Social Statistics for Rome, New York

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school7,498100.0
Nursery school, preschool4035.4
Kindergarten3915.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,69649.3
High school (grades 9-12)1,79523.9
College or graduate school1,21316.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over24,305100.0
Less than 9th grade1,7937.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma4,53218.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,91232.6
Some college, no degree4,28817.6
Associate degree1,9608.1
Bachelor's degree2,43410.0
Graduate or professional degree1,3865.7
Percent high school graduate or higher74.0(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher15.7(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over28,554100.0
Never married8,56630.0
Now married, except separated13,63747.8
Separated8142.9
Widowed2,6559.3
Female
2,1647.6
Divorced2,88210.1
Female
1,6645.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years382100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren14738.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over27,067100.0
Civilian veterans4,22715.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years6,647100.0
With a disability6329.5
Population 21 to 64 years17,423100.0
With a disability4,29524.7
Percent employed
47.4(X)
No disability13,12875.3
Percent employed
78.7(X)
Population 65 years and over5,379100.0
With a disability2,11439.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over32,823100.0
Same house in 199519,98860.9
Different house in the U.S. in 199512,50738.1
Same county
9,38428.6
Different county
3,1239.5
Same state
1,6325.0
Different state
1,4914.5
Elsewhere in 19953281.0
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population34,922100.0
Native33,57896.2
Born in United States
32,93594.3
State of residence
28,38581.3
Different state
4,55013.0
Born outside United States
6431.8
Foreign born1,3443.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000
3741.1
Naturalized citizen
6421.8
Not a citizen
7022.0
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,344100.0
Europe52439.0
Asia25118.7
Africa261.9
Oceania60.4
Latin America39329.2
Northern America14410.7
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over32,823100.0
English only30,47592.8
Language other than English2,3487.2
Speak English less than 'very well
8432.6
Spanish
8682.6
Speak English less than "very well"
3191.0
Other Indo-European languages
1,3494.1
Speak English less than "very well"
4301.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1050.3
Speak English less than "very well"
710.2
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population34,922100.0

Total ancestries reported

37,429107.2
Arab1180.3
Czech1490.1
Danish720.2
Dutch6391.8
English3,3279.5
French (except Basque)11,7505.0
French Canadian15441.6
German5,11914.7
Greek330.1
Hungarian1730.5
Irish15,45515.6
Italian8,97825.7
Lithuanian850.2
Norwegian550.2
Polish2,5167.2
Portuguese700.2
Russian840.2
Scotch-Irish1880.5
Scottish3140.9
Slovak310.1
Subsaharan African1430.4
Swedish2350.7
Swiss2810.8
Ukrainian3861.1
United States or American1,9605.6
Welsh8682.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)1160.3
Other ancestries3,84011.0
(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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