Chappaqua, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3613805, place: Chappaqua CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,917 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 318 (10.9%)
Kindergarten: 212 (7.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,531 (52.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 587 (20.12%)
College or graduate school: 269 (9.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,106 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 51 (0.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 73 (1.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 477 (7.81%)
Some college, no degree: 502 (8.22%)
Associate degree: 137 (2.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,912 (31.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,954 (48.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 98%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 79.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,740 (100%)
Never married: 1,015 (15.06%)
Now married, except separated: 5,132 (76.14%)
Separated: 69 (1.02%)
Total Widowed: 168 (2.49%)
Widowed Female: 131 (1.94%)
Total Divorced: 356 (5.28%)
Divorced Female: 254 (3.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 82 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (14.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,303 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 504 (8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,458 (100%)
--With a disability: 108 (4.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,369 (100%)
--With a disability: 271 (5.05%)
----Percent employed: 72.3%
--No disability: 5,098 (94.95%)
----Percent employed: 77.3%
Population 65 years and over: 818 (100%)
--With a disability: 128 (15.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,645 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,883 (68.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,431 (28.12%)
--Same county: 1,243 (14.38%)
--Different county: 1,188 (13.74%)
----Same state: 761 (8.8%)
----Different state: 427 (4.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 331 (3.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,418 (100%)
Native: 8,386 (89.04%)
--Born in United States: 8,240 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,300 (66.89%)
----Different state: 1,940 (20.6%)
--Born outside United States: 146 (1.55%)
Foreign born: 1,032 (10.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 327 (3.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 587 (6.23%)
--Not a citizen: 445 (4.72%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,032 (100%)
Europe: 414 (40.12%)
Asia: 351 (34.01%)
Africa: 43 (4.17%)
Oceania: 21 (2.03%)
Latin America: 194 (18.8%)
Northern America: 9 (0.87%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,645 (100%)
English only: 7,583 (87.72%)
Language other than English: 1,062 (12.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 182 (2.11%)
--Spanish: 293 (3.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 497 (5.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 212 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.69%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,418 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,899% (115.73%)
Arab: 60 (0.64%)
Czech: 85 (0.9%)
Danish: 46 (0.49%)
Dutch: 46 (0.49%)
English: 764 (8.11%)
French (except Basque): 179 (1.9%)
French Canadian: 22 (0.23%)
German: 748 (7.94%)
Greek: 152 (1.61%)
Hungarian: 191 (2.03%)
Irish: 1,350 (14.33%)
Italian: 1,321 (14.03%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.31%)
Norwegian: 80 (0.85%)
Polish: 569 (6.04%)
Portuguese: 65 (0.69%)
Russian: 1,228 (13.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 121 (1.28%)
Scottish: 123 (1.31%)
Slovak: 15 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 12 (0.13%)
Swedish: 81 (0.86%)
Swiss: 32 (0.34%)
Ukrainian: 147 (1.56%)
United States or American: 596 (6.33%)
Welsh: 68 (0.72%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 44 (0.47%)
Other ancestries: 2,725 (28.93%)

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