Woodbury, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3682744, place: Woodbury CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,337 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 265 (11.34%)
Kindergarten: 166 (7.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,063 (45.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 494 (21.14%)
College or graduate school: 349 (14.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,419 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 325 (5.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 444 (6.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 840 (13.09%)
Some college, no degree: 804 (12.53%)
Associate degree: 279 (4.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,945 (30.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,782 (27.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 58.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,139 (100%)
Never married: 1,311 (18.36%)
Now married, except separated: 4,623 (64.76%)
Separated: 76 (1.06%)
Total Widowed: 822 (11.51%)
Widowed Female: 678 (9.5%)
Total Divorced: 307 (4.3%)
Divorced Female: 198 (2.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 80 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,784 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 648 (9.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,907 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (1.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,682 (100%)
--With a disability: 459 (9.8%)
----Percent employed: 64.3%
--No disability: 4,223 (90.2%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,030 (100%)
--With a disability: 188 (18.25%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,538 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,071 (59.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,394 (39.75%)
--Same county: 2,141 (25.08%)
--Different county: 1,253 (14.68%)
----Same state: 1,098 (12.86%)
----Different state: 155 (1.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 73 (0.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,010 (100%)
Native: 7,814 (86.73%)
--Born in United States: 7,743 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,273 (80.72%)
----Different state: 470 (5.22%)
--Born outside United States: 71 (0.79%)
Foreign born: 1,196 (13.27%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 166 (1.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 890 (9.88%)
--Not a citizen: 306 (3.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,196 (100%)
Europe: 474 (39.63%)
Asia: 631 (52.76%)
Africa: 33 (2.76%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 31 (2.59%)
Northern America: 27 (2.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,538 (100%)
English only: 7,084 (82.97%)
Language other than English: 1,454 (17.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 393 (4.6%)
--Spanish: 73 (0.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 705 (8.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 188 (2.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 500 (5.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 163 (1.91%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,010 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,629% (95.77%)
Arab: 53 (0.59%)
Czech: 35 (0.39%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (0.12%)
English: 159 (1.76%)
French (except Basque): 31 (0.34%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.07%)
German: 638 (7.08%)
Greek: 97 (1.08%)
Hungarian: 191 (2.12%)
Irish: 464 (5.15%)
Italian: 1,031 (11.44%)
Lithuanian: 25 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 25 (0.28%)
Polish: 728 (8.08%)
Portuguese: 46 (0.51%)
Russian: 1,340 (14.87%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.13%)
Scottish: 4 (0.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 40 (0.44%)
Swedish: 13 (0.14%)
Swiss: 6 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 58 (0.64%)
United States or American: 1,132 (12.56%)
Welsh: 6 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 2,469 (27.4%)

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