Wyoming County, NY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Wyoming county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,379	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	593	5.7
Kindergarten	574	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,979	48.0
High school (grades 9-12)	2,819	27.2
College or graduate school	1,414	13.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,522	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,718	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,488	18.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,498	38.9
Some college, no degree	4,709	16.0
Associate degree	2,719	9.2
Bachelor's degree	2,100	7.1
Graduate or professional degree	1,290	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	75.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	35,018	100.0
Never married	10,051	28.7
Now married, except separated	19,224	54.9
Separated	754	2.2
Widowed	2,171	6.2
Female	1,722	4.9
Divorced	2,818	8.0
Female	1,326	3.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	468	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	212	45.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	32,970	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,394	13.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,572	100.0
With a disability	840	8.8

Population 21 to 64 years	22,330	100.0
With a disability	3,718	16.7
Percent employed	53.8	(X)
No disability	18,612	83.3
Percent employed	80.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,934	100.0
With a disability	2,044	41.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	41,142	100.0
Same house in 1995	27,832	67.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,686	30.8
Same county	6,779	16.5
Different county	5,907	14.4
Same state	4,782	11.6
Different state	1,125	2.7
Elsewhere in 1995	624	1.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	43,424	100.0
Native	42,442	97.7
Born in United States	41,960	96.6
State of residence	38,389	88.4
Different state	3,571	8.2
Born outside United States	482	1.1
Foreign born	982	2.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	194	0.4
Naturalized citizen	371	0.9
Not a citizen	611	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	982	100.0
Europe	228	23.2
Asia	129	13.1
Africa	14	1.4
Oceania	2	0.2
Latin America	500	50.9
Northern America	109	11.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	41,142	100.0
English only	39,785	96.7
Language other than English	1,357	3.3
Speak English less than 'very well	428	1.0
Spanish	745	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	291	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	516	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	98	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	80	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	32	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	43,424	100.0
Total ancestries reported	47,387	109.1
Arab	31	0.1
Czech¹	105	0.2
Danish	95	0.2
Dutch	1,270	2.9
English	6,590	15.2
French (except Basque)¹	1,911	4.4
French Canadian¹	434	1.0
German	14,163	32.6
Greek	70	0.2
Hungarian	175	0.4
Irish¹	6,411	14.8
Italian	3,121	7.2
Lithuanian	44	0.1
Norwegian	124	0.3
Polish	4,396	10.1
Portuguese	11	0.0
Russian	143	0.3
Scotch-Irish	487	1.1
Scottish	905	2.1
Slovak	35	0.1
Subsaharan African	28	0.1
Swedish	390	0.9
Swiss	176	0.4
Ukrainian	171	0.4
United States or American	3,033	7.0
Welsh	554	1.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	11	0.0
Other ancestries	2,503	5.8

(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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