Putnam County, NY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Putnam county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	25,652	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,085	8.1
Kindergarten	1,357	5.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,876	46.3
High school (grades 9-12)	5,634	22.0
College or graduate school	4,700	18.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	64,624	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,125	3.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,236	6.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	18,151	28.1
Some college, no degree	13,560	21.0
Associate degree	4,661	7.2
Bachelor's degree	12,771	19.8
Graduate or professional degree	9,120	14.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	90.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	33.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	74,574	100.0
Never married	17,819	23.9
Now married, except separated	46,831	62.8
Separated	1,212	1.6
Widowed	3,996	5.4
Female	3,143	4.2
Divorced	4,716	6.3
Female	2,812	3.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,711	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	334	19.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	70,544	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,868	11.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	21,050	100.0
With a disability	1,449	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	58,583	100.0
With a disability	8,259	14.1
Percent employed	64.4	(X)
No disability	50,324	85.9
Percent employed	79.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,064	100.0
With a disability	3,151	34.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	89,138	100.0
Same house in 1995	57,297	64.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	30,248	33.9
Same county	10,445	11.7
Different county	19,803	22.2
Same state	16,656	18.7
Different state	3,147	3.5
Elsewhere in 1995	1,593	1.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	95,745	100.0
Native	87,325	91.2
Born in United States	86,485	90.3
State of residence	74,916	78.2
Different state	11,569	12.1
Born outside United States	840	0.9
Foreign born	8,420	8.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,464	2.6
Naturalized citizen	4,356	4.5
Not a citizen	4,064	4.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	8,420	100.0
Europe	4,786	56.8
Asia	1,003	11.9
Africa	89	1.1
Oceania	24	0.3
Latin America	2,278	27.1
Northern America	240	2.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	89,138	100.0
English only	77,373	86.8
Language other than English	11,765	13.2
Speak English less than 'very well	4,074	4.6
Spanish	4,582	5.1
Speak English less than "very well"	1,888	2.1
Other Indo-European languages	6,147	6.9
Speak English less than "very well"	1,856	2.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	610	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	225	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	95,745	100.0
Total ancestries reported	118,383	123.6
Arab	431	0.5
Czech¹	823	0.9
Danish	257	0.3
Dutch	1,392	1.5
English	6,430	6.7
French (except Basque)¹	2,040	2.1
French Canadian¹	679	0.7
German	15,048	15.7
Greek	880	0.9
Hungarian	992	1.0
Irish¹	25,880	27.0
Italian	30,441	31.8
Lithuanian	248	0.3
Norwegian	879	0.9
Polish	4,905	5.1
Portuguese	638	0.7
Russian	2,363	2.5
Scotch-Irish	1,293	1.4
Scottish	1,727	1.8
Slovak	666	0.7
Subsaharan African	82	0.1
Swedish	1,450	1.5
Swiss	387	0.4
Ukrainian	500	0.5
United States or American	3,563	3.7
Welsh	335	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	400	0.4
Other ancestries	13,654	14.3

(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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