Ossining, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3655530, place: Ossining village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,089 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 410 (8.06%)
Kindergarten: 333 (6.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,178 (42.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,218 (23.93%)
College or graduate school: 950 (18.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,134 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,339 (13.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,774 (16.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,818 (22.28%)
Some college, no degree: 2,281 (13.31%)
Associate degree: 959 (5.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,850 (16.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,113 (12.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,886 (100%)
Never married: 6,894 (34.67%)
Now married, except separated: 9,737 (48.96%)
Separated: 632 (3.18%)
Total Widowed: 1,205 (6.06%)
Widowed Female: 976 (4.91%)
Total Divorced: 1,418 (7.13%)
Divorced Female: 920 (4.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 470 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 111 (23.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,078 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,567 (8.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,081 (100%)
--With a disability: 299 (7.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,517 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,314 (17.12%)
----Percent employed: 63.4%
--No disability: 11,203 (82.88%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 2,405 (100%)
--With a disability: 815 (33.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,512 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,282 (54.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,398 (37.3%)
--Same county: 5,701 (25.32%)
--Different county: 2,697 (11.98%)
----Same state: 1,906 (8.47%)
----Different state: 791 (3.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,832 (8.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,010 (100%)
Native: 16,699 (69.55%)
--Born in United States: 16,085 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,390 (55.77%)
----Different state: 2,695 (11.22%)
--Born outside United States: 614 (2.56%)
Foreign born: 7,311 (30.45%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,744 (15.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,030 (8.45%)
--Not a citizen: 5,281 (22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,311 (100%)
Europe: 1,495 (20.45%)
Asia: 847 (11.59%)
Africa: 140 (1.91%)
Oceania: 17 (0.23%)
Latin America: 4,760 (65.11%)
Northern America: 52 (0.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,512 (100%)
English only: 14,093 (62.6%)
Language other than English: 8,419 (37.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,718 (20.96%)
--Spanish: 5,553 (24.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,690 (16.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,073 (9.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 656 (2.91%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 660 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 338 (1.5%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,010 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,539% (98.04%)
Arab: 46 (0.19%)
Czech: 98 (0.41%)
Danish: 17 (0.07%)
Dutch: 258 (1.07%)
English: 1,041 (4.34%)
French (except Basque): 255 (1.06%)
French Canadian: 102 (0.42%)
German: 1,554 (6.47%)
Greek: 94 (0.39%)
Hungarian: 119 (0.5%)
Irish: 2,395 (9.98%)
Italian: 3,464 (14.43%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 117 (0.49%)
Polish: 505 (2.1%)
Portuguese: 528 (2.2%)
Russian: 611 (2.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 144 (0.6%)
Scottish: 321 (1.34%)
Slovak: 59 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 248 (1.03%)
Swedish: 249 (1.04%)
Swiss: 27 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 92 (0.38%)
United States or American: 475 (1.98%)
Welsh: 25 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 559 (2.33%)
Other ancestries: 10,113 (42.12%)

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