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New York New York Social and demographic information
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New York New York Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: New York city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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|
|
Total
poplulation |
8,008,278 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
2,217,245 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
5,137,246 |
64.1 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
129,479 |
5.8 |
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Born in
United States |
4,763,116 |
59.5 |
| Kindergarten |
117,312 |
5.3 |
|
State
of residence |
3,964,551 |
49.5 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
900,470 |
40.6 |
|
Different state |
798,565 |
10.0 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
476,320 |
21.5 |
|
Born
outside United States |
374,130 |
4.7 |
| College or
graduate school |
593,664 |
26.8 |
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Foreign born |
2,871,032 |
35.9 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
1,224,524 |
15.3 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
1,278,687 |
16.0 |
| Population
25 years and over |
5,276,946 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
1,592,345 |
19.9 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
632,595 |
12.0 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
830,095 |
15.7 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
1,289,335 |
24.4 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
2,870,993 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
801,572 |
15.2 |
|
Europe |
557,492 |
19.4 |
| Associate
degree |
276,516 |
5.2 |
|
Asia |
686,599 |
23.9 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
834,558 |
15.8 |
|
Africa |
92,435 |
3.2 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
612,275 |
11.6 |
|
Oceania |
4,982 |
0.2 |
| |
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Latin America |
1,511,419 |
52.6 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
72.3 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
18,066 |
0.6 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
27.4 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
7,475,602 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
6,376,852 |
100.0 |
|
English only |
3,920,797 |
52.4 |
| Never married |
2,395,262 |
37.6 |
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Language other
than English |
3,554,805 |
47.6 |
| Now married,
except separated |
2,766,619 |
43.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
1,768,977 |
23.7 |
| Separated |
274,075 |
4.3 |
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Spanish |
1,832,402 |
24.5 |
| Widowed |
448,569 |
7.0 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
921,324 |
12.3 |
| Female |
371,049 |
5.8 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
1,045,707 |
14.0 |
| Divorced |
492,327 |
7.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
468,718 |
6.3 |
| Female |
313,727 |
4.9 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
515,157 |
6.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
325,321 |
4.4 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
8,008,278 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
229,133 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
7,644,072 |
95.5 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
83,946 |
36.6 |
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Arab |
70,965 |
0.9 |
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Czech¹ |
18,813 |
0.2 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
7,460 |
0.1 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
6,075,712 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
19,402 |
0.2 |
| Civilian
veterans |
348,722 |
5.7 |
|
English |
124,821 |
1.6 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
53,295 |
0.7 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
11,027 |
0.1 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
255,536 |
3.2 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
1,717,216 |
100.0 |
|
Greek |
80,145 |
1.0 |
| With a
disability |
172,028 |
10.0 |
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Hungarian |
48,879 |
0.6 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
4,779,614 |
100.0 |
|
Irish¹ |
421,646 |
5.3 |
| With a
disability |
1,225,900 |
25.6 |
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Italian |
692,739 |
8.7 |
| Percent
employed |
52.3 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
13,847 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
3,553,714 |
74.4 |
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Norwegian |
23,849 |
0.3 |
| Percent
employed |
67.6 |
(X) |
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Polish |
213,447 |
2.7 |
| Population
65 years and over |
901,926 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
11,307 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
417,084 |
46.2 |
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Russian |
243,015 |
3.0 |
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Scotch-Irish |
21,951 |
0.3 |
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Scottish |
32,024 |
0.4 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
6,459 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
7,475,602 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
122,425 |
1.5 |
| Same house in
1995 |
4,562,898 |
61.0 |
|
Swedish |
20,644 |
0.3 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
2,391,061 |
32.0 |
|
Swiss |
8,108 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
1,566,156 |
21.0 |
|
Ukrainian |
62,695 |
0.8 |
| Different
county |
824,905 |
11.0 |
|
United States
or American |
238,385 |
3.0 |
| Same state |
523,662 |
7.0 |
|
Welsh |
8,830 |
0.1 |
| Different
state |
301,243 |
4.0 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
549,664 |
6.9 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
521,643 |
7.0 |
|
Other
ancestries |
4,262,694 |
53.2 |
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| Date: January
6, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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