St. James, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3664584, place: St. James CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,466 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 362 (10.44%)
Kindergarten: 220 (6.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,631 (47.06%)
High school (grades 9-12): 643 (18.55%)
College or graduate school: 610 (17.6%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,184 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 288 (3.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 603 (6.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,620 (28.53%)
Some college, no degree: 1,901 (20.7%)
Associate degree: 918 (10%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,527 (16.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,327 (14.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,328 (100%)
Never married: 1,978 (19.15%)
Now married, except separated: 6,475 (62.69%)
Separated: 84 (0.81%)
Total Widowed: 1,198 (11.6%)
Widowed Female: 1,004 (9.72%)
Total Divorced: 593 (5.74%)
Divorced Female: 421 (4.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 251 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 61 (24.3%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,838 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,226 (12.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,829 (100%)
--With a disability: 174 (6.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,098 (100%)
--With a disability: 690 (9.72%)
----Percent employed: 58%
--No disability: 6,408 (90.28%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,959 (100%)
--With a disability: 680 (34.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,349 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,383 (67.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,865 (31.3%)
--Same county: 2,737 (22.16%)
--Different county: 1,128 (9.13%)
----Same state: 856 (6.93%)
----Different state: 272 (2.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 101 (0.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,268 (100%)
Native: 12,577 (94.79%)
--Born in United States: 12,432 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,504 (86.7%)
----Different state: 928 (6.99%)
--Born outside United States: 145 (1.09%)
Foreign born: 691 (5.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 156 (1.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 450 (3.39%)
--Not a citizen: 241 (1.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 691 (100%)
Europe: 413 (59.77%)
Asia: 143 (20.69%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 129 (18.67%)
Northern America: 6 (0.87%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,349 (100%)
English only: 11,197 (90.67%)
Language other than English: 1,152 (9.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 333 (2.7%)
--Spanish: 337 (2.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (0.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 709 (5.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 179 (1.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 77 (0.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,268 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,096% (128.85%)
Arab: 8 (0.06%)
Czech: 113 (0.85%)
Danish: 81 (0.61%)
Dutch: 122 (0.92%)
English: 696 (5.25%)
French (except Basque): 345 (2.6%)
French Canadian: 72 (0.54%)
German: 2,445 (18.43%)
Greek: 92 (0.69%)
Hungarian: 136 (1.03%)
Irish: 3,935 (29.66%)
Italian: 4,662 (35.14%)
Lithuanian: 68 (0.51%)
Norwegian: 347 (2.62%)
Polish: 819 (6.17%)
Portuguese: 50 (0.38%)
Russian: 337 (2.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 92 (0.69%)
Scottish: 92 (0.69%)
Slovak: 47 (0.35%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.04%)
Swedish: 272 (2.05%)
Swiss: 44 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 102 (0.77%)
United States or American: 427 (3.22%)
Welsh: 31 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 41 (0.31%)
Other ancestries: 1,615 (12.17%)

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