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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Westchester County, New York |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
244,926 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
21,311 |
8.7 |
Kindergarten |
14,291 |
5.8 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
106,777 |
43.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
49,700 |
20.3 |
College or graduate school |
52,847 |
21.6 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
628,941 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
43,762 |
7.0 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
59,694 |
9.5 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
138,814 |
22.1 |
Some college, no degree |
95,004 |
15.1 |
Associate degree |
34,743 |
5.5 |
Bachelor's degree |
132,557 |
21.1 |
Graduate or professional degree |
124,367 |
19.8 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
83.6 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
40.9 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
727,758 |
100.0 |
Never married |
203,645 |
28.0 |
Now married, except separated |
404,365 |
55.6 |
Separated |
17,592 |
2.4 |
Widowed |
52,913 |
7.3 |
Female |
43,641 |
6.0 |
Divorced |
49,243 |
6.8 |
Female |
31,099 |
4.3 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
16,278 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
4,709 |
28.9 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
693,467 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
63,492 |
9.2 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
191,617 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
14,046 |
7.3 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
532,087 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
91,923 |
17.3 |
Percent employed |
62.3 |
(X) |
No disability |
440,164 |
82.7 |
Percent employed |
76.5 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
122,401 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
41,097 |
33.6 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
859,662 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
526,489 |
61.2 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
293,464 |
34.1 |
Same county |
183,572 |
21.4 |
Different county |
109,892 |
12.8 |
Same state |
76,578 |
8.9 |
Different state |
33,314 |
3.9 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
39,709 |
4.6 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
923,459 |
100.0 |
Native |
718,030 |
77.8 |
Born in United States |
699,943 |
75.8 |
State of residence |
584,946 |
63.3 |
Different state |
114,997 |
12.5 |
Born outside United States |
18,087 |
2.0 |
Foreign born |
205,429 |
22.2 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
79,184 |
8.6 |
Naturalized citizen |
85,546 |
9.3 |
Not a citizen |
119,883 |
13.0 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
205,429 |
100.0 |
Europe |
56,422 |
27.5 |
Asia |
36,601 |
17.8 |
Africa |
5,381 |
2.6 |
Oceania |
631 |
0.3 |
Latin America |
103,564 |
50.4 |
Northern America |
2,830 |
1.4 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
859,662 |
100.0 |
English only |
615,323 |
71.6 |
Language other than English |
244,339 |
28.4 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
106,056 |
12.3 |
Spanish |
123,616 |
14.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
63,724 |
7.4 |
Other Indo-European languages |
84,695 |
9.9 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
27,907 |
3.2 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
26,176 |
3.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
12,058 |
1.4 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
923,459 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
996,626 |
107.9 |
Arab |
5,990 |
0.6 |
Czech1 |
4,813 |
0.5 |
Danish |
1,948 |
0.2 |
Dutch |
6,839 |
0.7 |
English |
40,619 |
4.4 |
French (except Basque)1 |
13,472 |
1.5 |
French Canadian1 |
3,662 |
0.4 |
German |
69,867 |
7.6 |
Greek |
7,155 |
0.8 |
Hungarian |
9,403 |
1.0 |
Irish1 |
127,456 |
13.8 |
Italian |
192,226 |
20.8 |
Lithuanian |
2,477 |
0.3 |
Norwegian |
4,101 |
0.4 |
Polish |
35,655 |
3.9 |
Portuguese |
8,542 |
0.9 |
Russian |
34,297 |
3.7 |
Scotch-Irish |
6,161 |
0.7 |
Scottish |
9,708 |
1.1 |
Slovak |
3,048 |
0.3 |
Subsaharan African |
6,905 |
0.7 |
Swedish |
5,964 |
0.6 |
Swiss |
2,545 |
0.3 |
Ukrainian |
5,704 |
0.6 |
United States or American |
32,480 |
3.5 |
Welsh |
2,315 |
0.3 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
29,656 |
3.2 |
Other ancestries |
323,618 |
35.0 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |
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