Westvale, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3681127, place: Westvale CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,330 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 88 (6.62%)
Kindergarten: 63 (4.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 601 (45.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 337 (25.34%)
College or graduate school: 241 (18.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,690 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 89 (2.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 128 (3.47%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 840 (22.76%)
Some college, no degree: 740 (20.05%)
Associate degree: 493 (13.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 849 (23.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 551 (14.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 37.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,135 (100%)
Never married: 771 (18.65%)
Now married, except separated: 2,536 (61.33%)
Separated: 67 (1.62%)
Total Widowed: 503 (12.16%)
Widowed Female: 386 (9.33%)
Total Divorced: 258 (6.24%)
Divorced Female: 212 (5.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 39 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (15.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,887 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 630 (16.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,094 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (4.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,629 (100%)
--With a disability: 390 (14.83%)
----Percent employed: 61%
--No disability: 2,239 (85.17%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,134 (100%)
--With a disability: 355 (31.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,857 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,621 (74.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,207 (24.85%)
--Same county: 1,071 (22.05%)
--Different county: 136 (2.8%)
----Same state: 56 (1.15%)
----Different state: 80 (1.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (0.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,147 (100%)
Native: 4,954 (96.25%)
--Born in United States: 4,935 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,317 (83.87%)
----Different state: 618 (12.01%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 193 (3.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 49 (0.95%)
--Naturalized citizen: 158 (3.07%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (0.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 193 (100%)
Europe: 112 (58.03%)
Asia: 26 (13.47%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 45 (23.32%)
Northern America: 10 (5.18%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,857 (100%)
English only: 4,456 (91.74%)
Language other than English: 401 (8.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (1.73%)
--Spanish: 46 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 303 (6.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (1.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,147 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,021% (136.41%)
Arab: 106 (2.06%)
Czech: 32 (0.62%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 93 (1.81%)
English: 500 (9.71%)
French (except Basque): 244 (4.74%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.49%)
German: 1,083 (21.04%)
Greek: 25 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 50 (0.97%)
Irish: 2,082 (40.45%)
Italian: 1,071 (20.81%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.29%)
Polish: 637 (12.38%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 68 (1.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 69 (1.34%)
Scottish: 92 (1.79%)
Slovak: 57 (1.11%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (0.16%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 252 (4.9%)
United States or American: 117 (2.27%)
Welsh: 74 (1.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 317 (6.16%)

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