Washingtonville, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3678465, place: Washingtonville village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,850 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 154 (8.32%)
Kindergarten: 148 (8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 811 (43.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 438 (23.68%)
College or graduate school: 299 (16.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,524 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 136 (3.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 253 (7.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,089 (30.9%)
Some college, no degree: 892 (25.31%)
Associate degree: 269 (7.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 510 (14.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 375 (10.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,271 (100%)
Never married: 995 (23.3%)
Now married, except separated: 2,505 (58.65%)
Separated: 124 (2.9%)
Total Widowed: 329 (7.7%)
Widowed Female: 297 (6.95%)
Total Divorced: 318 (7.45%)
Divorced Female: 205 (4.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 217 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (17.51%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,926 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 446 (11.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,631 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (4.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,136 (100%)
--With a disability: 328 (10.46%)
----Percent employed: 70.4%
--No disability: 2,808 (89.54%)
----Percent employed: 81.3%
Population 65 years and over: 566 (100%)
--With a disability: 276 (48.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,333 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,355 (62.91%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,952 (36.6%)
--Same county: 935 (17.53%)
--Different county: 1,017 (19.07%)
----Same state: 799 (14.98%)
----Different state: 218 (4.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (0.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,757 (100%)
Native: 5,353 (92.98%)
--Born in United States: 5,217 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,157 (72.21%)
----Different state: 1,060 (18.41%)
--Born outside United States: 136 (2.36%)
Foreign born: 404 (7.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 128 (2.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 216 (3.75%)
--Not a citizen: 188 (3.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 404 (100%)
Europe: 166 (41.09%)
Asia: 113 (27.97%)
Africa: 8 (1.98%)
Oceania: 6 (1.49%)
Latin America: 96 (23.76%)
Northern America: 15 (3.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,333 (100%)
English only: 4,631 (86.84%)
Language other than English: 702 (13.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 198 (3.71%)
--Spanish: 401 (7.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 110 (2.06%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 210 (3.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.71%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 83 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.94%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,757 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,835% (118.73%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 53 (0.92%)
Danish: 7 (0.12%)
Dutch: 125 (2.17%)
English: 367 (6.37%)
French (except Basque): 79 (1.37%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.24%)
German: 1,003 (17.42%)
Greek: 49 (0.85%)
Hungarian: 63 (1.09%)
Irish: 1,517 (26.35%)
Italian: 1,572 (27.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 84 (1.46%)
Polish: 277 (4.81%)
Portuguese: 31 (0.54%)
Russian: 82 (1.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 182 (3.16%)
Scottish: 66 (1.15%)
Slovak: 32 (0.56%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.14%)
Swedish: 35 (0.61%)
Swiss: 7 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 83 (1.44%)
Welsh: 6 (0.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 70 (1.22%)
Other ancestries: 1,023 (17.77%)

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