Buchanan, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3610341, place: Buchanan village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 500 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 38 (7.6%)
Kindergarten: 36 (7.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 232 (46.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 114 (22.8%)
College or graduate school: 80 (16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,516 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (3.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 137 (9.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 584 (38.52%)
Some college, no degree: 242 (15.96%)
Associate degree: 125 (8.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 232 (15.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 150 (9.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,732 (100%)
Never married: 397 (22.92%)
Now married, except separated: 1,035 (59.76%)
Separated: 44 (2.54%)
Total Widowed: 133 (7.68%)
Widowed Female: 98 (5.66%)
Total Divorced: 123 (7.1%)
Divorced Female: 54 (3.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (10%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,661 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 210 (12.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 434 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (6.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,329 (100%)
--With a disability: 185 (13.92%)
----Percent employed: 68.1%
--No disability: 1,144 (86.08%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 280 (100%)
--With a disability: 84 (30%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,043 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,471 (72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 503 (24.62%)
--Same county: 384 (18.8%)
--Different county: 119 (5.82%)
----Same state: 77 (3.77%)
----Different state: 42 (2.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 69 (3.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,189 (100%)
Native: 2,028 (92.65%)
--Born in United States: 1,968 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,862 (85.06%)
----Different state: 106 (4.84%)
--Born outside United States: 60 (2.74%)
Foreign born: 161 (7.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 50 (2.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 70 (3.2%)
--Not a citizen: 91 (4.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 161 (100%)
Europe: 87 (54.04%)
Asia: 15 (9.32%)
Africa: 7 (4.35%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 52 (32.3%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,043 (100%)
English only: 1,824 (89.28%)
Language other than English: 219 (10.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (2.94%)
--Spanish: 110 (5.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (2.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 97 (4.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,189 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,660% (121.52%)
Arab: 9 (0.41%)
Czech: 14 (0.64%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 82 (3.75%)
English: 120 (5.48%)
French (except Basque): 62 (2.83%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.18%)
German: 278 (12.7%)
Greek: 9 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 45 (2.06%)
Irish: 646 (29.51%)
Italian: 704 (32.16%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.14%)
Polish: 97 (4.43%)
Portuguese: 33 (1.51%)
Russian: 37 (1.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (0.91%)
Scottish: 18 (0.82%)
Slovak: 15 (0.69%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.23%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.37%)
United States or American: 126 (5.76%)
Welsh: 15 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.78%)
Other ancestries: 289 (13.2%)

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