Gloversville, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3629443, place: Gloversville city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,643 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 229 (6.29%)
Kindergarten: 202 (5.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,910 (52.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 767 (21.05%)
College or graduate school: 535 (14.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,306 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 805 (7.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,810 (17.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,904 (37.88%)
Some college, no degree: 1,596 (15.49%)
Associate degree: 952 (9.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 683 (6.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 556 (5.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,176 (100%)
Never married: 3,289 (27.01%)
Now married, except separated: 5,593 (45.93%)
Separated: 577 (4.74%)
Total Widowed: 1,216 (9.99%)
Widowed Female: 1,053 (8.65%)
Total Divorced: 1,501 (12.33%)
Divorced Female: 886 (7.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 192 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 58 (30.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,535 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,788 (15.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,372 (100%)
--With a disability: 489 (14.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,248 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,145 (26.01%)
----Percent employed: 49.8%
--No disability: 6,103 (73.99%)
----Percent employed: 77%
Population 65 years and over: 2,598 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,149 (44.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,393 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,963 (55.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,295 (43.74%)
--Same county: 4,708 (32.71%)
--Different county: 1,587 (11.03%)
----Same state: 966 (6.71%)
----Different state: 621 (4.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 135 (0.94%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,413 (100%)
Native: 14,961 (97.07%)
--Born in United States: 14,857 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,174 (85.47%)
----Different state: 1,683 (10.92%)
--Born outside United States: 104 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 452 (2.93%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 119 (0.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 305 (1.98%)
--Not a citizen: 147 (0.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 452 (100%)
Europe: 309 (68.36%)
Asia: 112 (24.78%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 24 (5.31%)
Northern America: 7 (1.55%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,393 (100%)
English only: 13,401 (93.11%)
Language other than English: 992 (6.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 341 (2.37%)
--Spanish: 292 (2.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 88 (0.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 589 (4.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 187 (1.3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 78 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,413 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,235% (111.82%)
Arab: 35 (0.23%)
Czech: 222 (1.44%)
Danish: 35 (0.23%)
Dutch: 930 (6.03%)
English: 1,889 (12.26%)
French (except Basque): 1,013 (6.57%)
French Canadian: 246 (1.6%)
German: 2,452 (15.91%)
Greek: 70 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.08%)
Irish: 2,500 (16.22%)
Italian: 3,354 (21.76%)
Lithuanian: 79 (0.51%)
Norwegian: 42 (0.27%)
Polish: 766 (4.97%)
Portuguese: 29 (0.19%)
Russian: 50 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 145 (0.94%)
Scottish: 193 (1.25%)
Slovak: 242 (1.57%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.05%)
Swedish: 67 (0.43%)
Swiss: 22 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 48 (0.31%)
United States or American: 966 (6.27%)
Welsh: 53 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 1,758 (11.41%)

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