Otsego County, NY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Otsego county new york dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,248	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	716	3.7
Kindergarten	757	3.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,924	36.0
High school (grades 9-12)	3,636	18.9
College or graduate school	7,215	37.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	38,808	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,006	5.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,599	11.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,461	34.7
Some college, no degree	6,791	17.5
Associate degree	3,403	8.8
Bachelor's degree	4,736	12.2
Graduate or professional degree	3,812	9.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	50,536	100.0
Never married	13,584	26.9
Now married, except separated	27,716	54.8
Separated	1,320	2.6
Widowed	3,706	7.3
Female	2,976	5.9
Divorced	4,210	8.3
Female	2,195	4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	562	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	257	45.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	47,708	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,225	13.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	15,979	100.0
With a disability	1,360	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	33,295	100.0
With a disability	6,460	19.4
Percent employed	50.1	(X)
No disability	26,835	80.6
Percent employed	78.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,881	100.0
With a disability	3,352	37.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	58,752	100.0
Same house in 1995	34,370	58.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	23,988	40.8
Same county	11,363	19.3
Different county	12,625	21.5
Same state	9,892	16.8
Different state	2,733	4.7
Elsewhere in 1995	394	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	61,676	100.0
Native	60,260	97.7
Born in United States	59,774	96.9
State of residence	50,063	81.2
Different state	9,711	15.7
Born outside United States	486	0.8
Foreign born	1,416	2.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	240	0.4
Naturalized citizen	993	1.6
Not a citizen	423	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,416	100.0
Europe	763	53.9
Asia	225	15.9
Africa	39	2.8
Oceania	10	0.7
Latin America	223	15.7
Northern America	156	11.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	58,752	100.0
English only	55,731	94.9
Language other than English	3,021	5.1
Speak English less than 'very well	792	1.3
Spanish	1,244	2.1
Speak English less than "very well"	277	0.5
Other Indo-European languages	1,457	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	428	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	203	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	56	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	61,676	100.0
Total ancestries reported	67,236	109.0
Arab	222	0.4
Czech¹	383	0.6
Danish	403	0.7
Dutch	3,225	5.2
English	10,097	16.4
French (except Basque)¹	2,523	4.1
French Canadian¹	882	1.4
German	10,901	17.7
Greek	369	0.6
Hungarian	420	0.7
Irish¹	10,835	17.6
Italian	6,504	10.5
Lithuanian	186	0.3
Norwegian	810	1.3
Polish	2,455	4.0
Portuguese	122	0.2
Russian	772	1.3
Scotch-Irish	1,063	1.7
Scottish	1,833	3.0
Slovak	174	0.3
Subsaharan African	82	0.1
Swedish	630	1.0
Swiss	245	0.4
Ukrainian	293	0.5
United States or American	4,221	6.8
Welsh	944	1.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	84	0.1
Other ancestries	6,558	10.6

(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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