Salem, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3664771, place: Salem village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 227 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (4.85%)
Kindergarten: 16 (7.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 120 (52.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 63 (27.75%)
College or graduate school: 17 (7.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 704 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 16 (2.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 114 (16.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 250 (35.51%)
Some college, no degree: 99 (14.06%)
Associate degree: 53 (7.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 94 (13.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 78 (11.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 806 (100%)
Never married: 178 (22.08%)
Now married, except separated: 418 (51.86%)
Separated: 30 (3.72%)
Total Widowed: 77 (9.55%)
Widowed Female: 66 (8.19%)
Total Divorced: 103 (12.78%)
Divorced Female: 64 (7.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (33.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 762 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 96 (12.6%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 219 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (2.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 550 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (18.36%)
----Percent employed: 60.4%
--No disability: 449 (81.64%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 139 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (41.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 954 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 711 (74.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 241 (25.26%)
--Same county: 156 (16.35%)
--Different county: 85 (8.91%)
----Same state: 51 (5.35%)
----Different state: 34 (3.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 996 (100%)
Native: 987 (99.1%)
--Born in United States: 984 (100%)
----State of residence: 792 (79.52%)
----Different state: 192 (19.28%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 9 (0.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.3%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 3 (33.33%)
Asia: 6 (66.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 954 (100%)
English only: 903 (94.65%)
Language other than English: 51 (5.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (2.2%)
--Spanish: 28 (2.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 14 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 996 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,024% (102.81%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.5%)
Danish: 5 (0.5%)
Dutch: 40 (4.02%)
English: 175 (17.57%)
French (except Basque): 95 (9.54%)
French Canadian: 31 (3.11%)
German: 106 (10.64%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 229 (22.99%)
Italian: 59 (5.92%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 20 (2.01%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.6%)
Russian: 10 (1%)
Scotch-Irish: 63 (6.33%)
Scottish: 29 (2.91%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.6%)
United States or American: 54 (5.42%)
Welsh: 25 (2.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 66 (6.63%)

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