Cortland, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3618388, place: Cortland city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,391 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 169 (2.29%)
Kindergarten: 215 (2.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,555 (21.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 735 (9.94%)
College or graduate school: 4,717 (63.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,983 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 751 (7.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,286 (12.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,092 (30.97%)
Some college, no degree: 1,848 (18.51%)
Associate degree: 1,110 (11.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,112 (11.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 784 (7.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,832 (100%)
Never married: 6,864 (43.36%)
Now married, except separated: 5,795 (36.6%)
Separated: 537 (3.39%)
Total Widowed: 1,221 (7.71%)
Widowed Female: 1,019 (6.44%)
Total Divorced: 1,415 (8.94%)
Divorced Female: 869 (5.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 225 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 83 (36.89%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,316 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,569 (10.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,177 (100%)
--With a disability: 392 (7.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,021 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,919 (19.15%)
----Percent employed: 48.3%
--No disability: 8,102 (80.85%)
----Percent employed: 72.5%
Population 65 years and over: 2,095 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,063 (50.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,716 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,339 (41.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,112 (57.08%)
--Same county: 4,800 (27.09%)
--Different county: 5,312 (29.98%)
----Same state: 4,752 (26.82%)
----Different state: 560 (3.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 265 (1.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,740 (100%)
Native: 18,093 (96.55%)
--Born in United States: 18,012 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,811 (84.37%)
----Different state: 2,201 (11.74%)
--Born outside United States: 81 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 647 (3.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 242 (1.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 352 (1.88%)
--Not a citizen: 295 (1.57%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 647 (100%)
Europe: 492 (76.04%)
Asia: 53 (8.19%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 5 (0.77%)
Latin America: 57 (8.81%)
Northern America: 40 (6.18%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,716 (100%)
English only: 16,579 (93.58%)
Language other than English: 1,137 (6.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 449 (2.53%)
--Spanish: 368 (2.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 150 (0.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 716 (4.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 280 (1.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 39 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,740 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,197% (113.11%)
Arab: 74 (0.39%)
Czech: 114 (0.61%)
Danish: 18 (0.1%)
Dutch: 792 (4.23%)
English: 3,092 (16.5%)
French (except Basque): 695 (3.71%)
French Canadian: 260 (1.39%)
German: 3,179 (16.96%)
Greek: 56 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 48 (0.26%)
Irish: 4,003 (21.36%)
Italian: 3,453 (18.43%)
Lithuanian: 35 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 129 (0.69%)
Polish: 759 (4.05%)
Portuguese: 54 (0.29%)
Russian: 146 (0.78%)
Scotch-Irish: 239 (1.28%)
Scottish: 302 (1.61%)
Slovak: 38 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 35 (0.19%)
Swedish: 163 (0.87%)
Swiss: 31 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 209 (1.12%)
United States or American: 1,176 (6.28%)
Welsh: 252 (1.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 1,841 (9.82%)

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