DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Skaneateles town
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 7,323 100.0
      enrolled in school 2,056 100.0   Native 7,069 96.5
Nursery school, preschool 74 3.6       Born in United States 7,030 96.0
Kindergarten 164 8.0           State of residence 5,617 76.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 919 44.7           Different state 1,413 19.3
High school (grades 9-12) 514 25.0       Born outside United States 39 0.5
College or graduate school 385 18.7   Foreign born 254 3.5
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 46 0.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 133 1.8
  Population 25 years and over 5,075 100.0       Not a citizen 121 1.7
Less than 9th grade 84 1.7        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 339 6.7   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 903 17.8     Total (excluding born at sea) 254 100.0
Some college, no degree 858 16.9   Europe 107 42.1
Associate degree 578 11.4   Asia 71 28.0
Bachelor's degree 1,439 28.4   Africa 11 4.3
Graduate or professional degree 874 17.2   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 9 3.5
Percent high school graduate or higher 91.7 (X)   Northern America 56 22.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 45.6 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 6,939 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 5,793 100.0   English only 6,680 96.3
Never married 1,146 19.8   Language other than English 259 3.6
Now married, except separated 3,657 63.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 43 0.6
Separated 114 2.0   Spanish 71 1.0
Widowed 479 8.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 7 0.1
 Female 370 6.4   Other Indo-European languages 124 1.8
Divorced 397 6.9           Speak English less than '"very well"' 5 0.1
 Female 195 3.4   Asian and Pacific Island languages 40 0.6
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 25 0.4
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 7,323 100.0
           under 18 years 75 100.0     Total ancestries reported 9,632 131.5
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 55 73.3   Arab 29 0.4
        Czech¹ 42 0.6
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 38 0.5
          Civilian population 18 years and over 5,389 100.0   Dutch 281 3.8
Civilian veterans 782 14.5   English 1,904 26.0
        French (except Basque)¹ 260 3.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 189 2.6
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 1,440 19.7
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,775 100.0   Greek 22 0.3
With a disability 88 5.0   Hungarian 56 0.8
     Population 21 to 64 years 3,969 100.0   Irish¹ 2,113 28.9
With a disability 358 9.0   Italian 864 11.8
 Percent employed 56.7 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 3,611 91.0   Norwegian 53 0.7
 Percent employed 80.6 (X)   Polish 650 8.9
     Population 65 years and over 1,195 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 397 33.2   Russian 44 0.6
        Scotch-Irish 213 2.9
        Scottish 145 2.0
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 57 0.8
  Population 5 years and over 6,939 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 4,569 65.8   Swedish 85 1.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 2,260 32.6   Swiss 61 0.8
 Same county 1,322 19.1   Ukrainian 125 1.7
 Different county 938 13.5   United States or American 342 4.7
  Same state 467 6.7   Welsh 92 1.3
  Different state 471 6.8   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 110 1.6   Other ancestries 527 7.2
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.