Fulton County, NY Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Fulton county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	13,249	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	679	5.1
Kindergarten	797	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,495	49.0
High school (grades 9-12)	3,456	26.1
College or graduate school	1,822	13.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	37,483	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,192	5.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	6,139	16.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	14,443	38.5
Some college, no degree	6,061	16.2
Associate degree	3,605	9.6
Bachelor's degree	2,958	7.9
Graduate or professional degree	2,085	5.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	77.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	44,186	100.0
Never married	10,800	24.4
Now married, except separated	23,940	54.2
Separated	1,559	3.5
Widowed	3,581	8.1
Female	3,002	6.8
Divorced	4,306	9.7
Female	2,417	5.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	733	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	308	42.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	41,415	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,273	15.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,940	100.0
With a disability	1,228	10.3

Population 21 to 64 years	29,976	100.0
With a disability	5,924	19.8
Percent employed	50.9	(X)
No disability	24,052	80.2
Percent employed	78.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,536	100.0
With a disability	3,451	40.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	51,998	100.0
Same house in 1995	32,581	62.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	19,016	36.6
Same county	11,850	22.8
Different county	7,166	13.8
Same state	5,314	10.2
Different state	1,852	3.6
Elsewhere in 1995	401	0.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	55,073	100.0
Native	54,003	98.1
Born in United States	53,722	97.5
State of residence	48,147	87.4
Different state	5,575	10.1
Born outside United States	281	0.5
Foreign born	1,070	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	234	0.4
Naturalized citizen	738	1.3
Not a citizen	332	0.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,070	100.0
Europe	669	62.5
Asia	234	21.9
Africa	7	0.7
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	59	5.5
Northern America	101	9.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	51,998	100.0
English only	49,593	95.4
Language other than English	2,405	4.6
Speak English less than 'very well	749	1.4
Spanish	807	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	267	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	1,417	2.7
Speak English less than "very well"	381	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	127	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	83	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	55,073	100.0
Total ancestries reported	60,808	110.4
Arab	97	0.2
Czech¹	552	1.0
Danish	95	0.2
Dutch	4,051	7.4
English	6,779	12.3
French (except Basque)¹	3,913	7.1
French Canadian¹	1,037	1.9
German	10,431	18.9
Greek	162	0.3
Hungarian	101	0.2
Irish¹	8,647	15.7
Italian	8,476	15.4
Lithuanian	240	0.4
Norwegian	301	0.5
Polish	3,351	6.1
Portuguese	156	0.3
Russian	168	0.3
Scotch-Irish	667	1.2
Scottish	927	1.7
Slovak	1,067	1.9
Subsaharan African	34	0.1
Swedish	413	0.7
Swiss	113	0.2
Ukrainian	337	0.6
United States or American	3,432	6.2
Welsh	273	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	47	0.1
Other ancestries	4,941	9.0

(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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