Cattaraugus County, NY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cattaraugus county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	22,211	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,154	5.2
Kindergarten	1,202	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	10,227	46.0
High school (grades 9-12)	5,300	23.9
College or graduate school	4,328	19.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	54,154	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,112	5.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,078	13.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	22,317	41.2
Some college, no degree	9,005	16.6
Associate degree	4,588	8.5
Bachelor's degree	4,499	8.3
Graduate or professional degree	3,555	6.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	66,237	100.0
Never married	16,952	25.6
Now married, except separated	36,217	54.7
Separated	1,622	2.4
Widowed	5,145	7.8
Female	4,108	6.2
Divorced	6,301	9.5
Female	3,210	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,234	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	576	46.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	61,979	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,666	15.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	20,600	100.0
With a disability	1,813	8.8

Population 21 to 64 years	45,558	100.0
With a disability	8,657	19.0
Percent employed	49.7	(X)
No disability	36,901	81.0
Percent employed	79.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	11,528	100.0
With a disability	4,799	41.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	78,785	100.0
Same house in 1995	50,235	63.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	28,143	35.7
Same county	17,007	21.6
Different county	11,136	14.1
Same state	7,617	9.7
Different state	3,519	4.5
Elsewhere in 1995	407	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	83,955	100.0
Native	82,772	98.6
Born in United States	82,322	98.1
State of residence	69,540	82.8
Different state	12,782	15.2
Born outside United States	450	0.5
Foreign born	1,183	1.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	271	0.3
Naturalized citizen	678	0.8
Not a citizen	505	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,183	100.0
Europe	503	42.5
Asia	337	28.5
Africa	27	2.3
Oceania	2	0.2
Latin America	79	6.7
Northern America	235	19.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	78,785	100.0
English only	74,742	94.9
Language other than English	4,043	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	1,709	2.2
Spanish	1,118	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	380	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	2,314	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	1,131	1.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	261	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	124	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	83,955	100.0
Total ancestries reported	95,481	113.7
Arab	656	0.8
Czech¹	348	0.4
Danish	165	0.2
Dutch	2,399	2.9
English	11,664	13.9
French (except Basque)¹	2,929	3.5
French Canadian¹	700	0.8
German	25,281	30.1
Greek	165	0.2
Hungarian	241	0.3
Irish¹	14,852	17.7
Italian	6,915	8.2
Lithuanian	64	0.1
Norwegian	337	0.4
Polish	8,014	9.5
Portuguese	38	0.0
Russian	343	0.4
Scotch-Irish	1,244	1.5
Scottish	1,602	1.9
Slovak	194	0.2
Subsaharan African	100	0.1
Swedish	2,469	2.9
Swiss	247	0.3
Ukrainian	283	0.3
United States or American	4,895	5.8
Welsh	875	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	78	0.1
Other ancestries	8,383	10.0

(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. 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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