Ontario County, NY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Ontario county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	26,901	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,731	6.4
Kindergarten	1,627	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	12,051	44.8
High school (grades 9-12)	5,627	20.9
College or graduate school	5,865	21.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	66,539	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,433	3.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,973	9.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	21,017	31.6
Some college, no degree	12,856	19.3
Associate degree	7,830	11.8
Bachelor's degree	9,731	14.6
Graduate or professional degree	6,699	10.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	24.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	79,053	100.0
Never married	19,635	24.8
Now married, except separated	44,603	56.4
Separated	1,672	2.1
Widowed	5,298	6.7
Female	4,320	5.5
Divorced	7,845	9.9
Female	4,341	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,147	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	376	32.8

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	74,735	100.0
Civilian veterans	10,539	14.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	23,093	100.0
With a disability	1,887	8.2

Population 21 to 64 years	57,451	100.0
With a disability	8,778	15.3
Percent employed	56.9	(X)
No disability	48,673	84.7
Percent employed	83.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	12,517	100.0
With a disability	4,738	37.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	94,145	100.0
Same house in 1995	56,659	60.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	36,741	39.0
Same county	19,529	20.7
Different county	17,212	18.3
Same state	12,349	13.1
Different state	4,863	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	745	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	100,224	100.0
Native	97,475	97.3
Born in United States	96,516	96.3
State of residence	81,063	80.9
Different state	15,453	15.4
Born outside United States	959	1.0
Foreign born	2,749	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	825	0.8
Naturalized citizen	1,575	1.6
Not a citizen	1,174	1.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,749	100.0
Europe	1,310	47.7
Asia	561	20.4
Africa	17	0.6
Oceania	5	0.2
Latin America	470	17.1
Northern America	386	14.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	94,145	100.0
English only	89,556	95.1
Language other than English	4,589	4.9
Speak English less than 'very well	1,522	1.6
Spanish	2,179	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	856	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	2,058	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	554	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	313	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	103	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	100,224	100.0
Total ancestries reported	122,074	121.8
Arab	350	0.3
Czech¹	318	0.3
Danish	982	1.0
Dutch	7,183	7.2
English	19,200	19.2
French (except Basque)¹	4,596	4.6
French Canadian¹	1,281	1.3
German	23,933	23.9
Greek	257	0.3
Hungarian	328	0.3
Irish¹	19,297	19.3
Italian	13,776	13.7
Lithuanian	174	0.2
Norwegian	638	0.6
Polish	4,011	4.0
Portuguese	144	0.1
Russian	520	0.5
Scotch-Irish	1,537	1.5
Scottish	2,862	2.9
Slovak	226	0.2
Subsaharan African	177	0.2
Swedish	1,179	1.2
Swiss	473	0.5
Ukrainian	821	0.8
United States or American	6,148	6.1
Welsh	869	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	89	0.1
Other ancestries	10,705	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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