U.S. Beacon March 28, 2024

Pearl River, NY

Rockland County, New York

Latitude: 41.063996     Longitude: -74.010298
Population 15,553 (2000)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3656902, place: Pearl River CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,087 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 374 (9.15%)
Kindergarten: 186 (4.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,930 (47.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 746 (18.25%)
College or graduate school: 851 (20.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,580 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 235 (2.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 583 (5.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,607 (24.64%)
Some college, no degree: 2,287 (21.62%)
Associate degree: 780 (7.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,506 (23.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,582 (14.95%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,155 (100%)
Never married: 3,018 (24.83%)
Now married, except separated: 7,438 (61.19%)
Separated: 85 (0.7%)
Total Widowed: 1,100 (9.05%)
Widowed Female: 885 (7.28%)
Total Divorced: 514 (4.23%)
Divorced Female: 347 (2.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 204 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (14.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,643 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,472 (12.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,213 (100%)
--With a disability: 189 (5.88%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,016 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,438 (15.95%)
----Percent employed: 75.9%
--No disability: 7,578 (84.05%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,239 (100%)
--With a disability: 561 (25.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,475 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,529 (72.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,693 (25.51%)
--Same county: 2,057 (14.21%)
--Different county: 1,636 (11.3%)
----Same state: 1,083 (7.48%)
----Different state: 553 (3.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 253 (1.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,571 (100%)
Native: 13,912 (89.35%)
--Born in United States: 13,811 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,692 (75.09%)
----Different state: 2,119 (13.61%)
--Born outside United States: 101 (0.65%)
Foreign born: 1,659 (10.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 420 (2.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,060 (6.81%)
--Not a citizen: 599 (3.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,659 (100%)
Europe: 987 (59.49%)
Asia: 450 (27.12%)
Africa: 9 (0.54%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 180 (10.85%)
Northern America: 33 (1.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,475 (100%)
English only: 13,050 (90.16%)
Language other than English: 1,425 (9.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 579 (4%)
--Spanish: 399 (2.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 171 (1.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 731 (5.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 262 (1.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 279 (1.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 141 (0.97%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,571 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,110% (122.73%)
Arab: 23 (0.15%)
Czech: 126 (0.81%)
Danish: 14 (0.09%)
Dutch: 212 (1.36%)
English: 766 (4.92%)
French (except Basque): 198 (1.27%)
French Canadian: 81 (0.52%)
German: 2,124 (13.64%)
Greek: 214 (1.37%)
Hungarian: 97 (0.62%)
Irish: 7,262 (46.64%)
Italian: 3,498 (22.46%)
Lithuanian: 64 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 208 (1.34%)
Polish: 467 (3%)
Portuguese: 31 (0.2%)
Russian: 388 (2.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 238 (1.53%)
Scottish: 126 (0.81%)
Slovak: 18 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.09%)
Swedish: 183 (1.18%)
Swiss: 45 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 126 (0.81%)
United States or American: 596 (3.83%)
Welsh: 91 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 35 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 1,865 (11.98%)

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