Columbia County, NY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Columbia county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	15,183	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	928	6.1
Kindergarten	879	5.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	7,387	48.7
High school (grades 9-12)	3,989	26.3
College or graduate school	2,000	13.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	43,990	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,579	5.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,793	13.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,387	32.7
Some college, no degree	7,231	16.4
Associate degree	4,061	9.2
Bachelor's degree	5,373	12.2
Graduate or professional degree	4,566	10.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	50,911	100.0
Never married	12,322	24.2
Now married, except separated	28,259	55.5
Separated	1,572	3.1
Widowed	4,277	8.4
Female	3,397	6.7
Divorced	4,481	8.8
Female	2,414	4.7

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	778	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	313	40.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	47,994	100.0
Civilian veterans	7,249	15.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,027	100.0
With a disability	1,084	8.3

Population 21 to 64 years	34,873	100.0
With a disability	6,212	17.8
Percent employed	56.5	(X)
No disability	28,661	82.2
Percent employed	80.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	9,512	100.0
With a disability	3,525	37.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	59,722	100.0
Same house in 1995	37,590	62.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	21,528	36.0
Same county	12,237	20.5
Different county	9,291	15.6
Same state	6,662	11.2
Different state	2,629	4.4
Elsewhere in 1995	604	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	63,094	100.0
Native	60,315	95.6
Born in United States	59,822	94.8
State of residence	46,967	74.4
Different state	12,855	20.4
Born outside United States	493	0.8
Foreign born	2,779	4.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	804	1.3
Naturalized citizen	1,615	2.6
Not a citizen	1,164	1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,779	100.0
Europe	1,533	55.2
Asia	403	14.5
Africa	31	1.1
Oceania	23	0.8
Latin America	620	22.3
Northern America	169	6.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	59,722	100.0
English only	55,726	93.3
Language other than English	3,996	6.7
Speak English less than 'very well	1,272	2.1
Spanish	1,256	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	406	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	2,541	4.3
Speak English less than "very well"	792	1.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	117	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	35	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	63,094	100.0
Total ancestries reported	74,785	118.5
Arab	96	0.2
Czech¹	369	0.6
Danish	276	0.4
Dutch	4,593	7.3
English	7,471	11.8
French (except Basque)¹	3,139	5.0
French Canadian¹	1,005	1.6
German	13,554	21.5
Greek	218	0.3
Hungarian	669	1.1
Irish¹	11,675	18.5
Italian	9,255	14.7
Lithuanian	387	0.6
Norwegian	437	0.7
Polish	4,551	7.2
Portuguese	94	0.1
Russian	1,084	1.7
Scotch-Irish	851	1.3
Scottish	1,392	2.2
Slovak	215	0.3
Subsaharan African	97	0.2
Swedish	762	1.2
Swiss	282	0.4
Ukrainian	813	1.3
United States or American	3,119	4.9
Welsh	355	0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	379	0.6
Other ancestries	7,647	12.1

(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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