Brookhaven, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3609000, place: Brookhaven CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 865 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 92 (10.64%)
Kindergarten: 59 (6.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 373 (43.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 186 (21.5%)
College or graduate school: 155 (17.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,453 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 90 (3.67%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 221 (9.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 657 (26.78%)
Some college, no degree: 504 (20.55%)
Associate degree: 236 (9.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 358 (14.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 387 (15.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,817 (100%)
Never married: 633 (22.47%)
Now married, except separated: 1,701 (60.38%)
Separated: 70 (2.48%)
Total Widowed: 178 (6.32%)
Widowed Female: 129 (4.58%)
Total Divorced: 235 (8.34%)
Divorced Female: 146 (5.18%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,689 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 398 (14.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 700 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (11.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,014 (100%)
--With a disability: 345 (17.13%)
----Percent employed: 44.9%
--No disability: 1,669 (82.87%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
Population 65 years and over: 309 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (31.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,291 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,925 (58.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,283 (38.99%)
--Same county: 948 (28.81%)
--Different county: 335 (10.18%)
----Same state: 147 (4.47%)
----Different state: 188 (5.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 83 (2.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,509 (100%)
Native: 3,327 (94.81%)
--Born in United States: 3,297 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,876 (81.96%)
----Different state: 421 (12%)
--Born outside United States: 30 (0.85%)
Foreign born: 182 (5.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 37 (1.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 97 (2.76%)
--Not a citizen: 85 (2.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 182 (100%)
Europe: 81 (44.51%)
Asia: 40 (21.98%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 39 (21.43%)
Northern America: 22 (12.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,291 (100%)
English only: 2,984 (90.67%)
Language other than English: 307 (9.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (2.67%)
--Spanish: 108 (3.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.97%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 184 (5.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (1.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,509 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,270% (121.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 43 (1.23%)
Danish: 5 (0.14%)
Dutch: 58 (1.65%)
English: 402 (11.46%)
French (except Basque): 132 (3.76%)
French Canadian: 26 (0.74%)
German: 769 (21.92%)
Greek: 16 (0.46%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.54%)
Irish: 882 (25.14%)
Italian: 689 (19.64%)
Lithuanian: 22 (0.63%)
Norwegian: 31 (0.88%)
Polish: 137 (3.9%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.23%)
Russian: 54 (1.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 56 (1.6%)
Scottish: 68 (1.94%)
Slovak: 23 (0.66%)
Subsaharan African: 49 (1.4%)
Swedish: 63 (1.8%)
Swiss: 14 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.17%)
United States or American: 99 (2.82%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 25 (0.71%)
Other ancestries: 574 (16.36%)

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