Shirley, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3667070, place: Shirley CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,844 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 496 (6.32%)
Kindergarten: 327 (4.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,031 (51.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,688 (21.52%)
College or graduate school: 1,302 (16.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,056 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 581 (3.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,180 (14.48%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,534 (43.4%)
Some college, no degree: 3,030 (20.12%)
Associate degree: 1,084 (7.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,101 (7.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 546 (3.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,754 (100%)
Never married: 5,643 (30.09%)
Now married, except separated: 10,193 (54.35%)
Separated: 547 (2.92%)
Total Widowed: 1,034 (5.51%)
Widowed Female: 843 (4.5%)
Total Divorced: 1,337 (7.13%)
Divorced Female: 830 (4.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 648 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 119 (18.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,457 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,855 (10.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,079 (100%)
--With a disability: 556 (7.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,820 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,974 (20.07%)
----Percent employed: 53.3%
--No disability: 11,846 (79.93%)
----Percent employed: 77.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,564 (100%)
--With a disability: 729 (46.61%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,474 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,446 (61.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,810 (37.53%)
--Same county: 6,851 (29.19%)
--Different county: 1,959 (8.35%)
----Same state: 1,372 (5.84%)
----Different state: 587 (2.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 218 (0.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,395 (100%)
Native: 23,364 (92%)
--Born in United States: 22,884 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,327 (83.98%)
----Different state: 1,557 (6.13%)
--Born outside United States: 480 (1.89%)
Foreign born: 2,031 (8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 621 (2.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,218 (4.8%)
--Not a citizen: 813 (3.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,031 (100%)
Europe: 943 (46.43%)
Asia: 427 (21.02%)
Africa: 61 (3%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 594 (29.25%)
Northern America: 6 (0.3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,474 (100%)
English only: 19,878 (84.68%)
Language other than English: 3,596 (15.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,524 (6.49%)
--Spanish: 1,591 (6.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 699 (2.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,711 (7.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 665 (2.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 258 (1.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 160 (0.68%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,395 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 33,293% (131.1%)
Arab: 34 (0.13%)
Czech: 154 (0.61%)
Danish: 41 (0.16%)
Dutch: 285 (1.12%)
English: 1,070 (4.21%)
French (except Basque): 507 (2%)
French Canadian: 47 (0.19%)
German: 4,816 (18.96%)
Greek: 349 (1.37%)
Hungarian: 133 (0.52%)
Irish: 6,459 (25.43%)
Italian: 9,797 (38.58%)
Lithuanian: 25 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 335 (1.32%)
Polish: 1,753 (6.9%)
Portuguese: 151 (0.59%)
Russian: 430 (1.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 180 (0.71%)
Scottish: 249 (0.98%)
Slovak: 101 (0.4%)
Subsaharan African: 64 (0.25%)
Swedish: 259 (1.02%)
Swiss: 27 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 170 (0.67%)
United States or American: 793 (3.12%)
Welsh: 19 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 89 (0.35%)
Other ancestries: 4,956 (19.52%)

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