Lockport, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3643082, place: Lockport city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,882 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 425 (7.23%)
Kindergarten: 281 (4.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,817 (47.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,213 (20.62%)
College or graduate school: 1,146 (19.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,649 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 707 (4.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,056 (14.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,777 (32.61%)
Some college, no degree: 3,101 (21.17%)
Associate degree: 1,425 (9.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,547 (10.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,036 (7.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,446 (100%)
Never married: 4,949 (28.37%)
Now married, except separated: 8,291 (47.52%)
Separated: 593 (3.4%)
Total Widowed: 1,563 (8.96%)
Widowed Female: 1,297 (7.43%)
Total Divorced: 2,050 (11.75%)
Divorced Female: 1,145 (6.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 256 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 170 (66.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,505 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,121 (12.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,084 (100%)
--With a disability: 423 (8.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,444 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,329 (18.72%)
----Percent employed: 46.6%
--No disability: 10,115 (81.28%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 3,021 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,087 (35.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,780 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,201 (58.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,466 (40.74%)
--Same county: 6,927 (33.33%)
--Different county: 1,539 (7.41%)
----Same state: 1,112 (5.35%)
----Different state: 427 (2.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 113 (0.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,279 (100%)
Native: 21,711 (97.45%)
--Born in United States: 21,559 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,273 (86.51%)
----Different state: 2,286 (10.26%)
--Born outside United States: 152 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 568 (2.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 108 (0.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 339 (1.52%)
--Not a citizen: 229 (1.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 568 (100%)
Europe: 228 (40.14%)
Asia: 72 (12.68%)
Africa: 6 (1.06%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 110 (19.37%)
Northern America: 152 (26.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,780 (100%)
English only: 19,894 (95.74%)
Language other than English: 886 (4.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 336 (1.62%)
--Spanish: 425 (2.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 171 (0.82%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 414 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 128 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 47 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,279 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,974% (125.56%)
Arab: 14 (0.06%)
Czech: 59 (0.26%)
Danish: 31 (0.14%)
Dutch: 368 (1.65%)
English: 3,216 (14.44%)
French (except Basque): 998 (4.48%)
French Canadian: 220 (0.99%)
German: 7,079 (31.77%)
Greek: 47 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 88 (0.39%)
Irish: 5,115 (22.96%)
Italian: 3,495 (15.69%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 84 (0.38%)
Polish: 1,962 (8.81%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.03%)
Russian: 82 (0.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 285 (1.28%)
Scottish: 398 (1.79%)
Slovak: 36 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 32 (0.14%)
Swedish: 113 (0.51%)
Swiss: 6 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 229 (1.03%)
United States or American: 1,135 (5.09%)
Welsh: 161 (0.72%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 142 (0.64%)
Other ancestries: 2,555 (11.47%)

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