Smithtown, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3667851, place: Smithtown CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,919 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 654 (9.45%)
Kindergarten: 411 (5.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,094 (44.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,380 (19.95%)
College or graduate school: 1,380 (19.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,640 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 592 (3.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,081 (5.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,764 (25.56%)
Some college, no degree: 3,580 (19.21%)
Associate degree: 1,728 (9.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,655 (19.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,240 (17.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,958 (100%)
Never married: 4,289 (20.46%)
Now married, except separated: 13,632 (65.04%)
Separated: 301 (1.44%)
Total Widowed: 1,720 (8.21%)
Widowed Female: 1,459 (6.96%)
Total Divorced: 1,016 (4.85%)
Divorced Female: 608 (2.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 496 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 139 (28.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,013 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,361 (11.8%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,476 (100%)
--With a disability: 292 (5.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,228 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,059 (13.52%)
----Percent employed: 62.9%
--No disability: 13,169 (86.48%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 3,396 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,060 (31.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,884 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,276 (69.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,505 (30.16%)
--Same county: 5,005 (20.11%)
--Different county: 2,500 (10.05%)
----Same state: 1,965 (7.9%)
----Different state: 535 (2.15%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 103 (0.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,911 (100%)
Native: 24,931 (92.64%)
--Born in United States: 24,735 (100%)
----State of residence: 23,175 (86.12%)
----Different state: 1,560 (5.8%)
--Born outside United States: 196 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 1,980 (7.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 284 (1.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,528 (5.68%)
--Not a citizen: 452 (1.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,980 (100%)
Europe: 1,001 (50.56%)
Asia: 512 (25.86%)
Africa: 18 (0.91%)
Oceania: 6 (0.3%)
Latin America: 371 (18.74%)
Northern America: 72 (3.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,884 (100%)
English only: 22,261 (89.46%)
Language other than English: 2,623 (10.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 674 (2.71%)
--Spanish: 715 (2.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 196 (0.79%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,456 (5.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 338 (1.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 371 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 126 (0.51%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,911 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,083% (130.37%)
Arab: 23 (0.09%)
Czech: 318 (1.18%)
Danish: 61 (0.23%)
Dutch: 138 (0.51%)
English: 1,513 (5.62%)
French (except Basque): 404 (1.5%)
French Canadian: 191 (0.71%)
German: 6,039 (22.44%)
Greek: 422 (1.57%)
Hungarian: 433 (1.61%)
Irish: 7,030 (26.12%)
Italian: 9,257 (34.4%)
Lithuanian: 140 (0.52%)
Norwegian: 349 (1.3%)
Polish: 1,768 (6.57%)
Portuguese: 50 (0.19%)
Russian: 1,054 (3.92%)
Scotch-Irish: 322 (1.2%)
Scottish: 397 (1.48%)
Slovak: 30 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 376 (1.4%)
Swiss: 88 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 256 (0.95%)
United States or American: 861 (3.2%)
Welsh: 63 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 69 (0.26%)
Other ancestries: 3,431 (12.75%)

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