Spring Valley, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3670420, place: Spring Valley village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,537 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 712 (8.34%)
Kindergarten: 461 (5.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,784 (44.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,906 (22.33%)
College or graduate school: 1,674 (19.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,417 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,077 (14.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,233 (15.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,605 (25.01%)
Some college, no degree: 2,517 (17.46%)
Associate degree: 1,110 (7.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,989 (13.8%)
Graduate or professional degree: 886 (6.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,435 (100%)
Never married: 6,852 (37.17%)
Now married, except separated: 8,764 (47.54%)
Separated: 692 (3.75%)
Total Widowed: 943 (5.12%)
Widowed Female: 781 (4.24%)
Total Divorced: 1,184 (6.42%)
Divorced Female: 792 (4.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 793 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 167 (21.06%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,229 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 774 (4.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,907 (100%)
--With a disability: 627 (9.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,278 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,603 (25.23%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
--No disability: 10,675 (74.77%)
----Percent employed: 72.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,675 (100%)
--With a disability: 851 (50.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,999 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,883 (56.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,191 (31.27%)
--Same county: 5,324 (23.15%)
--Different county: 1,867 (8.12%)
----Same state: 1,326 (5.77%)
----Different state: 541 (2.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,925 (12.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,374 (100%)
Native: 14,453 (56.96%)
--Born in United States: 14,058 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,560 (45.56%)
----Different state: 2,498 (9.84%)
--Born outside United States: 395 (1.56%)
Foreign born: 10,921 (43.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,157 (24.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,393 (13.37%)
--Not a citizen: 7,528 (29.67%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,921 (100%)
Europe: 1,288 (11.79%)
Asia: 1,591 (14.57%)
Africa: 111 (1.02%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7,877 (72.13%)
Northern America: 54 (0.49%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,999 (100%)
English only: 9,920 (43.13%)
Language other than English: 13,079 (56.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,505 (32.63%)
--Spanish: 3,326 (14.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,574 (11.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8,174 (35.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,198 (18.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 982 (4.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 429 (1.87%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,374 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,299% (91.82%)
Arab: 140 (0.55%)
Czech: 30 (0.12%)
Danish: 11 (0.04%)
Dutch: 34 (0.13%)
English: 132 (0.52%)
French (except Basque): 73 (0.29%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.04%)
German: 467 (1.84%)
Greek: 28 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 80 (0.32%)
Irish: 628 (2.47%)
Italian: 758 (2.99%)
Lithuanian: 40 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 35 (0.14%)
Polish: 969 (3.82%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.05%)
Russian: 582 (2.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 34 (0.13%)
Scottish: 19 (0.07%)
Slovak: 8 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 277 (1.09%)
Swedish: 16 (0.06%)
Swiss: 11 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 297 (1.17%)
United States or American: 1,317 (5.19%)
Welsh: 16 (0.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6,484 (25.55%)
Other ancestries: 10,792 (42.53%)

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