Social Statistics for Poughkeepsie, New York
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Number | Percent | |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
---|---|---|
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 8,592 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 564 | 6.6 |
Kindergarten | 468 | 5.4 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 3,615 | 42.1 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,726 | 20.1 |
College or graduate school | 2,219 | 25.8 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 18,390 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 1,719 | 9.3 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 3,369 | 18.3 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 5,040 | 27.4 |
Some college, no degree | 3,301 | 17.9 |
Associate degree | 1,382 | 7.5 |
Bachelor's degree | 1,999 | 10.9 |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,580 | 8.6 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 72.3 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 19.5 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 23,318 | 100.0 |
Never married | 9,452 | 40.5 |
Now married, except separated | 8,834 | 37.9 |
Separated | 842 | 3.6 |
Widowed | 1,976 | 8.5 |
Female | 1,570 | 6.7 |
Divorced | 2,214 | 9.5 |
Female | 1,321 | 5.7 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 676 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 404 | 59.8 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 22,170 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 2,229 | 10.1 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 7,029 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 935 | 13.3 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 16,195 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 4,164 | 25.7 |
Percent employed | 51.6 | (X) |
No disability | 12,031 | 74.3 |
Percent employed | 75.1 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 3,891 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 1,697 | 43.6 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 27,676 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 12,859 | 46.5 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 13,769 | 49.8 |
Same county | 9,276 | 33.5 |
Different county | 4,493 | 16.2 |
Same state | 3,004 | 10.9 |
Different state | 1,489 | 5.4 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 1,048 | 3.8 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 29,871 | 100.0 |
Native | 25,733 | 86.1 |
Born in United States | 25,348 | 84.9 |
State of residence | 20,360 | 68.2 |
Different state | 4,988 | 16.7 |
Born outside United States | 385 | 1.3 |
Foreign born | 4,138 | 13.9 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 2,287 | 7.7 |
Naturalized citizen | 1,188 | 4.0 |
Not a citizen | 2,950 | 9.9 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 4,138 | 100.0 |
Europe | 706 | 17.1 |
Asia | 411 | 9.9 |
Africa | 126 | 3.0 |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0 |
Latin America | 2,872 | 69.4 |
Northern America | 23 | 0.6 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 27,676 | 100.0 |
English only | 23,434 | 84.7 |
Language other than English | 4,242 | 15.3 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 2,007 | 7.3 |
Spanish | 2,392 | 8.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 1,383 | 5.0 |
Other Indo-European languages | 1,397 | 5.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 469 | 1.7 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 191 | 0.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 88 | 0.3 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 29,871 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 31,513 | 105.5 |
Arab | 143 | 0.5 |
Czech1 | 105 | 0.4 |
Danish | 96 | 0.3 |
Dutch | 593 | 2.0 |
English | 1,377 | 4.6 |
French (except Basque)1 | 599 | 2.0 |
French Canadian1 | 201 | 0.7 |
German | 2,581 | 8.6 |
Greek | 160 | 0.5 |
Hungarian | 229 | 0.8 |
Irish1 | 3,586 | 12.0 |
Italian | 3,693 | 12.4 |
Lithuanian | 13 | 0.0 |
Norwegian | 49 | 0.2 |
Polish | 1,111 | 3.7 |
Portuguese | 55 | 0.2 |
Russian | 364 | 1.2 |
Scotch-Irish | 192 | 0.6 |
Scottish | 325 | 1.1 |
Slovak | 59 | 0.2 |
Subsaharan African | 418 | 1.4 |
Swedish | 281 | 0.9 |
Swiss | 61 | 0.2 |
Ukrainian | 106 | 0.4 |
United States or American | 873 | 2.9 |
Welsh | 71 | 0.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 1,795 | 6.0 |
Other ancestries | 12,377 | 41.4 |
(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 |