Copiague, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3618146, place: Copiague CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,039 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 378 (7.5%)
Kindergarten: 231 (4.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,395 (47.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,071 (21.25%)
College or graduate school: 964 (19.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,996 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,220 (8.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,205 (14.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,653 (37.7%)
Some college, no degree: 2,714 (18.1%)
Associate degree: 1,123 (7.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,304 (8.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 777 (5.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,570 (100%)
Never married: 4,784 (27.23%)
Now married, except separated: 9,780 (55.66%)
Separated: 447 (2.54%)
Total Widowed: 1,075 (6.12%)
Widowed Female: 980 (5.58%)
Total Divorced: 1,484 (8.45%)
Divorced Female: 882 (5.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 610 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 115 (18.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,834 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,828 (10.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,200 (100%)
--With a disability: 299 (7.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,685 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,045 (22.25%)
----Percent employed: 64.2%
--No disability: 10,640 (77.75%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,555 (100%)
--With a disability: 825 (32.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,440 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,854 (62.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,545 (32.02%)
--Same county: 4,158 (20.34%)
--Different county: 2,387 (11.68%)
----Same state: 2,013 (9.85%)
----Different state: 374 (1.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,041 (5.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,922 (100%)
Native: 17,168 (78.31%)
--Born in United States: 16,794 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,609 (71.2%)
----Different state: 1,185 (5.41%)
--Born outside United States: 374 (1.71%)
Foreign born: 4,754 (21.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,091 (9.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,622 (7.4%)
--Not a citizen: 3,132 (14.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,754 (100%)
Europe: 1,511 (31.78%)
Asia: 439 (9.23%)
Africa: 12 (0.25%)
Oceania: 6 (0.13%)
Latin America: 2,769 (58.25%)
Northern America: 17 (0.36%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,440 (100%)
English only: 14,509 (70.98%)
Language other than English: 5,931 (29.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,203 (15.67%)
--Spanish: 3,772 (18.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,120 (10.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,849 (9.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 908 (4.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 281 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 152 (0.74%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,922 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 25,538% (116.49%)
Arab: 8 (0.04%)
Czech: 93 (0.42%)
Danish: 24 (0.11%)
Dutch: 160 (0.73%)
English: 845 (3.85%)
French (except Basque): 380 (1.73%)
French Canadian: 49 (0.22%)
German: 3,162 (14.42%)
Greek: 161 (0.73%)
Hungarian: 97 (0.44%)
Irish: 4,262 (19.44%)
Italian: 6,765 (30.86%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 132 (0.6%)
Polish: 1,412 (6.44%)
Portuguese: 49 (0.22%)
Russian: 357 (1.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 102 (0.47%)
Scottish: 133 (0.61%)
Slovak: 13 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 87 (0.4%)
Swedish: 173 (0.79%)
Swiss: 30 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 250 (1.14%)
United States or American: 667 (3.04%)
Welsh: 55 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 232 (1.06%)
Other ancestries: 5,814 (26.52%)

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