Congers, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3617739, place: Congers CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,385 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 249 (10.44%)
Kindergarten: 106 (4.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 976 (40.92%)
High school (grades 9-12): 578 (24.23%)
College or graduate school: 476 (19.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,613 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 164 (2.92%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 444 (7.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,297 (23.11%)
Some college, no degree: 1,194 (21.27%)
Associate degree: 489 (8.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,135 (20.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 890 (15.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,571 (100%)
Never married: 1,555 (23.66%)
Now married, except separated: 4,174 (63.52%)
Separated: 105 (1.6%)
Total Widowed: 320 (4.87%)
Widowed Female: 263 (4%)
Total Divorced: 417 (6.35%)
Divorced Female: 271 (4.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 209 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (20.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,179 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 667 (10.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,787 (100%)
--With a disability: 168 (9.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,074 (100%)
--With a disability: 830 (16.36%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
--No disability: 4,244 (83.64%)
----Percent employed: 80.7%
Population 65 years and over: 900 (100%)
--With a disability: 213 (23.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,770 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,211 (67.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,428 (31.25%)
--Same county: 1,748 (22.5%)
--Different county: 680 (8.75%)
----Same state: 524 (6.74%)
----Different state: 156 (2.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 131 (1.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,327 (100%)
Native: 7,120 (85.5%)
--Born in United States: 6,954 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,037 (72.5%)
----Different state: 917 (11.01%)
--Born outside United States: 166 (1.99%)
Foreign born: 1,207 (14.5%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 399 (4.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 619 (7.43%)
--Not a citizen: 588 (7.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,207 (100%)
Europe: 474 (39.27%)
Asia: 582 (48.22%)
Africa: 13 (1.08%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 132 (10.94%)
Northern America: 6 (0.5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,770 (100%)
English only: 5,998 (77.19%)
Language other than English: 1,772 (22.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 552 (7.1%)
--Spanish: 462 (5.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 198 (2.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 759 (9.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 198 (2.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 522 (6.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156 (2.01%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,327 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,192% (122.4%)
Arab: 25 (0.3%)
Czech: 116 (1.39%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 56 (0.67%)
English: 444 (5.33%)
French (except Basque): 69 (0.83%)
French Canadian: 44 (0.53%)
German: 1,080 (12.97%)
Greek: 159 (1.91%)
Hungarian: 106 (1.27%)
Irish: 2,143 (25.74%)
Italian: 2,309 (27.73%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 26 (0.31%)
Polish: 550 (6.61%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.11%)
Russian: 345 (4.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (0.49%)
Scottish: 63 (0.76%)
Slovak: 6 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 67 (0.8%)
Swiss: 16 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 42 (0.5%)
United States or American: 178 (2.14%)
Welsh: 6 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 61 (0.73%)
Other ancestries: 2,212 (26.56%)

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