Ghent, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3628860, place: Ghent CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 171 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (5.26%)
Kindergarten: 17 (9.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 80 (46.78%)
High school (grades 9-12): 47 (27.49%)
College or graduate school: 18 (10.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 437 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 44 (10.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 46 (10.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 121 (27.69%)
Some college, no degree: 58 (13.27%)
Associate degree: 66 (15.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 30 (6.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 72 (16.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 526 (100%)
Never married: 140 (26.62%)
Now married, except separated: 291 (55.32%)
Separated: 6 (1.14%)
Total Widowed: 48 (9.13%)
Widowed Female: 48 (9.13%)
Total Divorced: 41 (7.79%)
Divorced Female: 23 (4.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 490 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (9.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 154 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (7.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 342 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (12.28%)
----Percent employed: 38.1%
--No disability: 300 (87.72%)
----Percent employed: 86.3%
Population 65 years and over: 124 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (43.55%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 623 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 379 (60.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 244 (39.17%)
--Same county: 123 (19.74%)
--Different county: 121 (19.42%)
----Same state: 94 (15.09%)
----Different state: 27 (4.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 664 (100%)
Native: 644 (96.99%)
--Born in United States: 643 (100%)
----State of residence: 525 (79.07%)
----Different state: 118 (17.77%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.15%)
Foreign born: 20 (3.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (2.26%)
--Not a citizen: 5 (0.75%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20 (100%)
Europe: 12 (60%)
Asia: 8 (40%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 623 (100%)
English only: 599 (96.15%)
Language other than English: 24 (3.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (3.05%)
--Spanish: 8 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (1.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (1.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 664 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 855% (128.77%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (1.2%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 69 (10.39%)
English: 42 (6.33%)
French (except Basque): 42 (6.33%)
French Canadian: 27 (4.07%)
German: 137 (20.63%)
Greek: 8 (1.2%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 93 (14.01%)
Italian: 95 (14.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 93 (14.01%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.9%)
Scottish: 8 (1.2%)
Slovak: 53 (7.98%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.9%)
Swiss: 18 (2.71%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.75%)
United States or American: 53 (7.98%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.6%)
Other ancestries: 88 (13.25%)

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