Shokan, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3667081, place: Shokan CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 328 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (6.1%)
Kindergarten: 7 (2.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 169 (51.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 87 (26.52%)
College or graduate school: 45 (13.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 850 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 59 (6.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 66 (7.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 244 (28.71%)
Some college, no degree: 190 (22.35%)
Associate degree: 39 (4.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 161 (18.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 91 (10.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 938 (100%)
Never married: 149 (15.88%)
Now married, except separated: 569 (60.66%)
Separated: 26 (2.77%)
Total Widowed: 78 (8.32%)
Widowed Female: 55 (5.86%)
Total Divorced: 116 (12.37%)
Divorced Female: 83 (8.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 24 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (87.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 884 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 196 (22.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 271 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (15.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 708 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (13.56%)
----Percent employed: 63.5%
--No disability: 612 (86.44%)
----Percent employed: 76.8%
Population 65 years and over: 159 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (26.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,138 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 912 (80.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 217 (19.07%)
--Same county: 138 (12.13%)
--Different county: 79 (6.94%)
----Same state: 49 (4.31%)
----Different state: 30 (2.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (0.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,192 (100%)
Native: 1,083 (90.86%)
--Born in United States: 1,083 (100%)
----State of residence: 855 (71.73%)
----Different state: 228 (19.13%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 109 (9.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 95 (7.97%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (1.17%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 109 (100%)
Europe: 72 (66.06%)
Asia: 13 (11.93%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 24 (22.02%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,138 (100%)
English only: 1,003 (88.14%)
Language other than English: 135 (11.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (3.95%)
--Spanish: 30 (2.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (1.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 105 (9.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (2.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,192 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,558% (130.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 30 (2.52%)
Danish: 13 (1.09%)
Dutch: 60 (5.03%)
English: 207 (17.37%)
French (except Basque): 69 (5.79%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.42%)
German: 357 (29.95%)
Greek: 17 (1.43%)
Hungarian: 37 (3.1%)
Irish: 212 (17.79%)
Italian: 94 (7.89%)
Lithuanian: 24 (2.01%)
Norwegian: 23 (1.93%)
Polish: 70 (5.87%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 37 (3.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 62 (5.2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 38 (3.19%)
Swiss: 11 (0.92%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 14 (1.17%)
Welsh: 6 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 172 (14.43%)

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