Valley Stream, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3676705, place: Valley Stream village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,895 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 657 (6.64%)
Kindergarten: 515 (5.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,021 (40.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,126 (21.49%)
College or graduate school: 2,576 (26.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 24,845 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,205 (4.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,236 (9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,560 (34.45%)
Some college, no degree: 4,859 (19.56%)
Associate degree: 1,797 (7.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,941 (15.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,247 (9.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 29,299 (100%)
Never married: 7,805 (26.64%)
Now married, except separated: 16,545 (56.47%)
Separated: 516 (1.76%)
Total Widowed: 2,644 (9.02%)
Widowed Female: 2,132 (7.28%)
Total Divorced: 1,789 (6.11%)
Divorced Female: 1,140 (3.89%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 840 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 195 (23.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 27,715 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,257 (11.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,963 (100%)
--With a disability: 465 (5.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 20,420 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,370 (16.5%)
----Percent employed: 67.7%
--No disability: 17,050 (83.5%)
----Percent employed: 79.6%
Population 65 years and over: 5,916 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,931 (32.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 34,305 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,975 (69.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,699 (28.27%)
--Same county: 4,331 (12.62%)
--Different county: 5,368 (15.65%)
----Same state: 4,734 (13.8%)
----Different state: 634 (1.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 631 (1.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 36,394 (100%)
Native: 29,265 (80.41%)
--Born in United States: 28,816 (100%)
----State of residence: 27,210 (74.77%)
----Different state: 1,606 (4.41%)
--Born outside United States: 449 (1.23%)
Foreign born: 7,129 (19.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,737 (4.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,420 (12.14%)
--Not a citizen: 2,709 (7.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,129 (100%)
Europe: 1,747 (24.51%)
Asia: 2,003 (28.1%)
Africa: 195 (2.74%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,120 (43.76%)
Northern America: 64 (0.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 34,305 (100%)
English only: 25,170 (73.37%)
Language other than English: 9,135 (26.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,322 (9.68%)
--Spanish: 3,484 (10.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,308 (3.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,583 (10.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,140 (3.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,656 (4.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 745 (2.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 36,394 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 41,881% (115.08%)
Arab: 320 (0.88%)
Czech: 101 (0.28%)
Danish: 41 (0.11%)
Dutch: 183 (0.5%)
English: 1,093 (3%)
French (except Basque): 325 (0.89%)
French Canadian: 44 (0.12%)
German: 4,101 (11.27%)
Greek: 668 (1.84%)
Hungarian: 213 (0.59%)
Irish: 6,247 (17.16%)
Italian: 11,559 (31.76%)
Lithuanian: 133 (0.37%)
Norwegian: 325 (0.89%)
Polish: 1,673 (4.6%)
Portuguese: 71 (0.2%)
Russian: 862 (2.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 242 (0.66%)
Scottish: 269 (0.74%)
Slovak: 153 (0.42%)
Subsaharan African: 151 (0.41%)
Swedish: 247 (0.68%)
Swiss: 25 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 177 (0.49%)
United States or American: 1,095 (3.01%)
Welsh: 35 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,452 (3.99%)
Other ancestries: 10,076 (27.69%)

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