Woodmere, NY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3682942, place: Woodmere CDP, New York)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,700 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 503 (10.7%)
Kindergarten: 240 (5.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,145 (45.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,087 (23.13%)
College or graduate school: 725 (15.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,932 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 265 (2.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 398 (3.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,064 (18.88%)
Some college, no degree: 1,610 (14.73%)
Associate degree: 448 (4.1%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,025 (27.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 3,122 (28.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 56.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,588 (100%)
Never married: 2,495 (19.82%)
Now married, except separated: 8,595 (68.28%)
Separated: 220 (1.75%)
Total Widowed: 838 (6.66%)
Widowed Female: 672 (5.34%)
Total Divorced: 440 (3.5%)
Divorced Female: 319 (2.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 185 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (14.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,788 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,244 (10.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,903 (100%)
--With a disability: 155 (3.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,456 (100%)
--With a disability: 980 (11.59%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 7,476 (88.41%)
----Percent employed: 76.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,555 (100%)
--With a disability: 580 (22.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,237 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,222 (73.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,938 (25.84%)
--Same county: 1,776 (11.66%)
--Different county: 2,162 (14.19%)
----Same state: 1,925 (12.63%)
----Different state: 237 (1.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 77 (0.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,447 (100%)
Native: 13,942 (84.77%)
--Born in United States: 13,809 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,758 (77.57%)
----Different state: 1,051 (6.39%)
--Born outside United States: 133 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 2,505 (15.23%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 371 (2.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,746 (10.62%)
--Not a citizen: 759 (4.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,505 (100%)
Europe: 1,075 (42.91%)
Asia: 856 (34.17%)
Africa: 43 (1.72%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 484 (19.32%)
Northern America: 47 (1.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,237 (100%)
English only: 11,684 (76.68%)
Language other than English: 3,553 (23.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 989 (6.49%)
--Spanish: 547 (3.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 221 (1.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,428 (9.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 370 (2.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 433 (2.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 246 (1.61%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,447 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,697% (101.52%)
Arab: 78 (0.47%)
Czech: 87 (0.53%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 55 (0.33%)
English: 189 (1.15%)
French (except Basque): 199 (1.21%)
French Canadian: 23 (0.14%)
German: 570 (3.47%)
Greek: 193 (1.17%)
Hungarian: 399 (2.43%)
Irish: 762 (4.63%)
Italian: 1,148 (6.98%)
Lithuanian: 70 (0.43%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 1,990 (12.1%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.05%)
Russian: 2,391 (14.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (0.07%)
Scottish: 18 (0.11%)
Slovak: 7 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.05%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 4 (0.02%)
Ukrainian: 128 (0.78%)
United States or American: 1,825 (11.1%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 184 (1.12%)
Other ancestries: 6,349 (38.6%)

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