Huntington, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3636233, place: Huntington CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,477 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 552 (12.33%)
Kindergarten: 305 (6.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,794 (40.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 774 (17.29%)
College or graduate school: 1,052 (23.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,247 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 269 (2.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 498 (3.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,988 (15.01%)
Some college, no degree: 2,133 (16.1%)
Associate degree: 778 (5.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,046 (30.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,535 (26.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 57.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,742 (100%)
Never married: 3,560 (24.15%)
Now married, except separated: 8,955 (60.74%)
Separated: 212 (1.44%)
Total Widowed: 1,074 (7.29%)
Widowed Female: 835 (5.66%)
Total Divorced: 941 (6.38%)
Divorced Female: 549 (3.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 194 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (11.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,128 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,674 (11.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,223 (100%)
--With a disability: 135 (4.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,111 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,211 (10.9%)
----Percent employed: 70.5%
--No disability: 9,900 (89.1%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,569 (100%)
--With a disability: 746 (29.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,018 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,105 (65.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,611 (32.97%)
--Same county: 2,925 (17.19%)
--Different county: 2,686 (15.78%)
----Same state: 1,891 (11.11%)
----Different state: 795 (4.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 302 (1.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,375 (100%)
Native: 17,038 (92.72%)
--Born in United States: 16,875 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,566 (79.27%)
----Different state: 2,309 (12.57%)
--Born outside United States: 163 (0.89%)
Foreign born: 1,337 (7.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 379 (2.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 806 (4.39%)
--Not a citizen: 531 (2.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,337 (100%)
Europe: 713 (53.33%)
Asia: 291 (21.77%)
Africa: 35 (2.62%)
Oceania: 4 (0.3%)
Latin America: 274 (20.49%)
Northern America: 20 (1.5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,018 (100%)
English only: 15,315 (89.99%)
Language other than English: 1,703 (10.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 503 (2.96%)
--Spanish: 457 (2.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (0.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 976 (5.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 254 (1.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 218 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 100 (0.59%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,375 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,403% (127.36%)
Arab: 7 (0.04%)
Czech: 186 (1.01%)
Danish: 96 (0.52%)
Dutch: 178 (0.97%)
English: 1,837 (10%)
French (except Basque): 506 (2.75%)
French Canadian: 127 (0.69%)
German: 3,321 (18.07%)
Greek: 352 (1.92%)
Hungarian: 136 (0.74%)
Irish: 4,619 (25.14%)
Italian: 4,655 (25.33%)
Lithuanian: 130 (0.71%)
Norwegian: 249 (1.36%)
Polish: 1,094 (5.95%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.08%)
Russian: 905 (4.93%)
Scotch-Irish: 223 (1.21%)
Scottish: 341 (1.86%)
Slovak: 38 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.16%)
Swedish: 276 (1.5%)
Swiss: 24 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 122 (0.66%)
United States or American: 751 (4.09%)
Welsh: 152 (0.83%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 69 (0.38%)
Other ancestries: 2,965 (16.14%)

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