Syracuse, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3673000, place: Syracuse city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 50,445 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,562 (5.08%)
Kindergarten: 2,180 (4.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 17,595 (34.88%)
High school (grades 9-12): 7,268 (14.41%)
College or graduate school: 20,840 (41.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 86,084 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6,090 (7.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 14,418 (16.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 25,002 (29.04%)
Some college, no degree: 14,170 (16.46%)
Associate degree: 6,394 (7.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 10,608 (12.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9,402 (10.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 116,022 (100%)
Never married: 52,676 (45.4%)
Now married, except separated: 38,718 (33.37%)
Separated: 4,464 (3.85%)
Total Widowed: 9,027 (7.78%)
Widowed Female: 7,500 (6.46%)
Total Divorced: 11,137 (9.6%)
Divorced Female: 6,580 (5.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,565 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,352 (52.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 110,498 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 11,127 (10.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 38,360 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,334 (11.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 78,828 (100%)
--With a disability: 19,058 (24.18%)
----Percent employed: 48.6%
--No disability: 59,770 (75.82%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
Population 65 years and over: 17,416 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,547 (43.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 137,104 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 60,568 (44.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 71,418 (52.09%)
--Same county: 47,727 (34.81%)
--Different county: 23,691 (17.28%)
----Same state: 12,441 (9.07%)
----Different state: 11,250 (8.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,118 (3.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 147,326 (100%)
Native: 136,112 (92.39%)
--Born in United States: 133,189 (100%)
----State of residence: 105,555 (71.65%)
----Different state: 27,634 (18.76%)
--Born outside United States: 2,923 (1.98%)
Foreign born: 11,214 (7.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,524 (4.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,174 (2.83%)
--Not a citizen: 7,040 (4.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11,214 (100%)
Europe: 3,612 (32.21%)
Asia: 4,804 (42.84%)
Africa: 549 (4.9%)
Oceania: 18 (0.16%)
Latin America: 1,718 (15.32%)
Northern America: 513 (4.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 137,104 (100%)
English only: 119,023 (86.81%)
Language other than English: 18,081 (13.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,007 (5.84%)
--Spanish: 6,656 (4.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,687 (1.96%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,458 (4.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,418 (1.76%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3,953 (2.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,665 (1.94%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 147,326 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 164,078% (111.37%)
Arab: 1,034 (0.7%)
Czech: 324 (0.22%)
Danish: 253 (0.17%)
Dutch: 2,244 (1.52%)
English: 11,140 (7.56%)
French (except Basque): 6,210 (4.22%)
French Canadian: 2,547 (1.73%)
German: 17,942 (12.18%)
Greek: 617 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 597 (0.41%)
Irish: 23,481 (15.94%)
Italian: 20,778 (14.1%)
Lithuanian: 227 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 437 (0.3%)
Polish: 7,424 (5.04%)
Portuguese: 249 (0.17%)
Russian: 1,612 (1.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,669 (1.13%)
Scottish: 2,044 (1.39%)
Slovak: 268 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 2,179 (1.48%)
Swedish: 958 (0.65%)
Swiss: 282 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 1,361 (0.92%)
United States or American: 3,489 (2.37%)
Welsh: 938 (0.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,197 (0.81%)
Other ancestries: 52,577 (35.69%)

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