Floral Park, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3626264, place: Floral Park village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,243 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 343 (8.08%)
Kindergarten: 251 (5.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,803 (42.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 803 (18.93%)
College or graduate school: 1,043 (24.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,072 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 345 (3.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 739 (6.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,000 (27.1%)
Some college, no degree: 2,065 (18.65%)
Associate degree: 840 (7.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,426 (21.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,657 (14.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,802 (100%)
Never married: 3,460 (27.03%)
Now married, except separated: 7,383 (57.67%)
Separated: 191 (1.49%)
Total Widowed: 1,103 (8.62%)
Widowed Female: 869 (6.79%)
Total Divorced: 665 (5.19%)
Divorced Female: 425 (3.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 292 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (26.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,174 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,451 (11.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,286 (100%)
--With a disability: 125 (3.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,284 (100%)
--With a disability: 909 (9.79%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
--No disability: 8,375 (90.21%)
----Percent employed: 80.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,479 (100%)
--With a disability: 761 (30.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,056 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,271 (74.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,604 (23.94%)
--Same county: 2,092 (13.89%)
--Different county: 1,512 (10.04%)
----Same state: 1,301 (8.64%)
----Different state: 211 (1.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 181 (1.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,985 (100%)
Native: 14,131 (88.4%)
--Born in United States: 13,975 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,251 (82.9%)
----Different state: 724 (4.53%)
--Born outside United States: 156 (0.98%)
Foreign born: 1,854 (11.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 382 (2.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,226 (7.67%)
--Not a citizen: 628 (3.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,854 (100%)
Europe: 924 (49.84%)
Asia: 466 (25.13%)
Africa: 8 (0.43%)
Oceania: 7 (0.38%)
Latin America: 405 (21.84%)
Northern America: 44 (2.37%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,056 (100%)
English only: 12,838 (85.27%)
Language other than English: 2,218 (14.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 626 (4.16%)
--Spanish: 590 (3.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (1.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,303 (8.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 343 (2.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 292 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (0.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,985 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,167% (126.16%)
Arab: 67 (0.42%)
Czech: 63 (0.39%)
Danish: 51 (0.32%)
Dutch: 85 (0.53%)
English: 777 (4.86%)
French (except Basque): 247 (1.55%)
French Canadian: 47 (0.29%)
German: 2,938 (18.38%)
Greek: 247 (1.55%)
Hungarian: 96 (0.6%)
Irish: 5,771 (36.1%)
Italian: 4,887 (30.57%)
Lithuanian: 87 (0.54%)
Norwegian: 121 (0.76%)
Polish: 985 (6.16%)
Portuguese: 63 (0.39%)
Russian: 152 (0.95%)
Scotch-Irish: 178 (1.11%)
Scottish: 246 (1.54%)
Slovak: 46 (0.29%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (0.16%)
Swedish: 181 (1.13%)
Swiss: 29 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 57 (0.36%)
United States or American: 432 (2.7%)
Welsh: 23 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 65 (0.41%)
Other ancestries: 2,200 (13.76%)

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