East Meadow, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3622502, place: East Meadow CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,564 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 778 (8.13%)
Kindergarten: 448 (4.68%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,161 (43.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,107 (22.03%)
College or graduate school: 2,070 (21.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 25,904 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 880 (3.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,606 (10.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,338 (32.19%)
Some college, no degree: 4,707 (18.17%)
Associate degree: 1,858 (7.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,197 (16.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,318 (12.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,219 (100%)
Never married: 6,555 (21.69%)
Now married, except separated: 19,309 (63.9%)
Separated: 380 (1.26%)
Total Widowed: 2,387 (7.9%)
Widowed Female: 1,878 (6.21%)
Total Divorced: 1,588 (5.25%)
Divorced Female: 999 (3.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 926 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 202 (21.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 28,514 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,454 (12.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,505 (100%)
--With a disability: 469 (6.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,989 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,844 (14.23%)
----Percent employed: 65.6%
--No disability: 17,145 (85.77%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 6,124 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,872 (30.57%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 35,303 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 24,768 (70.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,966 (28.23%)
--Same county: 5,353 (15.16%)
--Different county: 4,613 (13.07%)
----Same state: 3,567 (10.1%)
----Different state: 1,046 (2.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 569 (1.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 37,501 (100%)
Native: 32,078 (85.54%)
--Born in United States: 31,834 (100%)
----State of residence: 29,531 (78.75%)
----Different state: 2,303 (6.14%)
--Born outside United States: 244 (0.65%)
Foreign born: 5,423 (14.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,303 (3.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,438 (9.17%)
--Not a citizen: 1,985 (5.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,423 (100%)
Europe: 2,010 (37.06%)
Asia: 1,963 (36.2%)
Africa: 95 (1.75%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,308 (24.12%)
Northern America: 47 (0.87%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 35,303 (100%)
English only: 27,769 (78.66%)
Language other than English: 7,534 (21.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,290 (6.49%)
--Spanish: 2,045 (5.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 558 (1.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,093 (11.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,184 (3.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,161 (3.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 501 (1.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 37,501 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 43,350% (115.6%)
Arab: 290 (0.77%)
Czech: 178 (0.47%)
Danish: 156 (0.42%)
Dutch: 196 (0.52%)
English: 861 (2.3%)
French (except Basque): 475 (1.27%)
French Canadian: 98 (0.26%)
German: 4,433 (11.82%)
Greek: 564 (1.5%)
Hungarian: 465 (1.24%)
Irish: 6,539 (17.44%)
Italian: 10,662 (28.43%)
Lithuanian: 94 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 237 (0.63%)
Polish: 3,288 (8.77%)
Portuguese: 447 (1.19%)
Russian: 2,155 (5.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 176 (0.47%)
Scottish: 170 (0.45%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 140 (0.37%)
Swedish: 361 (0.96%)
Swiss: 132 (0.35%)
Ukrainian: 217 (0.58%)
United States or American: 1,886 (5.03%)
Welsh: 49 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 207 (0.55%)
Other ancestries: 8,874 (23.66%)

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