Colonie, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3617332, place: Colonie village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,818 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 71 (3.91%)
Kindergarten: 37 (2.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 871 (47.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 487 (26.79%)
College or graduate school: 352 (19.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,702 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 134 (2.35%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 472 (8.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,006 (35.18%)
Some college, no degree: 999 (17.52%)
Associate degree: 604 (10.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 891 (15.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 596 (10.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,532 (100%)
Never married: 1,532 (23.45%)
Now married, except separated: 3,715 (56.87%)
Separated: 86 (1.32%)
Total Widowed: 489 (7.49%)
Widowed Female: 364 (5.57%)
Total Divorced: 710 (10.87%)
Divorced Female: 408 (6.25%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 136 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (28.68%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,225 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 946 (15.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,541 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (4.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,601 (100%)
--With a disability: 652 (14.17%)
----Percent employed: 69.5%
--No disability: 3,949 (85.83%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,371 (100%)
--With a disability: 449 (32.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,513 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,444 (72.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,025 (26.95%)
--Same county: 1,503 (20.01%)
--Different county: 522 (6.95%)
----Same state: 400 (5.32%)
----Different state: 122 (1.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 44 (0.59%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,916 (100%)
Native: 7,460 (94.24%)
--Born in United States: 7,395 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,591 (83.26%)
----Different state: 804 (10.16%)
--Born outside United States: 65 (0.82%)
Foreign born: 456 (5.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 85 (1.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 338 (4.27%)
--Not a citizen: 118 (1.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 456 (100%)
Europe: 200 (43.86%)
Asia: 169 (37.06%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 68 (14.91%)
Northern America: 19 (4.17%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,513 (100%)
English only: 6,929 (92.23%)
Language other than English: 584 (7.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 253 (3.37%)
--Spanish: 146 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 234 (3.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (1.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 185 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (1.53%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,916 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,695% (135.11%)
Arab: 37 (0.47%)
Czech: 66 (0.83%)
Danish: 71 (0.9%)
Dutch: 421 (5.32%)
English: 1,143 (14.44%)
French (except Basque): 557 (7.04%)
French Canadian: 293 (3.7%)
German: 1,720 (21.73%)
Greek: 46 (0.58%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.28%)
Irish: 2,095 (26.47%)
Italian: 1,616 (20.41%)
Lithuanian: 33 (0.42%)
Norwegian: 48 (0.61%)
Polish: 806 (10.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 107 (1.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 105 (1.33%)
Scottish: 128 (1.62%)
Slovak: 31 (0.39%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (0.24%)
Swedish: 30 (0.38%)
Swiss: 8 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 56 (0.71%)
United States or American: 106 (1.34%)
Welsh: 98 (1.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.45%)
Other ancestries: 997 (12.59%)

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