West Haverstraw, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3680203, place: West Haverstraw village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,954 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 219 (7.41%)
Kindergarten: 131 (4.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,540 (52.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 491 (16.62%)
College or graduate school: 573 (19.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,743 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 657 (9.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 821 (12.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,211 (32.79%)
Some college, no degree: 1,343 (19.92%)
Associate degree: 600 (8.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 670 (9.94%)
Graduate or professional degree: 441 (6.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,867 (100%)
Never married: 2,211 (28.1%)
Now married, except separated: 4,354 (55.35%)
Separated: 134 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 545 (6.93%)
Widowed Female: 503 (6.39%)
Total Divorced: 623 (7.92%)
Divorced Female: 459 (5.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 354 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 83 (23.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,492 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 717 (9.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,353 (100%)
--With a disability: 172 (7.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,106 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,415 (23.17%)
----Percent employed: 49.9%
--No disability: 4,691 (76.83%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,154 (100%)
--With a disability: 527 (45.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,613 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,164 (64.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,211 (33.4%)
--Same county: 2,183 (22.71%)
--Different county: 1,028 (10.69%)
----Same state: 761 (7.92%)
----Different state: 267 (2.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 238 (2.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,299 (100%)
Native: 8,099 (78.64%)
--Born in United States: 7,667 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,743 (65.47%)
----Different state: 924 (8.97%)
--Born outside United States: 432 (4.19%)
Foreign born: 2,200 (21.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 707 (6.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,001 (9.72%)
--Not a citizen: 1,199 (11.64%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,200 (100%)
Europe: 337 (15.32%)
Asia: 317 (14.41%)
Africa: 32 (1.45%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,514 (68.82%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,613 (100%)
English only: 6,021 (62.63%)
Language other than English: 3,592 (37.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,424 (14.81%)
--Spanish: 2,646 (27.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,132 (11.78%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 726 (7.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 240 (2.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 203 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.54%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,299 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,702% (113.62%)
Arab: 48 (0.47%)
Czech: 42 (0.41%)
Danish: 21 (0.2%)
Dutch: 79 (0.77%)
English: 370 (3.59%)
French (except Basque): 142 (1.38%)
French Canadian: 45 (0.44%)
German: 971 (9.43%)
Greek: 68 (0.66%)
Hungarian: 71 (0.69%)
Irish: 1,710 (16.6%)
Italian: 2,045 (19.86%)
Lithuanian: 34 (0.33%)
Norwegian: 21 (0.2%)
Polish: 367 (3.56%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 130 (1.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 45 (0.44%)
Scottish: 99 (0.96%)
Slovak: 12 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 27 (0.26%)
Swedish: 66 (0.64%)
Swiss: 26 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.22%)
United States or American: 313 (3.04%)
Welsh: 13 (0.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 597 (5.8%)
Other ancestries: 4,317 (41.92%)

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