Massapequa, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3645986, place: Massapequa CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,922 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 645 (10.89%)
Kindergarten: 342 (5.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,739 (46.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,119 (18.9%)
College or graduate school: 1,077 (18.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,606 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 240 (1.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 883 (5.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,844 (31.04%)
Some college, no degree: 2,964 (18.99%)
Associate degree: 1,403 (8.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,325 (21.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,947 (12.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,698 (100%)
Never married: 3,670 (20.74%)
Now married, except separated: 12,018 (67.91%)
Separated: 149 (0.84%)
Total Widowed: 1,178 (6.66%)
Widowed Female: 967 (5.46%)
Total Divorced: 683 (3.86%)
Divorced Female: 408 (2.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 509 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 112 (22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,885 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,284 (13.53%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,665 (100%)
--With a disability: 223 (4.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,178 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,307 (9.92%)
----Percent employed: 59%
--No disability: 11,871 (90.08%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 3,253 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,028 (31.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,096 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,603 (78.7%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,426 (20.98%)
--Same county: 2,742 (13%)
--Different county: 1,684 (7.98%)
----Same state: 1,448 (6.86%)
----Different state: 236 (1.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 67 (0.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,652 (100%)
Native: 21,564 (95.2%)
--Born in United States: 21,407 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,196 (89.16%)
----Different state: 1,211 (5.35%)
--Born outside United States: 157 (0.69%)
Foreign born: 1,088 (4.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 60 (0.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 885 (3.91%)
--Not a citizen: 203 (0.9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,088 (100%)
Europe: 627 (57.63%)
Asia: 175 (16.08%)
Africa: 10 (0.92%)
Oceania: 32 (2.94%)
Latin America: 227 (20.86%)
Northern America: 17 (1.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,096 (100%)
English only: 19,493 (92.4%)
Language other than English: 1,603 (7.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 461 (2.19%)
--Spanish: 435 (2.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 161 (0.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 978 (4.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 247 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 92 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,652 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,721% (131.21%)
Arab: 96 (0.42%)
Czech: 86 (0.38%)
Danish: 21 (0.09%)
Dutch: 122 (0.54%)
English: 1,455 (6.42%)
French (except Basque): 272 (1.2%)
French Canadian: 64 (0.28%)
German: 4,623 (20.41%)
Greek: 495 (2.19%)
Hungarian: 201 (0.89%)
Irish: 6,520 (28.78%)
Italian: 8,969 (39.59%)
Lithuanian: 161 (0.71%)
Norwegian: 278 (1.23%)
Polish: 1,066 (4.71%)
Portuguese: 42 (0.19%)
Russian: 505 (2.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 313 (1.38%)
Scottish: 220 (0.97%)
Slovak: 24 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.03%)
Swedish: 238 (1.05%)
Swiss: 64 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 221 (0.98%)
United States or American: 1,073 (4.74%)
Welsh: 84 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 2,482 (10.96%)

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