Laurel, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3641465, place: Laurel CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 307 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (6.51%)
Kindergarten: 12 (3.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 158 (51.47%)
High school (grades 9-12): 74 (24.1%)
College or graduate school: 43 (14.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 818 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 16 (1.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 54 (6.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 262 (32.03%)
Some college, no degree: 128 (15.65%)
Associate degree: 99 (12.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 130 (15.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 129 (15.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 928 (100%)
Never married: 193 (20.8%)
Now married, except separated: 567 (61.1%)
Separated: 23 (2.48%)
Total Widowed: 91 (9.81%)
Widowed Female: 63 (6.79%)
Total Divorced: 54 (5.82%)
Divorced Female: 34 (3.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (15.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 880 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 155 (17.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 270 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (5.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 634 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (10.09%)
----Percent employed: 71.9%
--No disability: 570 (89.91%)
----Percent employed: 74.9%
Population 65 years and over: 213 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (30.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,117 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 702 (62.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 388 (34.74%)
--Same county: 307 (27.48%)
--Different county: 81 (7.25%)
----Same state: 56 (5.01%)
----Different state: 25 (2.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (2.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,187 (100%)
Native: 1,114 (93.85%)
--Born in United States: 1,102 (100%)
----State of residence: 990 (83.4%)
----Different state: 112 (9.44%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (1.01%)
Foreign born: 73 (6.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 36 (3.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (2.7%)
--Not a citizen: 41 (3.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 73 (100%)
Europe: 55 (75.34%)
Asia: 14 (19.18%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (2.74%)
Northern America: 2 (2.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,117 (100%)
English only: 1,003 (89.79%)
Language other than English: 114 (10.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (3.4%)
--Spanish: 19 (1.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 87 (7.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (2.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.72%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,187 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,734% (146.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.84%)
Danish: 4 (0.34%)
Dutch: 12 (1.01%)
English: 166 (13.98%)
French (except Basque): 30 (2.53%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.51%)
German: 304 (25.61%)
Greek: 9 (0.76%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.25%)
Irish: 315 (26.54%)
Italian: 305 (25.7%)
Lithuanian: 14 (1.18%)
Norwegian: 10 (0.84%)
Polish: 243 (20.47%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.17%)
Russian: 20 (1.68%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (2.78%)
Scottish: 27 (2.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 29 (2.44%)
Swiss: 7 (0.59%)
Ukrainian: 15 (1.26%)
United States or American: 30 (2.53%)
Welsh: 2 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 138 (11.63%)

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