Corning, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3618256, place: Corning city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,578 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 217 (8.42%)
Kindergarten: 99 (3.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,159 (44.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 605 (23.47%)
College or graduate school: 498 (19.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,394 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 293 (3.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 725 (9.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,952 (26.4%)
Some college, no degree: 1,368 (18.5%)
Associate degree: 829 (11.21%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,311 (17.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 916 (12.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,765 (100%)
Never married: 2,520 (28.75%)
Now married, except separated: 4,114 (46.94%)
Separated: 349 (3.98%)
Total Widowed: 866 (9.88%)
Widowed Female: 714 (8.15%)
Total Divorced: 916 (10.45%)
Divorced Female: 582 (6.64%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 91 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 49 (53.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,370 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,234 (14.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,146 (100%)
--With a disability: 204 (9.51%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,033 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,258 (20.85%)
----Percent employed: 47.9%
--No disability: 4,775 (79.15%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,834 (100%)
--With a disability: 697 (38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,135 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,291 (52.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,698 (46.35%)
--Same county: 2,925 (28.86%)
--Different county: 1,773 (17.49%)
----Same state: 976 (9.63%)
----Different state: 797 (7.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 146 (1.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,842 (100%)
Native: 10,378 (95.72%)
--Born in United States: 10,331 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,993 (73.72%)
----Different state: 2,338 (21.56%)
--Born outside United States: 47 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 464 (4.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 157 (1.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 242 (2.23%)
--Not a citizen: 222 (2.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 464 (100%)
Europe: 255 (54.96%)
Asia: 159 (34.27%)
Africa: 31 (6.68%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 14 (3.02%)
Northern America: 5 (1.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,135 (100%)
English only: 9,523 (93.96%)
Language other than English: 612 (6.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 145 (1.43%)
--Spanish: 135 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 344 (3.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (0.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 122 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,842 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,677% (107.7%)
Arab: 53 (0.49%)
Czech: 116 (1.07%)
Danish: 9 (0.08%)
Dutch: 367 (3.38%)
English: 1,517 (13.99%)
French (except Basque): 406 (3.74%)
French Canadian: 133 (1.23%)
German: 1,910 (17.62%)
Greek: 57 (0.53%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.15%)
Irish: 1,787 (16.48%)
Italian: 1,280 (11.81%)
Lithuanian: 49 (0.45%)
Norwegian: 66 (0.61%)
Polish: 483 (4.45%)
Portuguese: 37 (0.34%)
Russian: 60 (0.55%)
Scotch-Irish: 166 (1.53%)
Scottish: 240 (2.21%)
Slovak: 52 (0.48%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.09%)
Swedish: 240 (2.21%)
Swiss: 38 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 133 (1.23%)
United States or American: 888 (8.19%)
Welsh: 135 (1.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 1,415 (13.05%)

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