Kiryas Joel, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3639853, place: Kiryas Joel village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,785 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 640 (9.43%)
Kindergarten: 617 (9.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,287 (48.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,396 (20.57%)
College or graduate school: 845 (12.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,377 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 612 (18.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,261 (37.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,062 (31.45%)
Some college, no degree: 331 (9.8%)
Associate degree: 15 (0.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 66 (1.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 30 (0.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 44.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 2.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,684 (100%)
Never married: 2,121 (31.73%)
Now married, except separated: 4,469 (66.86%)
Separated: 9 (0.13%)
Total Widowed: 67 (1%)
Widowed Female: 58 (0.87%)
Total Divorced: 18 (0.27%)
Divorced Female: 6 (0.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (14.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,670 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 15 (0.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,160 (100%)
--With a disability: 384 (6.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,244 (100%)
--With a disability: 950 (22.38%)
----Percent employed: 43.8%
--No disability: 3,294 (77.62%)
----Percent employed: 40.8%
Population 65 years and over: 206 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (28.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,615 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,634 (71.92%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,872 (27.06%)
--Same county: 2,283 (21.51%)
--Different county: 589 (5.55%)
----Same state: 584 (5.5%)
----Different state: 5 (0.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 109 (1.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,214 (100%)
Native: 12,042 (91.13%)
--Born in United States: 11,853 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,703 (88.57%)
----Different state: 150 (1.14%)
--Born outside United States: 189 (1.43%)
Foreign born: 1,172 (8.87%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 219 (1.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 741 (5.61%)
--Not a citizen: 431 (3.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,172 (100%)
Europe: 600 (51.19%)
Asia: 403 (34.39%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 90 (7.68%)
Northern America: 79 (6.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,615 (100%)
English only: 672 (6.33%)
Language other than English: 9,943 (93.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,791 (73.4%)
--Spanish: 121 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 101 (0.95%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9,502 (89.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,456 (70.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,214 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,641% (80.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 43 (0.33%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 6 (0.05%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 25 (0.19%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2,010 (15.21%)
Irish: 10 (0.08%)
Italian: 18 (0.14%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 93 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 42 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 6 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.11%)
United States or American: 1,052 (7.96%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,321 (55.4%)

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