Wading River, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3677772, place: Wading River CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,979 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 215 (10.86%)
Kindergarten: 111 (5.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 855 (43.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 416 (21.02%)
College or graduate school: 382 (19.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,530 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (2.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 273 (6.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,097 (24.22%)
Some college, no degree: 1,070 (23.62%)
Associate degree: 500 (11.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 765 (16.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 721 (15.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,102 (100%)
Never married: 1,012 (19.84%)
Now married, except separated: 3,350 (65.66%)
Separated: 107 (2.1%)
Total Widowed: 240 (4.7%)
Widowed Female: 190 (3.72%)
Total Divorced: 393 (7.7%)
Divorced Female: 185 (3.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,868 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 711 (14.61%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,421 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (5.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,994 (100%)
--With a disability: 434 (10.87%)
----Percent employed: 53%
--No disability: 3,560 (89.13%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 699 (100%)
--With a disability: 266 (38.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,234 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,469 (55.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,704 (43.38%)
--Same county: 2,033 (32.61%)
--Different county: 671 (10.76%)
----Same state: 386 (6.19%)
----Different state: 285 (4.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 61 (0.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,668 (100%)
Native: 6,349 (95.22%)
--Born in United States: 6,303 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,740 (86.08%)
----Different state: 563 (8.44%)
--Born outside United States: 46 (0.69%)
Foreign born: 319 (4.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 67 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 235 (3.52%)
--Not a citizen: 84 (1.26%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 319 (100%)
Europe: 182 (57.05%)
Asia: 54 (16.93%)
Africa: 5 (1.57%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 48 (15.05%)
Northern America: 30 (9.4%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,234 (100%)
English only: 5,865 (94.08%)
Language other than English: 369 (5.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (2.17%)
--Spanish: 121 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 192 (3.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 79 (1.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 56 (0.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.63%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,668 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,264% (138.93%)
Arab: 22 (0.33%)
Czech: 92 (1.38%)
Danish: 74 (1.11%)
Dutch: 90 (1.35%)
English: 480 (7.2%)
French (except Basque): 147 (2.2%)
French Canadian: 32 (0.48%)
German: 1,774 (26.6%)
Greek: 94 (1.41%)
Hungarian: 51 (0.76%)
Irish: 2,125 (31.87%)
Italian: 1,872 (28.07%)
Lithuanian: 67 (1%)
Norwegian: 168 (2.52%)
Polish: 637 (9.55%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 88 (1.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 124 (1.86%)
Scottish: 193 (2.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 82 (1.23%)
Swiss: 12 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 95 (1.42%)
United States or American: 108 (1.62%)
Welsh: 17 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 16 (0.24%)
Other ancestries: 804 (12.06%)

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