Mineola, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3647636, place: Mineola village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,391 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 282 (6.42%)
Kindergarten: 308 (7.01%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,638 (37.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 952 (21.68%)
College or graduate school: 1,211 (27.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,029 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,367 (9.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,157 (8.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,127 (29.42%)
Some college, no degree: 2,291 (16.33%)
Associate degree: 895 (6.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,416 (17.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,776 (12.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,005 (100%)
Never married: 4,346 (27.15%)
Now married, except separated: 9,027 (56.4%)
Separated: 293 (1.83%)
Total Widowed: 1,256 (7.85%)
Widowed Female: 1,034 (6.46%)
Total Divorced: 1,083 (6.77%)
Divorced Female: 771 (4.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 419 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 49 (11.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,358 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,459 (9.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,264 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (4.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,818 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,438 (12.17%)
----Percent employed: 69.9%
--No disability: 10,380 (87.83%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,995 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,039 (34.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 18,077 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,404 (68.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,061 (28%)
--Same county: 3,332 (18.43%)
--Different county: 1,729 (9.56%)
----Same state: 1,294 (7.16%)
----Different state: 435 (2.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 612 (3.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 19,240 (100%)
Native: 14,025 (72.9%)
--Born in United States: 13,771 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,759 (66.31%)
----Different state: 1,012 (5.26%)
--Born outside United States: 254 (1.32%)
Foreign born: 5,215 (27.1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,642 (8.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,526 (13.13%)
--Not a citizen: 2,689 (13.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,215 (100%)
Europe: 2,463 (47.23%)
Asia: 1,003 (19.23%)
Africa: 104 (1.99%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,635 (31.35%)
Northern America: 10 (0.19%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 18,077 (100%)
English only: 11,474 (63.47%)
Language other than English: 6,603 (36.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,100 (17.15%)
--Spanish: 2,372 (13.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,287 (7.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,638 (20.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,546 (8.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 535 (2.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 236 (1.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 19,240 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,056% (114.64%)
Arab: 92 (0.48%)
Czech: 189 (0.98%)
Danish: 28 (0.15%)
Dutch: 57 (0.3%)
English: 594 (3.09%)
French (except Basque): 245 (1.27%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 2,741 (14.25%)
Greek: 219 (1.14%)
Hungarian: 156 (0.81%)
Irish: 3,754 (19.51%)
Italian: 4,616 (23.99%)
Lithuanian: 98 (0.51%)
Norwegian: 169 (0.88%)
Polish: 906 (4.71%)
Portuguese: 2,076 (10.79%)
Russian: 334 (1.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 61 (0.32%)
Scottish: 148 (0.77%)
Slovak: 23 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 32 (0.17%)
Swedish: 175 (0.91%)
Swiss: 37 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 137 (0.71%)
United States or American: 447 (2.32%)
Welsh: 58 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 75 (0.39%)
Other ancestries: 4,589 (23.85%)

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