Haverstraw, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3632754, place: Haverstraw village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,826 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 200 (7.08%)
Kindergarten: 152 (5.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,370 (48.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 617 (21.83%)
College or graduate school: 487 (17.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,110 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,261 (20.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,411 (23.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,548 (25.34%)
Some college, no degree: 918 (15.02%)
Associate degree: 288 (4.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 384 (6.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 300 (4.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 56.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,594 (100%)
Never married: 2,503 (32.96%)
Now married, except separated: 3,559 (46.87%)
Separated: 473 (6.23%)
Total Widowed: 529 (6.97%)
Widowed Female: 454 (5.98%)
Total Divorced: 530 (6.98%)
Divorced Female: 345 (4.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 347 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 81 (23.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,152 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 488 (6.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,559 (100%)
--With a disability: 310 (12.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,501 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,651 (30.01%)
----Percent employed: 40.9%
--No disability: 3,850 (69.99%)
----Percent employed: 70.6%
Population 65 years and over: 934 (100%)
--With a disability: 403 (43.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,272 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,978 (53.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,388 (36.54%)
--Same county: 2,805 (30.25%)
--Different county: 583 (6.29%)
----Same state: 418 (4.51%)
----Different state: 165 (1.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 906 (9.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,027 (100%)
Native: 6,387 (63.7%)
--Born in United States: 5,676 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,936 (49.23%)
----Different state: 740 (7.38%)
--Born outside United States: 711 (7.09%)
Foreign born: 3,640 (36.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,850 (18.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,100 (10.97%)
--Not a citizen: 2,540 (25.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,640 (100%)
Europe: 138 (3.79%)
Asia: 173 (4.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,325 (91.35%)
Northern America: 4 (0.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,272 (100%)
English only: 3,780 (40.77%)
Language other than English: 5,492 (59.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,935 (31.65%)
--Spanish: 5,158 (55.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,808 (30.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 198 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.61%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 119 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.75%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,027 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,745% (97.19%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 37 (0.37%)
Danish: 7 (0.07%)
Dutch: 23 (0.23%)
English: 254 (2.53%)
French (except Basque): 110 (1.1%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.1%)
German: 443 (4.42%)
Greek: 18 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.21%)
Irish: 921 (9.19%)
Italian: 780 (7.78%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 26 (0.26%)
Polish: 175 (1.75%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.11%)
Russian: 75 (0.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (0.14%)
Scottish: 16 (0.16%)
Slovak: 53 (0.53%)
Subsaharan African: 65 (0.65%)
Swedish: 21 (0.21%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.07%)
United States or American: 374 (3.73%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 194 (1.93%)
Other ancestries: 6,090 (60.74%)

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