Port Chester, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3659223, place: Port Chester village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,453 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 466 (7.22%)
Kindergarten: 421 (6.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,698 (41.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,431 (22.18%)
College or graduate school: 1,437 (22.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,755 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,097 (16.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,728 (14.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,499 (29.32%)
Some college, no degree: 2,650 (14.13%)
Associate degree: 918 (4.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,278 (12.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,585 (8.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,545 (100%)
Never married: 7,460 (33.09%)
Now married, except separated: 11,269 (49.98%)
Separated: 537 (2.38%)
Total Widowed: 1,753 (7.78%)
Widowed Female: 1,430 (6.34%)
Total Divorced: 1,526 (6.77%)
Divorced Female: 965 (4.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 767 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 205 (26.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,587 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,320 (6.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,273 (100%)
--With a disability: 575 (10.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,927 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,366 (25.79%)
----Percent employed: 66.2%
--No disability: 12,561 (74.21%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,444 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,379 (40.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,869 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,685 (56.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,726 (33.73%)
--Same county: 6,898 (26.67%)
--Different county: 1,828 (7.07%)
----Same state: 916 (3.54%)
----Different state: 912 (3.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,458 (9.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,867 (100%)
Native: 16,332 (58.61%)
--Born in United States: 15,831 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,944 (46.45%)
----Different state: 2,887 (10.36%)
--Born outside United States: 501 (1.8%)
Foreign born: 11,535 (41.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,003 (21.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,050 (10.94%)
--Not a citizen: 8,485 (30.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11,535 (100%)
Europe: 1,444 (12.52%)
Asia: 530 (4.59%)
Africa: 39 (0.34%)
Oceania: 8 (0.07%)
Latin America: 9,482 (82.2%)
Northern America: 32 (0.28%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,869 (100%)
English only: 11,597 (44.83%)
Language other than English: 14,272 (55.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,893 (34.38%)
--Spanish: 11,371 (43.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,686 (29.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,375 (9.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,019 (3.94%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 489 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 181 (0.7%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,867 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,435% (98.45%)
Arab: 53 (0.19%)
Czech: 91 (0.33%)
Danish: 45 (0.16%)
Dutch: 50 (0.18%)
English: 523 (1.88%)
French (except Basque): 206 (0.74%)
French Canadian: 67 (0.24%)
German: 1,161 (4.17%)
Greek: 113 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 75 (0.27%)
Irish: 2,087 (7.49%)
Italian: 5,773 (20.72%)
Lithuanian: 28 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 69 (0.25%)
Polish: 757 (2.72%)
Portuguese: 259 (0.93%)
Russian: 210 (0.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 117 (0.42%)
Scottish: 74 (0.27%)
Slovak: 37 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 75 (0.27%)
Swedish: 108 (0.39%)
Swiss: 64 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.07%)
United States or American: 801 (2.87%)
Welsh: 72 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 160 (0.57%)
Other ancestries: 14,341 (51.46%)

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