Goshen, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3629542, place: Goshen village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,533 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 112 (7.31%)
Kindergarten: 58 (3.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 567 (36.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 449 (29.29%)
College or graduate school: 347 (22.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,857 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 188 (4.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 471 (12.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 967 (25.07%)
Some college, no degree: 754 (19.55%)
Associate degree: 324 (8.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 697 (18.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 456 (11.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,694 (100%)
Never married: 1,047 (22.31%)
Now married, except separated: 2,788 (59.39%)
Separated: 65 (1.38%)
Total Widowed: 432 (9.2%)
Widowed Female: 360 (7.67%)
Total Divorced: 362 (7.71%)
Divorced Female: 215 (4.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 104 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (11.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,407 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 501 (11.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,110 (100%)
--With a disability: 118 (10.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,696 (100%)
--With a disability: 481 (17.84%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
--No disability: 2,215 (82.16%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 794 (100%)
--With a disability: 289 (36.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,379 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,497 (46.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,597 (48.28%)
--Same county: 1,462 (27.18%)
--Different county: 1,135 (21.1%)
----Same state: 762 (14.17%)
----Different state: 373 (6.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 285 (5.3%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,656 (100%)
Native: 5,223 (92.34%)
--Born in United States: 5,039 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,087 (72.26%)
----Different state: 952 (16.83%)
--Born outside United States: 184 (3.25%)
Foreign born: 433 (7.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 224 (3.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 169 (2.99%)
--Not a citizen: 264 (4.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 433 (100%)
Europe: 220 (50.81%)
Asia: 77 (17.78%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 131 (30.25%)
Northern America: 5 (1.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,379 (100%)
English only: 4,667 (86.76%)
Language other than English: 712 (13.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 228 (4.24%)
--Spanish: 338 (6.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 146 (2.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 262 (4.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 54 (1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 21 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,656 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,743% (101.54%)
Arab: 34 (0.6%)
Czech: 80 (1.41%)
Danish: 15 (0.27%)
Dutch: 142 (2.51%)
English: 509 (9%)
French (except Basque): 102 (1.8%)
French Canadian: 58 (1.03%)
German: 774 (13.68%)
Greek: 53 (0.94%)
Hungarian: 54 (0.95%)
Irish: 1,260 (22.28%)
Italian: 761 (13.45%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 132 (2.33%)
Polish: 417 (7.37%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 144 (2.55%)
Scotch-Irish: 49 (0.87%)
Scottish: 120 (2.12%)
Slovak: 17 (0.3%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 45 (0.8%)
Swiss: 10 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 35 (0.62%)
United States or American: 188 (3.32%)
Welsh: 11 (0.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 718 (12.69%)

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