Orleans County, NY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Orleans county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,701	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	642	6.0
Kindergarten	695	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,412	50.6
High school (grades 9-12)	2,744	25.6
College or graduate school	1,208	11.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,043	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,974	6.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,872	16.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,519	39.7
Some college, no degree	4,616	15.9
Associate degree	2,296	7.9
Bachelor's degree	2,381	8.2
Graduate or professional degree	1,385	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	34,749	100.0
Never married	9,961	28.7
Now married, except separated	18,100	52.1
Separated	1,104	3.2
Widowed	2,486	7.2
Female	1,976	5.7
Divorced	3,098	8.9
Female	1,586	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	744	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	260	34.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	32,581	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,246	13.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,318	100.0
With a disability	976	9.5

Population 21 to 64 years	22,665	100.0
With a disability	4,560	20.1
Percent employed	54.4	(X)
No disability	18,105	79.9
Percent employed	79.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,120	100.0
With a disability	1,998	39.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	41,389	100.0
Same house in 1995	24,864	60.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	15,946	38.5
Same county	9,083	21.9
Different county	6,863	16.6
Same state	5,854	14.1
Different state	1,009	2.4
Elsewhere in 1995	579	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	44,171	100.0
Native	42,999	97.3
Born in United States	42,504	96.2
State of residence	37,482	84.9
Different state	5,022	11.4
Born outside United States	495	1.1
Foreign born	1,172	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	278	0.6
Naturalized citizen	377	0.9
Not a citizen	795	1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,172	100.0
Europe	277	23.6
Asia	71	6.1
Africa	29	2.5
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	664	56.7
Northern America	131	11.2

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	41,389	100.0
English only	39,474	95.4
Language other than English	1,915	4.6
Speak English less than 'very well	658	1.6
Spanish	1,210	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	478	1.2
Other Indo-European languages	597	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	142	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	50	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	44,171	100.0
Total ancestries reported	49,237	111.5
Arab	30	0.1
Czech¹	91	0.2
Danish	104	0.2
Dutch	1,535	3.5
English	8,873	20.1
French (except Basque)¹	1,431	3.2
French Canadian¹	778	1.8
German	10,763	24.4
Greek	220	0.5
Hungarian	251	0.6
Irish¹	6,496	14.7
Italian	4,512	10.2
Lithuanian	84	0.2
Norwegian	207	0.5
Polish	3,277	7.4
Portuguese	31	0.1
Russian	55	0.1
Scotch-Irish	526	1.2
Scottish	1,101	2.5
Slovak	12	0.0
Subsaharan African	66	0.1
Swedish	150	0.3
Swiss	69	0.2
Ukrainian	294	0.7
United States or American	3,240	7.3
Welsh	222	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	77	0.2
Other ancestries	4,742	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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