Rensselaer, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3661148, place: Rensselaer city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,834 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 138 (7.52%)
Kindergarten: 75 (4.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 962 (52.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 381 (20.77%)
College or graduate school: 278 (15.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,189 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 283 (5.45%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 757 (14.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,104 (40.55%)
Some college, no degree: 871 (16.79%)
Associate degree: 377 (7.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 453 (8.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 344 (6.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,142 (100%)
Never married: 1,881 (30.63%)
Now married, except separated: 2,829 (46.06%)
Separated: 206 (3.35%)
Total Widowed: 533 (8.68%)
Widowed Female: 443 (7.21%)
Total Divorced: 693 (11.28%)
Divorced Female: 417 (6.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 146 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 87 (59.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,809 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 847 (14.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,686 (100%)
--With a disability: 249 (14.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,507 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,138 (25.25%)
----Percent employed: 57.7%
--No disability: 3,369 (74.75%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,050 (100%)
--With a disability: 441 (42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,249 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,906 (53.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,251 (44.85%)
--Same county: 1,788 (24.67%)
--Different county: 1,463 (20.18%)
----Same state: 1,125 (15.52%)
----Different state: 338 (4.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 92 (1.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,786 (100%)
Native: 7,450 (95.68%)
--Born in United States: 7,403 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,520 (83.74%)
----Different state: 883 (11.34%)
--Born outside United States: 47 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 336 (4.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 131 (1.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 139 (1.79%)
--Not a citizen: 197 (2.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 336 (100%)
Europe: 114 (33.93%)
Asia: 138 (41.07%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 61 (18.15%)
Northern America: 23 (6.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,249 (100%)
English only: 6,736 (92.92%)
Language other than English: 513 (7.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (2.81%)
--Spanish: 143 (1.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 237 (3.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (1.01%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 110 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (1.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,786 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,115% (117.07%)
Arab: 27 (0.35%)
Czech: 22 (0.28%)
Danish: 20 (0.26%)
Dutch: 365 (4.69%)
English: 747 (9.59%)
French (except Basque): 603 (7.74%)
French Canadian: 175 (2.25%)
German: 1,354 (17.39%)
Greek: 45 (0.58%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.45%)
Irish: 2,163 (27.78%)
Italian: 1,281 (16.45%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.37%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.08%)
Polish: 352 (4.52%)
Portuguese: 30 (0.39%)
Russian: 13 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 135 (1.73%)
Scottish: 111 (1.43%)
Slovak: 15 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 24 (0.31%)
Swiss: 13 (0.17%)
Ukrainian: 35 (0.45%)
United States or American: 215 (2.76%)
Welsh: 32 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 48 (0.62%)
Other ancestries: 1,220 (15.67%)

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