Valley Cottage, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3676661, place: Valley Cottage CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,398 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 189 (7.88%)
Kindergarten: 98 (4.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 933 (38.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 435 (18.14%)
College or graduate school: 743 (30.98%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,755 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 240 (3.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 277 (4.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,722 (25.49%)
Some college, no degree: 1,148 (16.99%)
Associate degree: 573 (8.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,652 (24.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,143 (16.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,722 (100%)
Never married: 1,964 (25.43%)
Now married, except separated: 4,580 (59.31%)
Separated: 152 (1.97%)
Total Widowed: 574 (7.43%)
Widowed Female: 460 (5.96%)
Total Divorced: 452 (5.85%)
Divorced Female: 282 (3.65%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 211 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (13.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,362 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 843 (11.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,766 (100%)
--With a disability: 81 (4.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,622 (100%)
--With a disability: 775 (13.79%)
----Percent employed: 69.5%
--No disability: 4,847 (86.21%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,117 (100%)
--With a disability: 390 (34.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,808 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,982 (67.92%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,673 (30.35%)
--Same county: 1,472 (16.71%)
--Different county: 1,201 (13.64%)
----Same state: 787 (8.94%)
----Different state: 414 (4.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 153 (1.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,308 (100%)
Native: 7,801 (83.81%)
--Born in United States: 7,667 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,553 (70.4%)
----Different state: 1,114 (11.97%)
--Born outside United States: 134 (1.44%)
Foreign born: 1,507 (16.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 415 (4.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,002 (10.76%)
--Not a citizen: 505 (5.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,507 (100%)
Europe: 554 (36.76%)
Asia: 708 (46.98%)
Africa: 37 (2.46%)
Oceania: 9 (0.6%)
Latin America: 193 (12.81%)
Northern America: 6 (0.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,808 (100%)
English only: 6,879 (78.1%)
Language other than English: 1,929 (21.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 574 (6.52%)
--Spanish: 472 (5.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (1.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 754 (8.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 253 (2.87%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 654 (7.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 201 (2.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,308 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,698% (114.93%)
Arab: 8 (0.09%)
Czech: 65 (0.7%)
Danish: 12 (0.13%)
Dutch: 124 (1.33%)
English: 316 (3.39%)
French (except Basque): 169 (1.82%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.27%)
German: 1,030 (11.07%)
Greek: 176 (1.89%)
Hungarian: 61 (0.66%)
Irish: 1,875 (20.14%)
Italian: 2,378 (25.55%)
Lithuanian: 24 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 73 (0.78%)
Polish: 343 (3.69%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 507 (5.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 103 (1.11%)
Scottish: 89 (0.96%)
Slovak: 65 (0.7%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.05%)
Swedish: 70 (0.75%)
Swiss: 17 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 64 (0.69%)
United States or American: 460 (4.94%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 130 (1.4%)
Other ancestries: 2,509 (26.96%)

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