Albany County, NY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Albany county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school83,713100.0
Nursery school, preschool4,8485.8
Kindergarten3,5814.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8)31,40237.5
High school (grades 9-12)15,56518.6
College or graduate school28,31733.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over195,381100.0
Less than 9th grade7,9254.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma18,7929.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)52,79627.0
Some college, no degree32,12116.4
Associate degree18,6619.6
Bachelor's degree34,28817.5
Graduate or professional degree30,79815.8
Percent high school graduate or higher86.3(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher33.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over239,699100.0
Never married77,15632.2
Now married, except separated117,40549.0
Separated6,7882.8
Widowed18,6657.8
Female
14,9756.2
Divorced19,6858.2
Female
11,5934.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years3,392100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren1,29238.1
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over228,206100.0
Civilian veterans27,96912.3
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years64,959100.0
With a disability5,6238.7
Population 21 to 64 years168,444100.0
With a disability28,87917.1
Percent employed
58.9(X)
No disability139,56582.9
Percent employed
80.8(X)
Population 65 years and over39,755100.0
With a disability14,36136.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over278,018100.0
Same house in 1995157,70956.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995115,14141.4
Same county
66,57323.9
Different county
48,56817.5
Same state
37,05013.3
Different state
11,5184.1
Elsewhere in 19955,1681.9
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population294,565100.0
Native275,33793.5
Born in United States
272,81192.6
State of residence
232,72979.0
Different state
40,08213.6
Born outside United States
2,5260.9
Foreign born19,2286.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
7,5672.6
Naturalized citizen
11,1413.8
Not a citizen
8,0872.7
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)19,228100.0
Europe6,79835.4
Asia6,65734.6
Africa1,2016.2
Oceania770.4
Latin America3,40717.7
Northern America1,0885.7
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over278,018100.0
English only250,43990.1
Language other than English27,5799.9
Speak English less than 'very well
9,1763.3
Spanish
7,5072.7
Speak English less than "very well"
2,2970.8
Other Indo-European languages
13,7154.9
Speak English less than "very well"
4,2751.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages
4,5491.6
Speak English less than "very well"
2,0280.7
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population294,565100.0

Total ancestries reported

348,703118.4
Arab1,4520.5
Czech11,2640.4
Danish7760.3
Dutch10,6873.6
English26,3478.9
French (except Basque)117,8816.1
French Canadian16,9772.4
German47,21616.0
Greek1,9620.7
Hungarian1,5500.5
Irish169,19123.5
Italian47,76016.2
Lithuanian1,2460.4
Norwegian1,4340.5
Polish19,0356.5
Portuguese5600.2
Russian5,7071.9
Scotch-Irish3,1141.1
Scottish5,1261.7
Slovak6780.2
Subsaharan African2,1420.7
Swedish2,1590.7
Swiss5240.2
Ukrainian3,1181.1
United States or American10,2403.5
Welsh2,1950.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)2,1160.7
Other ancestries56,24619.1
(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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