Port Jervis, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3659388, place: Port Jervis city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,219 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 142 (6.4%)
Kindergarten: 190 (8.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,191 (53.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 493 (22.22%)
College or graduate school: 203 (9.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,731 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 299 (5.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,262 (22.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,266 (39.54%)
Some college, no degree: 1,050 (18.32%)
Associate degree: 361 (6.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 260 (4.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 233 (4.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,837 (100%)
Never married: 2,159 (31.58%)
Now married, except separated: 3,102 (45.37%)
Separated: 282 (4.12%)
Total Widowed: 544 (7.96%)
Widowed Female: 436 (6.38%)
Total Divorced: 750 (10.97%)
Divorced Female: 441 (6.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 103 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (39.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,400 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 909 (14.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,131 (100%)
--With a disability: 233 (10.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,752 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,153 (24.26%)
----Percent employed: 43.4%
--No disability: 3,599 (75.74%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,329 (100%)
--With a disability: 653 (49.13%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,248 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,619 (56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,588 (43.5%)
--Same county: 2,700 (32.74%)
--Different county: 888 (10.77%)
----Same state: 396 (4.8%)
----Different state: 492 (5.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 41 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,908 (100%)
Native: 8,640 (96.99%)
--Born in United States: 8,470 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,598 (74.07%)
----Different state: 1,872 (21.01%)
--Born outside United States: 170 (1.91%)
Foreign born: 268 (3.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 72 (0.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 168 (1.89%)
--Not a citizen: 100 (1.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 268 (100%)
Europe: 134 (50%)
Asia: 49 (18.28%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 65 (24.25%)
Northern America: 20 (7.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,248 (100%)
English only: 7,696 (93.31%)
Language other than English: 552 (6.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 150 (1.82%)
--Spanish: 344 (4.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 163 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.61%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 45 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.38%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,908 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,274% (104.11%)
Arab: 7 (0.08%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 14 (0.16%)
Dutch: 329 (3.69%)
English: 749 (8.41%)
French (except Basque): 260 (2.92%)
French Canadian: 70 (0.79%)
German: 1,795 (20.15%)
Greek: 5 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 59 (0.66%)
Irish: 1,708 (19.17%)
Italian: 1,072 (12.03%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 78 (0.88%)
Polish: 389 (4.37%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.06%)
Russian: 80 (0.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 96 (1.08%)
Scottish: 96 (1.08%)
Slovak: 5 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 78 (0.88%)
Swedish: 28 (0.31%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 157 (1.76%)
United States or American: 683 (7.67%)
Welsh: 21 (0.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,474 (16.55%)

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