Cortland County, NY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cortland county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	15,221	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	572	3.8
Kindergarten	638	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,522	36.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,591	17.0
College or graduate school	5,898	38.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	29,527	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,538	5.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,540	12.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	10,559	35.8
Some college, no degree	5,089	17.2
Associate degree	3,238	11.0
Bachelor's degree	3,177	10.8
Graduate or professional degree	2,386	8.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	18.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	39,109	100.0
Never married	12,290	31.4
Now married, except separated	19,389	49.6
Separated	1,245	3.2
Widowed	2,705	6.9
Female	2,190	5.6
Divorced	3,480	8.9
Female	1,962	5.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	626	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	229	36.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	37,116	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,639	12.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	12,440	100.0
With a disability	1,004	8.1

Population 21 to 64 years	27,089	100.0
With a disability	4,752	17.5
Percent employed	52.6	(X)
No disability	22,337	82.5
Percent employed	78.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,728	100.0
With a disability	2,321	40.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	45,718	100.0
Same house in 1995	24,970	54.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	20,382	44.6
Same county	11,512	25.2
Different county	8,870	19.4
Same state	7,366	16.1
Different state	1,504	3.3
Elsewhere in 1995	366	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	48,599	100.0
Native	47,518	97.8
Born in United States	47,243	97.2
State of residence	41,184	84.7
Different state	6,059	12.5
Born outside United States	275	0.6
Foreign born	1,081	2.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	325	0.7
Naturalized citizen	663	1.4
Not a citizen	418	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,081	100.0
Europe	755	69.8
Asia	90	8.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	7	0.6
Latin America	109	10.1
Northern America	120	11.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	45,718	100.0
English only	43,692	95.6
Language other than English	2,026	4.4
Speak English less than 'very well	665	1.5
Spanish	629	1.4
Speak English less than "very well"	236	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	1,269	2.8
Speak English less than "very well"	409	0.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages	60	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	19	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	48,599	100.0
Total ancestries reported	53,425	109.9
Arab	171	0.4
Czech¹	198	0.4
Danish	118	0.2
Dutch	2,437	5.0
English	9,338	19.2
French (except Basque)¹	2,193	4.5
French Canadian¹	726	1.5
German	8,253	17.0
Greek	147	0.3
Hungarian	196	0.4
Irish¹	9,185	18.9
Italian	5,916	12.2
Lithuanian	51	0.1
Norwegian	356	0.7
Polish	1,551	3.2
Portuguese	76	0.2
Russian	306	0.6
Scotch-Irish	652	1.3
Scottish	1,059	2.2
Slovak	78	0.2
Subsaharan African	43	0.1
Swedish	539	1.1
Swiss	137	0.3
Ukrainian	330	0.7
United States or American	3,691	7.6
Welsh	694	1.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	33	0.1
Other ancestries	4,951	10.2

(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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