General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3658409, place: Plainedge CDP, New York)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,364 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 218 (9.22%)
Kindergarten: 118 (4.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,120 (47.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 444 (18.78%)
College or graduate school: 464 (19.63%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 6,320 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 226 (3.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 631 (9.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,211 (34.98%)
Some college, no degree: 1,218 (19.27%)
Associate degree: 542 (8.58%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,047 (16.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 445 (7.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.6%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 7,242 (100%)
Never married: 1,678 (23.17%)
Now married, except separated: 4,590 (63.38%)
Separated: 66 (0.91%)
Total Widowed: 558 (7.71%)
Widowed Female: 482 (6.66%)
Total Divorced: 350 (4.83%)
Divorced Female: 213 (2.94%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 262 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 73 (27.86%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 6,954 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 849 (12.21%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,893 (100%)
--With a disability: 95 (5.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,237 (100%)
--With a disability: 785 (14.99%)
----Percent employed: 73.5%
--No disability: 4,452 (85.01%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,449 (100%)
--With a disability: 385 (26.57%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 8,579 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,526 (76.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,001 (23.32%)
--Same county: 1,209 (14.09%)
--Different county: 792 (9.23%)
----Same state: 750 (8.74%)
----Different state: 42 (0.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 52 (0.61%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 9,199 (100%)
Native: 8,297 (90.19%)
--Born in United States: 8,250 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,904 (85.92%)
----Different state: 346 (3.76%)
--Born outside United States: 47 (0.51%)
Foreign born: 902 (9.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 140 (1.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 645 (7.01%)
--Not a citizen: 257 (2.79%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 902 (100%)
Europe: 412 (45.68%)
Asia: 248 (27.49%)
Africa: 4 (0.44%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 218 (24.17%)
Northern America: 20 (2.22%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 8,579 (100%)
English only: 7,276 (84.81%)
Language other than English: 1,303 (15.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 401 (4.67%)
--Spanish: 454 (5.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (1.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 680 (7.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (2.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 85 (0.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.37%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 9,199 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,617% (126.29%)
Arab: 15 (0.16%)
Czech: 76 (0.83%)
Danish: 43 (0.47%)
Dutch: 103 (1.12%)
English: 398 (4.33%)
French (except Basque): 82 (0.89%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.2%)
German: 1,686 (18.33%)
Greek: 220 (2.39%)
Hungarian: 103 (1.12%)
Irish: 2,497 (27.14%)
Italian: 3,448 (37.48%)
Lithuanian: 34 (0.37%)
Norwegian: 59 (0.64%)
Polish: 540 (5.87%)
Portuguese: 29 (0.32%)
Russian: 123 (1.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 69 (0.75%)
Scottish: 91 (0.99%)
Slovak: 13 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 122 (1.33%)
Swiss: 19 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 52 (0.57%)
United States or American: 317 (3.45%)
Welsh: 26 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,434 (15.59%)
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