Sound Beach, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3668374, place: Sound Beach CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,827 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 224 (7.92%)
Kindergarten: 176 (6.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,259 (44.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 620 (21.93%)
College or graduate school: 548 (19.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,230 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 134 (2.15%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 323 (5.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,838 (29.5%)
Some college, no degree: 1,579 (25.35%)
Associate degree: 814 (13.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 750 (12.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 792 (12.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,415 (100%)
Never married: 1,976 (26.65%)
Now married, except separated: 4,244 (57.24%)
Separated: 218 (2.94%)
Total Widowed: 407 (5.49%)
Widowed Female: 305 (4.11%)
Total Divorced: 570 (7.69%)
Divorced Female: 351 (4.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 147 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (9.52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,958 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 857 (12.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,351 (100%)
--With a disability: 148 (6.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,865 (100%)
--With a disability: 706 (12.04%)
----Percent employed: 53.1%
--No disability: 5,159 (87.96%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
Population 65 years and over: 795 (100%)
--With a disability: 355 (44.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,034 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,555 (61.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,373 (37.34%)
--Same county: 2,509 (27.77%)
--Different county: 864 (9.56%)
----Same state: 516 (5.71%)
----Different state: 348 (3.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 106 (1.17%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,807 (100%)
Native: 9,084 (92.63%)
--Born in United States: 8,964 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,043 (82.01%)
----Different state: 921 (9.39%)
--Born outside United States: 120 (1.22%)
Foreign born: 723 (7.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 153 (1.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 490 (5%)
--Not a citizen: 233 (2.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 723 (100%)
Europe: 460 (63.62%)
Asia: 187 (25.86%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 67 (9.27%)
Northern America: 9 (1.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,034 (100%)
English only: 8,117 (89.85%)
Language other than English: 917 (10.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 216 (2.39%)
--Spanish: 258 (2.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 481 (5.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 127 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.54%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,807 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,401% (136.65%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 106 (1.08%)
Danish: 142 (1.45%)
Dutch: 69 (0.7%)
English: 598 (6.1%)
French (except Basque): 204 (2.08%)
French Canadian: 62 (0.63%)
German: 2,289 (23.34%)
Greek: 168 (1.71%)
Hungarian: 163 (1.66%)
Irish: 3,281 (33.46%)
Italian: 3,197 (32.6%)
Lithuanian: 47 (0.48%)
Norwegian: 226 (2.3%)
Polish: 604 (6.16%)
Portuguese: 24 (0.24%)
Russian: 125 (1.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 125 (1.27%)
Scottish: 138 (1.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.06%)
Swedish: 185 (1.89%)
Swiss: 14 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 25 (0.25%)
United States or American: 275 (2.8%)
Welsh: 18 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 1,289 (13.14%)

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