Kensington, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3639309, place: Kensington village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 364 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (9.89%)
Kindergarten: 17 (4.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 151 (41.48%)
High school (grades 9-12): 105 (28.85%)
College or graduate school: 55 (15.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 834 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (2.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 40 (4.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 83 (9.95%)
Some college, no degree: 89 (10.67%)
Associate degree: 22 (2.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 266 (31.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 317 (38.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 69.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 974 (100%)
Never married: 178 (18.28%)
Now married, except separated: 678 (69.61%)
Separated: 10 (1.03%)
Total Widowed: 86 (8.83%)
Widowed Female: 69 (7.08%)
Total Divorced: 22 (2.26%)
Divorced Female: 11 (1.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (37.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 888 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 100 (11.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 299 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (0.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 607 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (7.08%)
----Percent employed: 58.1%
--No disability: 564 (92.92%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
Population 65 years and over: 254 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (29.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,160 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 824 (71.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 299 (25.78%)
--Same county: 188 (16.21%)
--Different county: 111 (9.57%)
----Same state: 94 (8.1%)
----Different state: 17 (1.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 37 (3.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,215 (100%)
Native: 901 (74.16%)
--Born in United States: 894 (100%)
----State of residence: 803 (66.09%)
----Different state: 91 (7.49%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.58%)
Foreign born: 314 (25.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 50 (4.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 239 (19.67%)
--Not a citizen: 75 (6.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 314 (100%)
Europe: 73 (23.25%)
Asia: 198 (63.06%)
Africa: 10 (3.18%)
Oceania: 2 (0.64%)
Latin America: 30 (9.55%)
Northern America: 1 (0.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,160 (100%)
English only: 799 (68.88%)
Language other than English: 361 (31.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 130 (11.21%)
--Spanish: 43 (3.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (1.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 226 (19.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (7.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 23 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,215 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,264% (104.03%)
Arab: 17 (1.4%)
Czech: 3 (0.25%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 2 (0.16%)
English: 23 (1.89%)
French (except Basque): 11 (0.91%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 47 (3.87%)
Greek: 6 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 34 (2.8%)
Irish: 4 (0.33%)
Italian: 45 (3.7%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.82%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.16%)
Polish: 160 (13.17%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.16%)
Russian: 205 (16.87%)
Scotch-Irish: 2 (0.16%)
Scottish: 5 (0.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.33%)
United States or American: 106 (8.72%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3 (0.25%)
Other ancestries: 573 (47.16%)

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