Dunkirk, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3621105, place: Dunkirk city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,299 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 217 (6.58%)
Kindergarten: 198 (6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,590 (48.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 722 (21.89%)
College or graduate school: 572 (17.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,595 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 867 (10.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,278 (14.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,414 (39.72%)
Some college, no degree: 1,366 (15.89%)
Associate degree: 568 (6.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 642 (7.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 460 (5.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,342 (100%)
Never married: 3,140 (30.36%)
Now married, except separated: 4,690 (45.35%)
Separated: 314 (3.04%)
Total Widowed: 1,126 (10.89%)
Widowed Female: 955 (9.23%)
Total Divorced: 1,072 (10.37%)
Divorced Female: 651 (6.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 235 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 119 (50.64%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,816 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,355 (13.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,983 (100%)
--With a disability: 422 (14.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,955 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,898 (27.29%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 5,057 (72.71%)
----Percent employed: 79%
Population 65 years and over: 2,289 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,002 (43.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,255 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,194 (58.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,834 (39.45%)
--Same county: 3,668 (29.93%)
--Different county: 1,166 (9.51%)
----Same state: 643 (5.25%)
----Different state: 523 (4.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 227 (1.85%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,131 (100%)
Native: 12,856 (97.91%)
--Born in United States: 11,769 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,232 (77.92%)
----Different state: 1,537 (11.71%)
--Born outside United States: 1,087 (8.28%)
Foreign born: 275 (2.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 50 (0.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 174 (1.33%)
--Not a citizen: 101 (0.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 275 (100%)
Europe: 87 (31.64%)
Asia: 50 (18.18%)
Africa: 6 (2.18%)
Oceania: 9 (3.27%)
Latin America: 119 (43.27%)
Northern America: 4 (1.45%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,255 (100%)
English only: 9,822 (80.15%)
Language other than English: 2,433 (19.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 944 (7.7%)
--Spanish: 1,914 (15.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 839 (6.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 468 (3.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (0.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,131 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,135% (115.26%)
Arab: 62 (0.47%)
Czech: 6 (0.05%)
Danish: 24 (0.18%)
Dutch: 170 (1.29%)
English: 861 (6.56%)
French (except Basque): 225 (1.71%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.11%)
German: 2,542 (19.36%)
Greek: 13 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 43 (0.33%)
Irish: 1,428 (10.88%)
Italian: 1,980 (15.08%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.04%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.04%)
Polish: 3,641 (27.73%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.05%)
Russian: 69 (0.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 70 (0.53%)
Scottish: 201 (1.53%)
Slovak: 14 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 48 (0.37%)
Swedish: 249 (1.9%)
Swiss: 13 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 58 (0.44%)
United States or American: 317 (2.41%)
Welsh: 18 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 12 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 3,041 (23.16%)

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