Harrison, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3632402, place: Harrison village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,171 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 669 (9.33%)
Kindergarten: 334 (4.66%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,861 (39.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,132 (15.79%)
College or graduate school: 2,175 (30.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,892 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 963 (6.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,099 (6.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,436 (21.62%)
Some college, no degree: 2,424 (15.25%)
Associate degree: 761 (4.79%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,895 (24.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,314 (20.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 45.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,993 (100%)
Never married: 4,991 (26.28%)
Now married, except separated: 11,744 (61.83%)
Separated: 277 (1.46%)
Total Widowed: 1,051 (5.53%)
Widowed Female: 900 (4.74%)
Total Divorced: 930 (4.9%)
Divorced Female: 640 (3.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 334 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 43 (12.87%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,191 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,769 (9.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,558 (100%)
--With a disability: 435 (7.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,460 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,602 (11.9%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
--No disability: 11,858 (88.1%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
Population 65 years and over: 3,504 (100%)
--With a disability: 910 (25.97%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,544 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 13,559 (60.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,547 (33.48%)
--Same county: 4,312 (19.13%)
--Different county: 3,235 (14.35%)
----Same state: 2,037 (9.04%)
----Different state: 1,198 (5.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,438 (6.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,143 (100%)
Native: 19,623 (81.28%)
--Born in United States: 19,231 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,873 (65.75%)
----Different state: 3,358 (13.91%)
--Born outside United States: 392 (1.62%)
Foreign born: 4,520 (18.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,875 (7.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,988 (8.23%)
--Not a citizen: 2,532 (10.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,520 (100%)
Europe: 1,977 (43.74%)
Asia: 1,198 (26.5%)
Africa: 115 (2.54%)
Oceania: 6 (0.13%)
Latin America: 1,110 (24.56%)
Northern America: 114 (2.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,544 (100%)
English only: 16,529 (73.32%)
Language other than English: 6,015 (26.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,545 (11.29%)
--Spanish: 1,443 (6.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 618 (2.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,328 (14.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,120 (4.97%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,062 (4.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 755 (3.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,143 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 26,316% (109%)
Arab: 134 (0.56%)
Czech: 131 (0.54%)
Danish: 64 (0.27%)
Dutch: 170 (0.7%)
English: 1,012 (4.19%)
French (except Basque): 512 (2.12%)
French Canadian: 51 (0.21%)
German: 1,836 (7.6%)
Greek: 380 (1.57%)
Hungarian: 267 (1.11%)
Irish: 3,835 (15.88%)
Italian: 9,185 (38.04%)
Lithuanian: 38 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 147 (0.61%)
Polish: 822 (3.4%)
Portuguese: 137 (0.57%)
Russian: 991 (4.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 147 (0.61%)
Scottish: 293 (1.21%)
Slovak: 50 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 69 (0.29%)
Swedish: 151 (0.63%)
Swiss: 129 (0.53%)
Ukrainian: 106 (0.44%)
United States or American: 835 (3.46%)
Welsh: 65 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 66 (0.27%)
Other ancestries: 4,693 (19.44%)

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