Westfield, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3679939, place: Westfield village, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 900 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 64 (7.11%)
Kindergarten: 81 (9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 416 (46.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 199 (22.11%)
College or graduate school: 140 (15.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,397 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 157 (6.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 250 (10.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 806 (33.63%)
Some college, no degree: 453 (18.9%)
Associate degree: 184 (7.68%)
Bachelor's degree: 308 (12.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 239 (9.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,803 (100%)
Never married: 609 (21.73%)
Now married, except separated: 1,519 (54.19%)
Separated: 98 (3.5%)
Total Widowed: 255 (9.1%)
Widowed Female: 214 (7.63%)
Total Divorced: 322 (11.49%)
Divorced Female: 191 (6.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 43 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (55.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,645 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 394 (14.9%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 803 (100%)
--With a disability: 32 (3.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,832 (100%)
--With a disability: 245 (13.37%)
----Percent employed: 52.7%
--No disability: 1,587 (86.63%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 676 (100%)
--With a disability: 308 (45.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,327 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,053 (61.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,249 (37.54%)
--Same county: 856 (25.73%)
--Different county: 393 (11.81%)
----Same state: 124 (3.73%)
----Different state: 269 (8.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (0.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,529 (100%)
Native: 3,479 (98.58%)
--Born in United States: 3,395 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,614 (74.07%)
----Different state: 781 (22.13%)
--Born outside United States: 84 (2.38%)
Foreign born: 50 (1.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 38 (1.08%)
--Not a citizen: 12 (0.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 50 (100%)
Europe: 14 (28%)
Asia: 23 (46%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (10%)
Northern America: 8 (16%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,327 (100%)
English only: 3,121 (93.81%)
Language other than English: 206 (6.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (2.19%)
--Spanish: 102 (3.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (1.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 70 (2.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.75%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 34 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,529 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,412% (125.02%)
Arab: 10 (0.28%)
Czech: 19 (0.54%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 151 (4.28%)
English: 746 (21.14%)
French (except Basque): 129 (3.66%)
French Canadian: 44 (1.25%)
German: 816 (23.12%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 610 (17.29%)
Italian: 551 (15.61%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 33 (0.94%)
Polish: 189 (5.36%)
Portuguese: 24 (0.68%)
Russian: 11 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (0.94%)
Scottish: 39 (1.11%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 243 (6.89%)
Swiss: 7 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 276 (7.82%)
Welsh: 48 (1.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.26%)
Other ancestries: 424 (12.01%)

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