West Elmira, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3679785, place: West Elmira CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,288 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 103 (8%)
Kindergarten: 41 (3.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 564 (43.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 330 (25.62%)
College or graduate school: 250 (19.41%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,683 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 19 (0.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 84 (2.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 779 (21.15%)
Some college, no degree: 722 (19.6%)
Associate degree: 434 (11.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 856 (23.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 789 (21.42%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 44.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,200 (100%)
Never married: 855 (20.36%)
Now married, except separated: 2,584 (61.52%)
Separated: 54 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 417 (9.93%)
Widowed Female: 322 (7.67%)
Total Divorced: 290 (6.9%)
Divorced Female: 196 (4.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,976 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 658 (16.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,060 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (7.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,791 (100%)
--With a disability: 319 (11.43%)
----Percent employed: 57.7%
--No disability: 2,472 (88.57%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,029 (100%)
--With a disability: 399 (38.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,880 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,090 (63.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,783 (36.54%)
--Same county: 1,175 (24.08%)
--Different county: 608 (12.46%)
----Same state: 309 (6.33%)
----Different state: 299 (6.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,140 (100%)
Native: 4,983 (96.95%)
--Born in United States: 4,948 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,750 (72.96%)
----Different state: 1,198 (23.31%)
--Born outside United States: 35 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 157 (3.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 26 (0.51%)
--Naturalized citizen: 100 (1.95%)
--Not a citizen: 57 (1.11%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 157 (100%)
Europe: 69 (43.95%)
Asia: 68 (43.31%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (5.73%)
Northern America: 11 (7.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,880 (100%)
English only: 4,622 (94.71%)
Language other than English: 258 (5.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (1.35%)
--Spanish: 35 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 172 (3.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 40 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,140 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,368% (123.89%)
Arab: 26 (0.51%)
Czech: 8 (0.16%)
Danish: 6 (0.12%)
Dutch: 149 (2.9%)
English: 901 (17.53%)
French (except Basque): 165 (3.21%)
French Canadian: 66 (1.28%)
German: 1,155 (22.47%)
Greek: 14 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 34 (0.66%)
Irish: 1,361 (26.48%)
Italian: 661 (12.86%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.37%)
Norwegian: 65 (1.26%)
Polish: 378 (7.35%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 57 (1.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 173 (3.37%)
Scottish: 124 (2.41%)
Slovak: 24 (0.47%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 85 (1.65%)
Swiss: 55 (1.07%)
Ukrainian: 51 (0.99%)
United States or American: 263 (5.12%)
Welsh: 43 (0.84%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 485 (9.44%)

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