Kings Park, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3639672, place: Kings Park CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,216 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 412 (9.77%)
Kindergarten: 344 (8.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,764 (41.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 817 (19.38%)
College or graduate school: 879 (20.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,085 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 428 (3.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 853 (7.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,418 (30.83%)
Some college, no degree: 2,227 (20.09%)
Associate degree: 1,016 (9.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,896 (17.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,247 (11.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,615 (100%)
Never married: 2,878 (22.81%)
Now married, except separated: 7,687 (60.94%)
Separated: 200 (1.59%)
Total Widowed: 1,133 (8.98%)
Widowed Female: 935 (7.41%)
Total Divorced: 717 (5.68%)
Divorced Female: 368 (2.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 302 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (5.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,007 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,213 (10.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,273 (100%)
--With a disability: 143 (4.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,330 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,473 (15.79%)
----Percent employed: 62.7%
--No disability: 7,857 (84.21%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,888 (100%)
--With a disability: 804 (42.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,926 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,970 (73.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,817 (25.57%)
--Same county: 2,576 (17.26%)
--Different county: 1,241 (8.31%)
----Same state: 1,064 (7.13%)
----Different state: 177 (1.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 139 (0.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,136 (100%)
Native: 14,834 (91.93%)
--Born in United States: 14,736 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,774 (85.36%)
----Different state: 962 (5.96%)
--Born outside United States: 98 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 1,302 (8.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 327 (2.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 918 (5.69%)
--Not a citizen: 384 (2.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,302 (100%)
Europe: 634 (48.69%)
Asia: 341 (26.19%)
Africa: 42 (3.23%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 281 (21.58%)
Northern America: 4 (0.31%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,926 (100%)
English only: 13,058 (87.48%)
Language other than English: 1,868 (12.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 622 (4.17%)
--Spanish: 533 (3.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 195 (1.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,008 (6.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 307 (2.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 227 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (0.63%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,136 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,831% (129.1%)
Arab: 62 (0.38%)
Czech: 82 (0.51%)
Danish: 27 (0.17%)
Dutch: 143 (0.89%)
English: 717 (4.44%)
French (except Basque): 284 (1.76%)
French Canadian: 46 (0.29%)
German: 3,243 (20.1%)
Greek: 279 (1.73%)
Hungarian: 141 (0.87%)
Irish: 4,944 (30.64%)
Italian: 5,910 (36.63%)
Lithuanian: 125 (0.77%)
Norwegian: 167 (1.03%)
Polish: 1,138 (7.05%)
Portuguese: 74 (0.46%)
Russian: 409 (2.53%)
Scotch-Irish: 113 (0.7%)
Scottish: 111 (0.69%)
Slovak: 33 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.03%)
Swedish: 141 (0.87%)
Swiss: 17 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 104 (0.64%)
United States or American: 503 (3.12%)
Welsh: 70 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 30 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 1,913 (11.86%)

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