Chenango County, NY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Chenango county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	13,094	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	744	5.7
Kindergarten	751	5.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,684	51.0
High school (grades 9-12)	3,332	25.4
College or graduate school	1,583	12.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,363	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,932	5.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,744	13.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,702	39.9
Some college, no degree	5,936	17.3
Associate degree	3,084	9.0
Bachelor's degree	2,901	8.4
Graduate or professional degree	2,064	6.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	40,442	100.0
Never married	9,326	23.1
Now married, except separated	22,478	55.6
Separated	1,272	3.1
Widowed	3,114	7.7
Female	2,502	6.2
Divorced	4,252	10.5
Female	2,269	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	585	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	314	53.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	37,922	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,932	15.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,988	100.0
With a disability	1,280	10.7

Population 21 to 64 years	28,290	100.0
With a disability	6,236	22.0
Percent employed	50.7	(X)
No disability	22,054	78.0
Percent employed	79.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,061	100.0
With a disability	2,997	42.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	48,341	100.0
Same house in 1995	30,603	63.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,585	36.4
Same county	10,944	22.6
Different county	6,641	13.7
Same state	4,890	10.1
Different state	1,751	3.6
Elsewhere in 1995	153	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	51,401	100.0
Native	50,514	98.3
Born in United States	50,245	97.8
State of residence	43,231	84.1
Different state	7,014	13.6
Born outside United States	269	0.5
Foreign born	887	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	155	0.3
Naturalized citizen	591	1.1
Not a citizen	296	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	887	100.0
Europe	526	59.3
Asia	179	20.2
Africa	2	0.2
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	59	6.7
Northern America	121	13.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	48,341	100.0
English only	46,520	96.2
Language other than English	1,821	3.8
Speak English less than 'very well	523	1.1
Spanish	603	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	162	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	1,061	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	310	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	109	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	51,401	100.0
Total ancestries reported	53,070	103.2
Arab	162	0.3
Czech¹	205	0.4
Danish	293	0.6
Dutch	2,634	5.1
English	10,057	19.6
French (except Basque)¹	1,930	3.8
French Canadian¹	673	1.3
German	8,490	16.5
Greek	88	0.2
Hungarian	205	0.4
Irish¹	8,095	15.7
Italian	4,085	7.9
Lithuanian	206	0.4
Norwegian	526	1.0
Polish	1,744	3.4
Portuguese	39	0.1
Russian	281	0.5
Scotch-Irish	688	1.3
Scottish	1,261	2.5
Slovak	167	0.3
Subsaharan African	34	0.1
Swedish	481	0.9
Swiss	154	0.3
Ukrainian	191	0.4
United States or American	4,631	9.0
Welsh	878	1.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	16	0.0
Other ancestries	4,856	9.4

(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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