Fairmount, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3625043, place: Fairmount CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,487 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 172 (6.92%)
Kindergarten: 127 (5.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,080 (43.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 615 (24.73%)
College or graduate school: 493 (19.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,712 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 172 (2.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 548 (7.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,487 (32.25%)
Some college, no degree: 1,612 (20.9%)
Associate degree: 970 (12.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,170 (15.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 753 (9.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,755 (100%)
Never married: 1,855 (21.19%)
Now married, except separated: 5,514 (62.98%)
Separated: 141 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 698 (7.97%)
Widowed Female: 573 (6.54%)
Total Divorced: 547 (6.25%)
Divorced Female: 381 (4.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 205 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (18.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,321 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,378 (16.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,042 (100%)
--With a disability: 148 (7.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,877 (100%)
--With a disability: 608 (10.35%)
----Percent employed: 59.7%
--No disability: 5,269 (89.65%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 2,229 (100%)
--With a disability: 682 (30.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,153 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,345 (72.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,736 (26.95%)
--Same county: 2,183 (21.5%)
--Different county: 553 (5.45%)
----Same state: 272 (2.68%)
----Different state: 281 (2.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 72 (0.71%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,812 (100%)
Native: 10,222 (94.54%)
--Born in United States: 10,184 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,876 (82.09%)
----Different state: 1,308 (12.1%)
--Born outside United States: 38 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 590 (5.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 163 (1.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 360 (3.33%)
--Not a citizen: 230 (2.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 590 (100%)
Europe: 387 (65.59%)
Asia: 127 (21.53%)
Africa: 6 (1.02%)
Oceania: 7 (1.19%)
Latin America: 31 (5.25%)
Northern America: 32 (5.42%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,153 (100%)
English only: 9,282 (91.42%)
Language other than English: 871 (8.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 354 (3.49%)
--Spanish: 77 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 665 (6.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 206 (2.03%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 59 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,812 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,235% (122.41%)
Arab: 174 (1.61%)
Czech: 67 (0.62%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 173 (1.6%)
English: 1,632 (15.09%)
French (except Basque): 338 (3.13%)
French Canadian: 219 (2.03%)
German: 2,082 (19.26%)
Greek: 65 (0.6%)
Hungarian: 101 (0.93%)
Irish: 2,832 (26.19%)
Italian: 2,113 (19.54%)
Lithuanian: 37 (0.34%)
Norwegian: 76 (0.7%)
Polish: 1,245 (11.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 67 (0.62%)
Scotch-Irish: 125 (1.16%)
Scottish: 190 (1.76%)
Slovak: 57 (0.53%)
Subsaharan African: 36 (0.33%)
Swedish: 39 (0.36%)
Swiss: 46 (0.43%)
Ukrainian: 456 (4.22%)
United States or American: 255 (2.36%)
Welsh: 104 (0.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 689 (6.37%)

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