Essex County, NY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Essex county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,857	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	447	5.0
Kindergarten	511	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,323	48.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,376	26.8
College or graduate school	1,200	13.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	27,337	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,570	5.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,794	13.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,423	38.1
Some college, no degree	4,283	15.7
Associate degree	2,277	8.3
Bachelor's degree	2,786	10.2
Graduate or professional degree	2,204	8.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	31,674	100.0
Never married	7,578	23.9
Now married, except separated	17,949	56.7
Separated	843	2.7
Widowed	2,636	8.3
Female	2,098	6.6
Divorced	2,668	8.4
Female	1,379	4.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	420	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	201	47.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	29,970	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,075	16.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,985	100.0
With a disability	775	9.7

Population 21 to 64 years	20,384	100.0
With a disability	4,371	21.4
Percent employed	55.9	(X)
No disability	16,013	78.6
Percent employed	77.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,900	100.0
With a disability	2,338	39.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	36,908	100.0
Same house in 1995	22,828	61.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,720	37.2
Same county	6,473	17.5
Different county	7,247	19.6
Same state	4,608	12.5
Different state	2,639	7.2
Elsewhere in 1995	360	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	38,851	100.0
Native	37,541	96.6
Born in United States	37,157	95.6
State of residence	28,951	74.5
Different state	8,206	21.1
Born outside United States	384	1.0
Foreign born	1,310	3.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	266	0.7
Naturalized citizen	607	1.6
Not a citizen	703	1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,310	100.0
Europe	523	39.9
Asia	167	12.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	9	0.7
Latin America	361	27.6
Northern America	250	19.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	36,908	100.0
English only	34,958	94.7
Language other than English	1,950	5.3
Speak English less than 'very well	836	2.3
Spanish	812	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	494	1.3
Other Indo-European languages	962	2.6
Speak English less than "very well"	268	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	136	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	66	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	38,851	100.0
Total ancestries reported	44,882	115.5
Arab	36	0.1
Czech¹	157	0.4
Danish	86	0.2
Dutch	1,018	2.6
English	6,229	16.0
French (except Basque)¹	8,974	23.1
French Canadian¹	1,241	3.2
German	4,026	10.4
Greek	80	0.2
Hungarian	208	0.5
Irish¹	7,801	20.1
Italian	2,478	6.4
Lithuanian	162	0.4
Norwegian	227	0.6
Polish	1,385	3.6
Portuguese	74	0.2
Russian	215	0.6
Scotch-Irish	715	1.8
Scottish	1,470	3.8
Slovak	30	0.1
Subsaharan African	137	0.4
Swedish	388	1.0
Swiss	97	0.2
Ukrainian	67	0.2
United States or American	2,210	5.7
Welsh	344	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	68	0.2
Other ancestries	4,959	12.8

(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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