Chautauqua County, NY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Chautauqua county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	37,459	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	2,100	5.6
Kindergarten	1,768	4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	16,199	43.2
High school (grades 9-12)	8,640	23.1
College or graduate school	8,752	23.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	91,261	100.0
Less than 9th grade	5,155	5.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	12,011	13.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	33,302	36.5
Some college, no degree	16,704	18.3
Associate degree	8,628	9.5
Bachelor's degree	8,888	9.7
Graduate or professional degree	6,573	7.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	112,127	100.0
Never married	29,737	26.5
Now married, except separated	60,215	53.7
Separated	2,577	2.3
Widowed	9,023	8.0
Female	7,409	6.6
Divorced	10,575	9.4
Female	5,830	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,737	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	840	48.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	105,511	100.0
Civilian veterans	15,558	14.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	32,801	100.0
With a disability	3,488	10.6

Population 21 to 64 years	74,650	100.0
With a disability	14,310	19.2
Percent employed	51.3	(X)
No disability	60,340	80.8
Percent employed	80.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	20,957	100.0
With a disability	8,236	39.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	131,677	100.0
Same house in 1995	80,139	60.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	50,679	38.5
Same county	35,160	26.7
Different county	15,519	11.8
Same state	9,066	6.9
Different state	6,453	4.9
Elsewhere in 1995	859	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	139,750	100.0
Native	137,107	98.1
Born in United States	134,441	96.2
State of residence	106,532	76.2
Different state	27,909	20.0
Born outside United States	2,666	1.9
Foreign born	2,643	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	622	0.4
Naturalized citizen	1,665	1.2
Not a citizen	978	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,643	100.0
Europe	1,318	49.9
Asia	409	15.5
Africa	19	0.7
Oceania	41	1.6
Latin America	557	21.1
Northern America	299	11.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	131,677	100.0
English only	122,179	92.8
Language other than English	9,498	7.2
Speak English less than 'very well	3,576	2.7
Spanish	5,015	3.8
Speak English less than "very well"	2,195	1.7
Other Indo-European languages	4,114	3.1
Speak English less than "very well"	1,227	0.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages	208	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	91	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	139,750	100.0
Total ancestries reported	165,997	118.8
Arab	252	0.2
Czech¹	557	0.4
Danish	753	0.5
Dutch	4,695	3.4
English	20,885	14.9
French (except Basque)¹	4,384	3.1
French Canadian¹	894	0.6
German	31,180	22.3
Greek	337	0.2
Hungarian	660	0.5
Irish¹	19,212	13.7
Italian	20,041	14.3
Lithuanian	115	0.1
Norwegian	1,073	0.8
Polish	14,354	10.3
Portuguese	156	0.1
Russian	489	0.3
Scotch-Irish	2,325	1.7
Scottish	2,490	1.8
Slovak	240	0.2
Subsaharan African	81	0.1
Swedish	17,611	12.6
Swiss	501	0.4
Ukrainian	504	0.4
United States or American	6,458	4.6
Welsh	1,078	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	116	0.1
Other ancestries	14,556	10.4

(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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