Center Moriches, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3613420, place: Center Moriches CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,622 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 108 (6.66%)
Kindergarten: 98 (6.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 700 (43.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 312 (19.24%)
College or graduate school: 404 (24.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,536 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 175 (3.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 507 (11.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,443 (31.81%)
Some college, no degree: 914 (20.15%)
Associate degree: 418 (9.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 608 (13.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 471 (10.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,174 (100%)
Never married: 1,195 (23.1%)
Now married, except separated: 3,133 (60.55%)
Separated: 199 (3.85%)
Total Widowed: 301 (5.82%)
Widowed Female: 262 (5.06%)
Total Divorced: 346 (6.69%)
Divorced Female: 198 (3.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 178 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (23.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,953 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 771 (15.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,299 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (6.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,916 (100%)
--With a disability: 627 (16.01%)
----Percent employed: 50.1%
--No disability: 3,289 (83.99%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 839 (100%)
--With a disability: 309 (36.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,054 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,614 (59.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,402 (39.68%)
--Same county: 1,944 (32.11%)
--Different county: 458 (7.57%)
----Same state: 260 (4.29%)
----Different state: 198 (3.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 38 (0.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,556 (100%)
Native: 6,181 (94.28%)
--Born in United States: 6,097 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,418 (82.64%)
----Different state: 679 (10.36%)
--Born outside United States: 84 (1.28%)
Foreign born: 375 (5.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 165 (2.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 97 (1.48%)
--Not a citizen: 278 (4.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 375 (100%)
Europe: 143 (38.13%)
Asia: 25 (6.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 27 (7.2%)
Latin America: 157 (41.87%)
Northern America: 23 (6.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,054 (100%)
English only: 5,384 (88.93%)
Language other than English: 670 (11.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 224 (3.7%)
--Spanish: 365 (6.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 146 (2.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 296 (4.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (1.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,556 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,964% (136.73%)
Arab: 24 (0.37%)
Czech: 32 (0.49%)
Danish: 19 (0.29%)
Dutch: 94 (1.43%)
English: 694 (10.59%)
French (except Basque): 132 (2.01%)
French Canadian: 41 (0.63%)
German: 1,501 (22.9%)
Greek: 72 (1.1%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.38%)
Irish: 1,755 (26.77%)
Italian: 1,953 (29.79%)
Lithuanian: 43 (0.66%)
Norwegian: 120 (1.83%)
Polish: 533 (8.13%)
Portuguese: 39 (0.59%)
Russian: 84 (1.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 105 (1.6%)
Scottish: 86 (1.31%)
Slovak: 8 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 81 (1.24%)
Swedish: 84 (1.28%)
Swiss: 18 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.24%)
United States or American: 195 (2.97%)
Welsh: 30 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 42 (0.64%)
Other ancestries: 1,138 (17.36%)

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