Elwood, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3624405, place: Elwood CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,835 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 230 (8.11%)
Kindergarten: 158 (5.57%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,303 (45.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 601 (21.2%)
College or graduate school: 543 (19.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,526 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 222 (2.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 542 (7.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,061 (27.39%)
Some college, no degree: 1,150 (15.28%)
Associate degree: 559 (7.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,786 (23.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,206 (16.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,523 (100%)
Never married: 1,902 (22.32%)
Now married, except separated: 5,519 (64.75%)
Separated: 107 (1.26%)
Total Widowed: 553 (6.49%)
Widowed Female: 460 (5.4%)
Total Divorced: 442 (5.19%)
Divorced Female: 264 (3.1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 265 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 53 (20%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,116 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 911 (11.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,258 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (3.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,415 (100%)
--With a disability: 760 (11.85%)
----Percent employed: 63.8%
--No disability: 5,655 (88.15%)
----Percent employed: 77.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,399 (100%)
--With a disability: 437 (31.24%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,138 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,333 (72.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,718 (26.81%)
--Same county: 1,551 (15.3%)
--Different county: 1,167 (11.51%)
----Same state: 953 (9.4%)
----Different state: 214 (2.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 87 (0.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,845 (100%)
Native: 9,606 (88.58%)
--Born in United States: 9,568 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,752 (80.7%)
----Different state: 816 (7.52%)
--Born outside United States: 38 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 1,239 (11.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 208 (1.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 835 (7.7%)
--Not a citizen: 404 (3.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,239 (100%)
Europe: 349 (28.17%)
Asia: 451 (36.4%)
Africa: 5 (0.4%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 427 (34.46%)
Northern America: 7 (0.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,138 (100%)
English only: 8,465 (83.5%)
Language other than English: 1,673 (16.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 628 (6.19%)
--Spanish: 469 (4.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 247 (2.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 755 (7.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 194 (1.91%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 424 (4.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 180 (1.78%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,845 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,175% (121.48%)
Arab: 24 (0.22%)
Czech: 133 (1.23%)
Danish: 38 (0.35%)
Dutch: 58 (0.53%)
English: 416 (3.84%)
French (except Basque): 144 (1.33%)
French Canadian: 125 (1.15%)
German: 1,740 (16.04%)
Greek: 113 (1.04%)
Hungarian: 91 (0.84%)
Irish: 2,136 (19.7%)
Italian: 3,179 (29.31%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 77 (0.71%)
Polish: 934 (8.61%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.12%)
Russian: 495 (4.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 73 (0.67%)
Scottish: 115 (1.06%)
Slovak: 29 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.19%)
Swedish: 96 (0.89%)
Swiss: 25 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.14%)
United States or American: 564 (5.2%)
Welsh: 13 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 241 (2.22%)
Other ancestries: 2,262 (20.86%)

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