 (12.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,311 (8.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,644 (100%)
Never married: 5,762 (30.91%)
Now married, except separated: 8,998 (48.26%)
Separated: 785 (4.21%)
Total Widowed: 1,369 (7.34%)
Widowed Female: 1,128 (6.05%)
Total Divorced: 1,730 (9.28%)
Divorced Female: 1,065 (5.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 655 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 201 (30.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,683 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,122 (12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,423 (100%)
--With a disability: 319 (5.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,121 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,203 (22.68%)
----Percent employed: 60%
--No disability: 10,918 (77.32%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,661 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,159 (43.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,266 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,746 (57.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,980 (40.33%)
--Same county: 6,521 (29.29%)
--Different county: 2,459 (11.04%)
----Same state: 1,754 (7.88%)
----Different state: 705 (3.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 540 (2.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,852 (100%)
Native: 20,476 (85.85%)
--Born in United States: 19,747 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,609 (73.83%)
----Different state: 2,138 (8.96%)
--Born outside United States: 729 (3.06%)
Foreign born: 3,376 (14.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,386 (5.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,341 (5.62%)
--Not a citizen: 2,035 (8.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,376 (100%)
Europe: 653 (19.34%)
Asia: 471 (13.95%)
Africa: 139 (4.12%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,087 (61.82%)
Northern America: 26 (0.77%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,266 (100%)
English only: 17,123 (76.9%)
Language other than English: 5,143 (23.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,060 (9.25%)
--Spanish: 3,449 (15.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,543 (6.93%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,258 (5.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 404 (1.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 165 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,852 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,403% (114.89%)
Arab: 109 (0.46%)
Czech: 197 (0.83%)
Danish: 52 (0.22%)
Dutch: 130 (0.55%)
English: 1,029 (4.31%)
French (except Basque): 498 (2.09%)
French Canadian: 146 (0.61%)
German: 3,057 (12.82%)
Greek: 194 (0.81%)
Hungarian: 135 (0.57%)
Irish: 4,638 (19.44%)
Italian: 4,951 (20.76%)
Lithuanian: 28 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 116 (0.49%)
Polish: 794 (3.33%)
Portuguese: 250 (1.05%)
Russian: 310 (1.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 257 (1.08%)
Scottish: 131 (0.55%)
Slovak: 16 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 277 (1.16%)
Swedish: 150 (0.63%)
Swiss: 11 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 60 (0.25%)
United States or American: 630 (2.64%)
Welsh: 64 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 562 (2.36%)
Other ancestries: 8,611 (36.1%)

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