Gowanda, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3629630, place: Gowanda village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 599 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (5.18%)
Kindergarten: 43 (7.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 272 (45.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 168 (28.05%)
College or graduate school: 85 (14.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,997 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 110 (5.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 378 (18.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 740 (37.06%)
Some college, no degree: 310 (15.52%)
Associate degree: 111 (5.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 176 (8.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 172 (8.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,304 (100%)
Never married: 642 (27.86%)
Now married, except separated: 1,077 (46.74%)
Separated: 65 (2.82%)
Total Widowed: 243 (10.55%)
Widowed Female: 187 (8.12%)
Total Divorced: 277 (12.02%)
Divorced Female: 174 (7.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,178 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 386 (17.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 575 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (5.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,350 (100%)
--With a disability: 274 (20.3%)
----Percent employed: 36.9%
--No disability: 1,076 (79.7%)
----Percent employed: 85.7%
Population 65 years and over: 528 (100%)
--With a disability: 214 (40.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,644 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,462 (55.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,177 (44.52%)
--Same county: 576 (21.79%)
--Different county: 601 (22.73%)
----Same state: 487 (18.42%)
----Different state: 114 (4.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,777 (100%)
Native: 2,747 (98.92%)
--Born in United States: 2,738 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,362 (85.06%)
----Different state: 376 (13.54%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 30 (1.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.58%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (0.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 30 (100%)
Europe: 23 (76.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (23.33%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,644 (100%)
English only: 2,551 (96.48%)
Language other than English: 93 (3.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (1.02%)
--Spanish: 37 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 30 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,777 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,985% (107.49%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.36%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 51 (1.84%)
English: 427 (15.38%)
French (except Basque): 111 (4%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.29%)
German: 846 (30.46%)
Greek: 4 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.29%)
Irish: 398 (14.33%)
Italian: 185 (6.66%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.36%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.43%)
Polish: 282 (10.15%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.14%)
Russian: 5 (0.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 44 (1.58%)
Scottish: 67 (2.41%)
Slovak: 11 (0.4%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 48 (1.73%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 53 (1.91%)
Welsh: 58 (2.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 343 (12.35%)

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