Fishers Island, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3625923, place: Fishers Island CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 56 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (8.93%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 33 (58.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9 (16.07%)
College or graduate school: 9 (16.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 211 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4 (1.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7 (3.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 71 (33.65%)
Some college, no degree: 27 (12.8%)
Associate degree: 17 (8.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 45 (21.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 40 (18.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 224 (100%)
Never married: 52 (23.21%)
Now married, except separated: 109 (48.66%)
Separated: 9 (4.02%)
Total Widowed: 19 (8.48%)
Widowed Female: 14 (6.25%)
Total Divorced: 35 (15.63%)
Divorced Female: 15 (6.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 215 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 35 (16.28%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 47 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 177 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (6.21%)
----Percent employed: 100%
--No disability: 166 (93.79%)
----Percent employed: 89.8%
Population 65 years and over: 38 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (28.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 262 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 107 (40.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 155 (59.16%)
--Same county: 90 (34.35%)
--Different county: 65 (24.81%)
----Same state: 5 (1.91%)
----Different state: 60 (22.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 269 (100%)
Native: 256 (95.17%)
--Born in United States: 249 (100%)
----State of residence: 48 (17.84%)
----Different state: 201 (74.72%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (2.6%)
Foreign born: 13 (4.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (1.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.74%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (4.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 8 (61.54%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 5 (38.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 262 (100%)
English only: 256 (97.71%)
Language other than English: 6 (2.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (1.53%)
--Spanish: 4 (1.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 269 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 353% (131.23%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.74%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 3 (1.12%)
English: 67 (24.91%)
French (except Basque): 29 (10.78%)
French Canadian: 5 (1.86%)
German: 40 (14.87%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 50 (18.59%)
Italian: 54 (20.07%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.74%)
Polish: 18 (6.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (2.23%)
Scottish: 18 (6.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 15 (5.58%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2 (0.74%)
Welsh: 17 (6.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 25 (9.29%)

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