Fishkill, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3625967, place: Fishkill village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 339 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 24 (7.08%)
Kindergarten: 21 (6.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 106 (31.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 75 (22.12%)
College or graduate school: 113 (33.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,359 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 51 (3.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 246 (18.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 404 (29.73%)
Some college, no degree: 271 (19.94%)
Associate degree: 72 (5.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 177 (13.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 138 (10.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,534 (100%)
Never married: 380 (24.77%)
Now married, except separated: 628 (40.94%)
Separated: 49 (3.19%)
Total Widowed: 311 (20.27%)
Widowed Female: 274 (17.86%)
Total Divorced: 166 (10.82%)
Divorced Female: 97 (6.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,492 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 200 (13.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 243 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (3.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 919 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (18.17%)
----Percent employed: 61.1%
--No disability: 752 (81.83%)
----Percent employed: 79.7%
Population 65 years and over: 508 (100%)
--With a disability: 232 (45.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,670 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 906 (54.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 753 (45.09%)
--Same county: 425 (25.45%)
--Different county: 328 (19.64%)
----Same state: 249 (14.91%)
----Different state: 79 (4.73%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (0.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,731 (100%)
Native: 1,576 (91.05%)
--Born in United States: 1,542 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,223 (70.65%)
----Different state: 319 (18.43%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (1.96%)
Foreign born: 155 (8.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (2.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 98 (5.66%)
--Not a citizen: 57 (3.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 155 (100%)
Europe: 89 (57.42%)
Asia: 27 (17.42%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 35 (22.58%)
Northern America: 4 (2.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,670 (100%)
English only: 1,457 (87.25%)
Language other than English: 213 (12.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (4.19%)
--Spanish: 97 (5.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (1.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 81 (4.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (1.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,731 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,068% (119.47%)
Arab: 7 (0.4%)
Czech: 18 (1.04%)
Danish: 3 (0.17%)
Dutch: 39 (2.25%)
English: 149 (8.61%)
French (except Basque): 46 (2.66%)
French Canadian: 21 (1.21%)
German: 250 (14.44%)
Greek: 12 (0.69%)
Hungarian: 35 (2.02%)
Irish: 393 (22.7%)
Italian: 415 (23.97%)
Lithuanian: 17 (0.98%)
Norwegian: 18 (1.04%)
Polish: 124 (7.16%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.46%)
Russian: 35 (2.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (1.68%)
Scottish: 45 (2.6%)
Slovak: 14 (0.81%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (0.46%)
Swiss: 5 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 108 (6.24%)
Welsh: 13 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 252 (14.56%)

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