Bethpage, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3606387, place: Bethpage CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,916 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 355 (9.07%)
Kindergarten: 239 (6.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,679 (42.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 813 (20.76%)
College or graduate school: 830 (21.2%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,779 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 641 (5.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,073 (9.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,074 (34.59%)
Some college, no degree: 2,029 (17.23%)
Associate degree: 877 (7.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,986 (16.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,099 (9.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,389 (100%)
Never married: 3,140 (23.45%)
Now married, except separated: 8,272 (61.78%)
Separated: 176 (1.31%)
Total Widowed: 1,220 (9.11%)
Widowed Female: 1,055 (7.88%)
Total Divorced: 581 (4.34%)
Divorced Female: 412 (3.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 477 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 78 (16.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,836 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,641 (12.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,206 (100%)
--With a disability: 248 (7.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,237 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,619 (17.53%)
----Percent employed: 64.9%
--No disability: 7,618 (82.47%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 3,150 (100%)
--With a disability: 997 (31.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,593 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,264 (72.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,049 (25.97%)
--Same county: 2,618 (16.79%)
--Different county: 1,431 (9.18%)
----Same state: 1,182 (7.58%)
----Different state: 249 (1.6%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 280 (1.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,543 (100%)
Native: 14,756 (89.2%)
--Born in United States: 14,660 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,881 (83.91%)
----Different state: 779 (4.71%)
--Born outside United States: 96 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 1,787 (10.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 414 (2.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,135 (6.86%)
--Not a citizen: 652 (3.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,787 (100%)
Europe: 882 (49.36%)
Asia: 515 (28.82%)
Africa: 17 (0.95%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 363 (20.31%)
Northern America: 10 (0.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,593 (100%)
English only: 13,063 (83.77%)
Language other than English: 2,530 (16.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 757 (4.85%)
--Spanish: 593 (3.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 207 (1.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,484 (9.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 361 (2.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 334 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 155 (0.99%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,543 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,811% (125.8%)
Arab: 21 (0.13%)
Czech: 163 (0.99%)
Danish: 101 (0.61%)
Dutch: 48 (0.29%)
English: 582 (3.52%)
French (except Basque): 267 (1.61%)
French Canadian: 58 (0.35%)
German: 2,807 (16.97%)
Greek: 573 (3.46%)
Hungarian: 224 (1.35%)
Irish: 4,349 (26.29%)
Italian: 6,507 (39.33%)
Lithuanian: 43 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 165 (1%)
Polish: 1,087 (6.57%)
Portuguese: 67 (0.41%)
Russian: 382 (2.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 98 (0.59%)
Scottish: 158 (0.96%)
Slovak: 8 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.03%)
Swedish: 232 (1.4%)
Swiss: 35 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 63 (0.38%)
United States or American: 365 (2.21%)
Welsh: 51 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,352 (14.22%)

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