Social Statistics for Watertown, New York

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school6,808100.0
Nursery school, preschool4366.4
Kindergarten3665.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,10745.6
High school (grades 9-12)1,46621.5
College or graduate school1,43321.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over17,032100.0
Less than 9th grade9025.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,07512.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)5,85934.4
Some college, no degree3,37219.8
Associate degree1,86911.0
Bachelor's degree1,69810.0
Graduate or professional degree1,2577.4
Percent high school graduate or higher82.5(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher17.3(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over20,898100.0
Never married5,67627.2
Now married, except separated10,11948.4
Separated9334.5
Widowed1,8238.7
Female
1,6097.7
Divorced2,34711.2
Female
1,3846.6
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years285100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren13547.4
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over18,609100.0
Civilian veterans3,20517.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years5,821100.0
With a disability63811.0
Population 21 to 64 years13,281100.0
With a disability3,16223.8
Percent employed
44.5(X)
No disability10,11976.2
Percent employed
74.8(X)
Population 65 years and over3,629100.0
With a disability1,56443.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over24,681100.0
Same house in 199511,60447.0
Different house in the U.S. in 199512,31449.9
Same county
7,69331.2
Different county
4,62118.7
Same state
1,4766.0
Different state
3,14512.7
Elsewhere in 19957633.1
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population26,705100.0
Native25,65096.0
Born in United States
25,06593.9
State of residence
19,56873.3
Different state
5,49720.6
Born outside United States
5852.2
Foreign born1,0554.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
4071.5
Naturalized citizen
5532.1
Not a citizen
5021.9
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,055100.0
Europe30829.2
Asia27526.1
Africa00.0
Oceania00.0
Latin America20319.2
Northern America26925.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over24,681100.0
English only22,83392.5
Language other than English1,8487.5
Speak English less than 'very well
4671.9
Spanish
7993.2
Speak English less than "very well"
2060.8
Other Indo-European languages
7272.9
Speak English less than "very well"
1470.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2701.1
Speak English less than "very well"
1080.4
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population26,705100.0

Total ancestries reported

29,078108.9
Arab770.3
Czech1600.2
Danish600.2
Dutch5972.2
English2,78510.4
French (except Basque)12,70410.1
French Canadian11,3655.1
German3,35712.6
Greek1020.4
Hungarian2320.9
Irish14,89918.3
Italian3,14411.8
Lithuanian370.1
Norwegian1220.5
Polish7062.6
Portuguese680.3
Russian1230.5
Scotch-Irish4531.7
Scottish6502.4
Slovak80.0
Subsaharan African310.1
Swedish1910.7
Swiss630.2
Ukrainian1140.4
United States or American2,1248.0
Welsh2420.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)1360.5
Other ancestries4,62817.3
(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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