South Valley Stream, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3669892, place: South Valley Stream CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,520 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 170 (11.18%)
Kindergarten: 77 (5.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 637 (41.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 341 (22.43%)
College or graduate school: 295 (19.41%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,890 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 72 (1.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 242 (6.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 847 (21.77%)
Some college, no degree: 608 (15.63%)
Associate degree: 208 (5.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 976 (25.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 937 (24.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 49.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,477 (100%)
Never married: 812 (18.14%)
Now married, except separated: 2,851 (63.68%)
Separated: 62 (1.38%)
Total Widowed: 518 (11.57%)
Widowed Female: 407 (9.09%)
Total Divorced: 234 (5.23%)
Divorced Female: 137 (3.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 171 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (17.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,229 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 400 (9.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,224 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (5.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,965 (100%)
--With a disability: 392 (13.22%)
----Percent employed: 55.9%
--No disability: 2,573 (86.78%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,076 (100%)
--With a disability: 393 (36.52%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,273 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,389 (64.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,827 (34.65%)
--Same county: 755 (14.32%)
--Different county: 1,072 (20.33%)
----Same state: 963 (18.26%)
----Different state: 109 (2.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 57 (1.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,638 (100%)
Native: 4,453 (78.98%)
--Born in United States: 4,384 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,085 (72.45%)
----Different state: 299 (5.3%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (1.22%)
Foreign born: 1,185 (21.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 261 (4.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 747 (13.25%)
--Not a citizen: 438 (7.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,185 (100%)
Europe: 235 (19.83%)
Asia: 568 (47.93%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 374 (31.56%)
Northern America: 8 (0.68%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,273 (100%)
English only: 4,014 (76.12%)
Language other than English: 1,259 (23.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 534 (10.13%)
--Spanish: 257 (4.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (1.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 534 (10.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 178 (3.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 401 (7.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 271 (5.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,638 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,039% (107.11%)
Arab: 14 (0.25%)
Czech: 18 (0.32%)
Danish: 11 (0.2%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 61 (1.08%)
French (except Basque): 41 (0.73%)
French Canadian: 81 (1.44%)
German: 281 (4.98%)
Greek: 25 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 30 (0.53%)
Irish: 275 (4.88%)
Italian: 569 (10.09%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.14%)
Polish: 588 (10.43%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 586 (10.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 74 (1.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 103 (1.83%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 38 (0.67%)
United States or American: 621 (11.01%)
Welsh: 7 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 143 (2.54%)
Other ancestries: 2,457 (43.58%)

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