General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3614003, place: Chatham village, New York)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 490 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 55 (11.22%)
Kindergarten: 45 (9.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 238 (48.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 93 (18.98%)
College or graduate school: 59 (12.04%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,146 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 55 (4.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 144 (12.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 315 (27.49%)
Some college, no degree: 241 (21.03%)
Associate degree: 101 (8.81%)
Bachelor's degree: 158 (13.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 132 (11.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,348 (100%)
Never married: 388 (28.78%)
Now married, except separated: 657 (48.74%)
Separated: 50 (3.71%)
Total Widowed: 115 (8.53%)
Widowed Female: 103 (7.64%)
Total Divorced: 138 (10.24%)
Divorced Female: 86 (6.38%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (57.14%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,268 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 184 (14.51%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 422 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (10.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,001 (100%)
--With a disability: 207 (20.68%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 794 (79.32%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 196 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (39.29%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,644 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,015 (61.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 616 (37.47%)
--Same county: 450 (27.37%)
--Different county: 166 (10.1%)
----Same state: 128 (7.79%)
----Different state: 38 (2.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.79%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,756 (100%)
Native: 1,692 (96.36%)
--Born in United States: 1,682 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,327 (75.57%)
----Different state: 355 (20.22%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (0.57%)
Foreign born: 64 (3.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (0.85%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (2.22%)
--Not a citizen: 25 (1.42%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 64 (100%)
Europe: 34 (53.13%)
Asia: 12 (18.75%)
Africa: 1 (1.56%)
Oceania: 2 (3.13%)
Latin America: 10 (15.63%)
Northern America: 5 (7.81%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,644 (100%)
English only: 1,544 (93.92%)
Language other than English: 100 (6.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (1.95%)
--Spanish: 20 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 60 (3.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.49%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,756 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,962% (111.73%)
Arab: 6 (0.34%)
Czech: 4 (0.23%)
Danish: 10 (0.57%)
Dutch: 117 (6.66%)
English: 223 (12.7%)
French (except Basque): 110 (6.26%)
French Canadian: 22 (1.25%)
German: 374 (21.3%)
Greek: 14 (0.8%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.63%)
Irish: 339 (19.31%)
Italian: 160 (9.11%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.8%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.57%)
Polish: 94 (5.35%)
Portuguese: 16 (0.91%)
Russian: 30 (1.71%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (1.2%)
Scottish: 58 (3.3%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.51%)
Swedish: 10 (0.57%)
Swiss: 5 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.97%)
United States or American: 78 (4.44%)
Welsh: 13 (0.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 195 (11.1%)
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