Watertown, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3678608, place: Watertown city, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,808 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 436 (6.4%)
Kindergarten: 366 (5.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,107 (45.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,466 (21.53%)
College or graduate school: 1,433 (21.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,032 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 902 (5.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,075 (12.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,859 (34.4%)
Some college, no degree: 3,372 (19.8%)
Associate degree: 1,869 (10.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,698 (9.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,257 (7.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,898 (100%)
Never married: 5,676 (27.16%)
Now married, except separated: 10,119 (48.42%)
Separated: 933 (4.46%)
Total Widowed: 1,823 (8.72%)
Widowed Female: 1,609 (7.7%)
Total Divorced: 2,347 (11.23%)
Divorced Female: 1,384 (6.62%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 285 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 135 (47.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,609 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,205 (17.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,821 (100%)
--With a disability: 638 (10.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,281 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,162 (23.81%)
----Percent employed: 44.5%
--No disability: 10,119 (76.19%)
----Percent employed: 74.8%
Population 65 years and over: 3,629 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,564 (43.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,681 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,604 (47.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,314 (49.89%)
--Same county: 7,693 (31.17%)
--Different county: 4,621 (18.72%)
----Same state: 1,476 (5.98%)
----Different state: 3,145 (12.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 763 (3.09%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,705 (100%)
Native: 25,650 (96.05%)
--Born in United States: 25,065 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,568 (73.27%)
----Different state: 5,497 (20.58%)
--Born outside United States: 585 (2.19%)
Foreign born: 1,055 (3.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 407 (1.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 553 (2.07%)
--Not a citizen: 502 (1.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,055 (100%)
Europe: 308 (29.19%)
Asia: 275 (26.07%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 203 (19.24%)
Northern America: 269 (25.5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,681 (100%)
English only: 22,833 (92.51%)
Language other than English: 1,848 (7.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 467 (1.89%)
--Spanish: 799 (3.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 206 (0.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 727 (2.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 147 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 270 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (0.44%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,705 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,078% (108.89%)
Arab: 77 (0.29%)
Czech: 60 (0.22%)
Danish: 60 (0.22%)
Dutch: 597 (2.24%)
English: 2,785 (10.43%)
French (except Basque): 2,704 (10.13%)
French Canadian: 1,365 (5.11%)
German: 3,357 (12.57%)
Greek: 102 (0.38%)
Hungarian: 232 (0.87%)
Irish: 4,899 (18.34%)
Italian: 3,144 (11.77%)
Lithuanian: 37 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 122 (0.46%)
Polish: 706 (2.64%)
Portuguese: 68 (0.25%)
Russian: 123 (0.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 453 (1.7%)
Scottish: 650 (2.43%)
Slovak: 8 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (0.12%)
Swedish: 191 (0.72%)
Swiss: 63 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 114 (0.43%)
United States or American: 2,124 (7.95%)
Welsh: 242 (0.91%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 136 (0.51%)
Other ancestries: 4,628 (17.33%)

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