Roosevelt, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3663506, place: Roosevelt CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,104 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 365 (7.15%)
Kindergarten: 199 (3.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,349 (46.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,186 (23.24%)
College or graduate school: 1,005 (19.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,471 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,194 (12.61%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,593 (16.82%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,914 (30.77%)
Some college, no degree: 1,784 (18.84%)
Associate degree: 629 (6.64%)
Bachelor's degree: 808 (8.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 549 (5.8%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,786 (100%)
Never married: 4,728 (40.12%)
Now married, except separated: 4,775 (40.51%)
Separated: 586 (4.97%)
Total Widowed: 783 (6.64%)
Widowed Female: 621 (5.27%)
Total Divorced: 914 (7.75%)
Divorced Female: 536 (4.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,099 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 365 (33.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,995 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 832 (7.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,270 (100%)
--With a disability: 397 (9.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,054 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,006 (33.2%)
----Percent employed: 62.3%
--No disability: 6,048 (66.8%)
----Percent employed: 70.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,271 (100%)
--With a disability: 482 (37.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,595 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,587 (65.69%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,336 (29.71%)
--Same county: 2,814 (19.28%)
--Different county: 1,522 (10.43%)
----Same state: 1,266 (8.67%)
----Different state: 256 (1.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 672 (4.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,854 (100%)
Native: 11,952 (75.39%)
--Born in United States: 11,808 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,609 (54.3%)
----Different state: 3,199 (20.18%)
--Born outside United States: 144 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 3,902 (24.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,576 (9.94%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,407 (8.87%)
--Not a citizen: 2,495 (15.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,902 (100%)
Europe: 110 (2.82%)
Asia: 69 (1.77%)
Africa: 46 (1.18%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,651 (93.57%)
Northern America: 26 (0.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,595 (100%)
English only: 11,311 (77.5%)
Language other than English: 3,284 (22.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,814 (12.43%)
--Spanish: 2,425 (16.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,554 (10.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 785 (5.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 260 (1.78%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 47 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,854 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,413% (90.91%)
Arab: 4 (0.03%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.04%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 60 (0.38%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.04%)
German: 73 (0.46%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.08%)
Irish: 110 (0.69%)
Italian: 124 (0.78%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.1%)
Polish: 13 (0.08%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.05%)
Russian: 14 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 6 (0.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 314 (1.98%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.02%)
United States or American: 555 (3.5%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2,343 (14.78%)
Other ancestries: 10,746 (67.78%)

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