North Tonawanda, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3653682, place: North Tonawanda city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,342 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 456 (5.47%)
Kindergarten: 488 (5.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,480 (41.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,034 (24.38%)
College or graduate school: 1,884 (22.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 22,539 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 973 (4.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,298 (10.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,296 (36.81%)
Some college, no degree: 4,242 (18.82%)
Associate degree: 2,332 (10.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,810 (12.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,588 (7.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 26,862 (100%)
Never married: 7,149 (26.61%)
Now married, except separated: 14,959 (55.69%)
Separated: 418 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 2,105 (7.84%)
Widowed Female: 1,667 (6.21%)
Total Divorced: 2,231 (8.31%)
Divorced Female: 1,384 (5.15%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 263 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 92 (34.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 25,368 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,886 (15.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,315 (100%)
--With a disability: 595 (8.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,793 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,967 (15.79%)
----Percent employed: 52.8%
--No disability: 15,826 (84.21%)
----Percent employed: 83%
Population 65 years and over: 5,144 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,031 (39.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 31,358 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 21,110 (67.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,901 (31.57%)
--Same county: 5,944 (18.96%)
--Different county: 3,957 (12.62%)
----Same state: 3,199 (10.2%)
----Different state: 758 (2.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 347 (1.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 33,262 (100%)
Native: 32,062 (96.39%)
--Born in United States: 31,879 (100%)
----State of residence: 28,645 (86.12%)
----Different state: 3,234 (9.72%)
--Born outside United States: 183 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 1,200 (3.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 388 (1.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 650 (1.95%)
--Not a citizen: 550 (1.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,200 (100%)
Europe: 671 (55.92%)
Asia: 216 (18%)
Africa: 4 (0.33%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 22 (1.83%)
Northern America: 287 (23.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 31,358 (100%)
English only: 29,392 (93.73%)
Language other than English: 1,966 (6.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 685 (2.18%)
--Spanish: 526 (1.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 140 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,231 (3.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 425 (1.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 129 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 33,262 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 43,200% (129.88%)
Arab: 197 (0.59%)
Czech: 167 (0.5%)
Danish: 94 (0.28%)
Dutch: 498 (1.5%)
English: 3,382 (10.17%)
French (except Basque): 1,409 (4.24%)
French Canadian: 528 (1.59%)
German: 11,748 (35.32%)
Greek: 87 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 674 (2.03%)
Irish: 5,654 (17%)
Italian: 5,665 (17.03%)
Lithuanian: 45 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 83 (0.25%)
Polish: 6,949 (20.89%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.06%)
Russian: 209 (0.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 371 (1.12%)
Scottish: 846 (2.54%)
Slovak: 92 (0.28%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.04%)
Swedish: 374 (1.12%)
Swiss: 122 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 415 (1.25%)
United States or American: 1,074 (3.23%)
Welsh: 228 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 2,247 (6.76%)

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