Greene County, NY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Greene county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,810	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	729	6.7
Kindergarten	542	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,540	51.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,422	22.4
College or graduate school	1,577	14.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	32,570	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,894	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,081	15.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,880	36.5
Some college, no degree	5,876	18.0
Associate degree	2,483	7.6
Bachelor's degree	2,935	9.0
Graduate or professional degree	2,421	7.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	39,075	100.0
Never married	10,670	27.3
Now married, except separated	20,512	52.5
Separated	1,186	3.0
Widowed	3,060	7.8
Female	2,331	6.0
Divorced	3,647	9.3
Female	1,986	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	639	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	235	36.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	37,131	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,375	14.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,693	100.0
With a disability	917	9.5

Population 21 to 64 years	25,363	100.0
With a disability	6,121	24.1
Percent employed	56.3	(X)
No disability	19,242	75.9
Percent employed	78.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,199	100.0
With a disability	2,761	38.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	45,678	100.0
Same house in 1995	29,658	64.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,770	34.5
Same county	7,711	16.9
Different county	8,059	17.6
Same state	5,222	11.4
Different state	2,837	6.2
Elsewhere in 1995	250	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	48,195	100.0
Native	45,131	93.6
Born in United States	44,609	92.6
State of residence	38,676	80.2
Different state	5,933	12.3
Born outside United States	522	1.1
Foreign born	3,064	6.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	561	1.2
Naturalized citizen	2,035	4.2
Not a citizen	1,029	2.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,064	100.0
Europe	2,075	67.7
Asia	230	7.5
Africa	44	1.4
Oceania	11	0.4
Latin America	589	19.2
Northern America	115	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	45,678	100.0
English only	41,826	91.6
Language other than English	3,852	8.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,304	2.9
Spanish	1,280	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	456	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	2,328	5.1
Speak English less than "very well"	745	1.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	129	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	65	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	48,195	100.0
Total ancestries reported	52,853	109.7
Arab	49	0.1
Czech¹	423	0.9
Danish	197	0.4
Dutch	2,602	5.4
English	4,169	8.7
French (except Basque)¹	1,722	3.6
French Canadian¹	668	1.4
German	9,649	20.0
Greek	380	0.8
Hungarian	264	0.5
Irish¹	10,407	21.6
Italian	8,139	16.9
Lithuanian	155	0.3
Norwegian	646	1.3
Polish	2,062	4.3
Portuguese	52	0.1
Russian	436	0.9
Scotch-Irish	557	1.2
Scottish	693	1.4
Slovak	73	0.2
Subsaharan African	34	0.1
Swedish	399	0.8
Swiss	180	0.4
Ukrainian	301	0.6
United States or American	3,219	6.7
Welsh	128	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	100	0.2
Other ancestries	5,149	10.7

(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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