West Seneca, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3680907, place: West Seneca CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,266 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 678 (6.02%)
Kindergarten: 503 (4.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,968 (44.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,793 (24.79%)
College or graduate school: 2,324 (20.63%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 32,497 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,336 (4.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,158 (9.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,590 (35.66%)
Some college, no degree: 6,234 (19.18%)
Associate degree: 3,581 (11.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,299 (13.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,299 (7.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 37,701 (100%)
Never married: 9,204 (24.41%)
Now married, except separated: 21,929 (58.17%)
Separated: 425 (1.13%)
Total Widowed: 3,338 (8.85%)
Widowed Female: 2,698 (7.16%)
Total Divorced: 2,805 (7.44%)
Divorced Female: 1,728 (4.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 551 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 117 (21.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 35,654 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,512 (15.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,480 (100%)
--With a disability: 783 (8.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 25,705 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,109 (15.99%)
----Percent employed: 54.7%
--No disability: 21,596 (84.01%)
----Percent employed: 82.9%
Population 65 years and over: 8,288 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,894 (34.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 43,696 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 31,403 (71.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,099 (27.69%)
--Same county: 11,029 (25.24%)
--Different county: 1,070 (2.45%)
----Same state: 612 (1.4%)
----Different state: 458 (1.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 194 (0.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 46,013 (100%)
Native: 44,570 (96.86%)
--Born in United States: 44,381 (100%)
----State of residence: 41,537 (90.27%)
----Different state: 2,844 (6.18%)
--Born outside United States: 189 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 1,443 (3.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 189 (0.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,064 (2.31%)
--Not a citizen: 379 (0.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,443 (100%)
Europe: 937 (64.93%)
Asia: 247 (17.12%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 9 (0.62%)
Latin America: 19 (1.32%)
Northern America: 231 (16.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 43,696 (100%)
English only: 40,673 (93.08%)
Language other than English: 3,023 (6.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 906 (2.07%)
--Spanish: 580 (1.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 184 (0.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,207 (5.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 618 (1.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 99 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 80 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 46,013 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 60,489% (131.46%)
Arab: 266 (0.58%)
Czech: 275 (0.6%)
Danish: 61 (0.13%)
Dutch: 402 (0.87%)
English: 3,086 (6.71%)
French (except Basque): 1,331 (2.89%)
French Canadian: 433 (0.94%)
German: 15,093 (32.8%)
Greek: 260 (0.57%)
Hungarian: 459 (1%)
Irish: 10,535 (22.9%)
Italian: 8,221 (17.87%)
Lithuanian: 94 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 111 (0.24%)
Polish: 14,236 (30.94%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.01%)
Russian: 179 (0.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 284 (0.62%)
Scottish: 699 (1.52%)
Slovak: 84 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 392 (0.85%)
Swiss: 71 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 507 (1.1%)
United States or American: 1,001 (2.18%)
Welsh: 248 (0.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 2,139 (4.65%)

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