Long Beach, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3643335, place: Long Beach city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,714 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 463 (6%)
Kindergarten: 309 (4.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,172 (41.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,496 (19.39%)
College or graduate school: 2,274 (29.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26,824 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,280 (4.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,760 (6.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,814 (25.4%)
Some college, no degree: 5,074 (18.92%)
Associate degree: 1,983 (7.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,947 (22.17%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,966 (14.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 29,968 (100%)
Never married: 9,806 (32.72%)
Now married, except separated: 13,687 (45.67%)
Separated: 998 (3.33%)
Total Widowed: 2,621 (8.75%)
Widowed Female: 2,178 (7.27%)
Total Divorced: 2,856 (9.53%)
Divorced Female: 1,637 (5.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 509 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 134 (26.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 28,955 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,927 (10.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,637 (100%)
--With a disability: 425 (7.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,054 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,603 (20.87%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
--No disability: 17,451 (79.13%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 5,279 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,144 (40.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 33,862 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,266 (56.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,753 (40.61%)
--Same county: 9,206 (27.19%)
--Different county: 4,547 (13.43%)
----Same state: 3,291 (9.72%)
----Different state: 1,256 (3.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 843 (2.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 35,462 (100%)
Native: 30,035 (84.7%)
--Born in United States: 29,482 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,983 (73.27%)
----Different state: 3,499 (9.87%)
--Born outside United States: 553 (1.56%)
Foreign born: 5,427 (15.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,571 (4.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,164 (8.92%)
--Not a citizen: 2,263 (6.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,427 (100%)
Europe: 1,921 (35.4%)
Asia: 870 (16.03%)
Africa: 69 (1.27%)
Oceania: 6 (0.11%)
Latin America: 2,513 (46.31%)
Northern America: 48 (0.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 33,862 (100%)
English only: 26,479 (78.2%)
Language other than English: 7,383 (21.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,869 (8.47%)
--Spanish: 3,946 (11.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,878 (5.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,432 (7.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 547 (1.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 529 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 288 (0.85%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 35,462 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 39,068% (110.17%)
Arab: 79 (0.22%)
Czech: 241 (0.68%)
Danish: 37 (0.1%)
Dutch: 120 (0.34%)
English: 1,032 (2.91%)
French (except Basque): 353 (1%)
French Canadian: 60 (0.17%)
German: 3,315 (9.35%)
Greek: 469 (1.32%)
Hungarian: 608 (1.71%)
Irish: 7,420 (20.92%)
Italian: 5,764 (16.25%)
Lithuanian: 127 (0.36%)
Norwegian: 191 (0.54%)
Polish: 1,983 (5.59%)
Portuguese: 101 (0.28%)
Russian: 2,379 (6.71%)
Scotch-Irish: 350 (0.99%)
Scottish: 299 (0.84%)
Slovak: 50 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 88 (0.25%)
Swedish: 193 (0.54%)
Swiss: 61 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 275 (0.78%)
United States or American: 1,887 (5.32%)
Welsh: 24 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 209 (0.59%)
Other ancestries: 11,353 (32.01%)

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