Chemung County, NY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Chemung county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	22,739	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,360	6.0
Kindergarten	1,119	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	10,654	46.9
High school (grades 9-12)	5,367	23.6
College or graduate school	4,239	18.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	60,796	100.0
Less than 9th grade	3,055	5.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,852	12.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	21,930	36.1
Some college, no degree	11,298	18.6
Associate degree	5,364	8.8
Bachelor's degree	6,346	10.4
Graduate or professional degree	4,951	8.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	72,897	100.0
Never married	19,375	26.6
Now married, except separated	38,531	52.9
Separated	2,035	2.8
Widowed	5,423	7.4
Female	4,319	5.9
Divorced	7,533	10.3
Female	4,212	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,462	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	712	48.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	68,903	100.0
Civilian veterans	10,772	15.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	20,344	100.0
With a disability	2,342	11.5

Population 21 to 64 years	47,997	100.0
With a disability	9,485	19.8
Percent employed	48.2	(X)
No disability	38,512	80.2
Percent employed	79.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	13,127	100.0
With a disability	5,333	40.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	85,707	100.0
Same house in 1995	51,429	60.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	33,819	39.5
Same county	22,285	26.0
Different county	11,534	13.5
Same state	6,547	7.6
Different state	4,987	5.8
Elsewhere in 1995	459	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	91,070	100.0
Native	89,098	97.8
Born in United States	88,323	97.0
State of residence	68,520	75.2
Different state	19,803	21.7
Born outside United States	775	0.9
Foreign born	1,972	2.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	524	0.6
Naturalized citizen	938	1.0
Not a citizen	1,034	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,972	100.0
Europe	839	42.5
Asia	655	33.2
Africa	17	0.9
Oceania	7	0.4
Latin America	335	17.0
Northern America	119	6.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	85,707	100.0
English only	82,002	95.7
Language other than English	3,705	4.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,028	1.2
Spanish	1,329	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	390	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	1,864	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	475	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	425	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	140	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	91,070	100.0
Total ancestries reported	95,932	105.3
Arab	397	0.4
Czech¹	599	0.7
Danish	159	0.2
Dutch	2,738	3.0
English	12,944	14.2
French (except Basque)¹	2,859	3.1
French Canadian¹	740	0.8
German	17,487	19.2
Greek	267	0.3
Hungarian	296	0.3
Irish¹	16,295	17.9
Italian	9,451	10.4
Lithuanian	176	0.2
Norwegian	363	0.4
Polish	5,989	6.6
Portuguese	103	0.1
Russian	530	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,383	1.5
Scottish	1,874	2.1
Slovak	227	0.2
Subsaharan African	76	0.1
Swedish	1,187	1.3
Swiss	287	0.3
Ukrainian	1,382	1.5
United States or American	5,204	5.7
Welsh	1,300	1.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	96	0.1
Other ancestries	11,523	12.7

(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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