DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Elbridge 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 6,091 100.0
      enrolled in school 1,660 100.0   Native 5,966 97.9
Nursery school, preschool 95 5.7       Born in United States 5,941 97.5
Kindergarten 75 4.5           State of residence 5,289 86.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 830 50.0           Different state 652 10.7
High school (grades 9-12) 403 24.3       Born outside United States 25 0.4
College or graduate school 257 15.5   Foreign born 125 2.1
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 53 0.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 89 1.5
  Population 25 years and over 4,028 100.0       Not a citizen 36 0.6
Less than 9th grade 134 3.3        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 408 10.1   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,604 39.8     Total (excluding born at sea) 125 100.0
Some college, no degree 732 18.2   Europe 48 38.4
Associate degree 406 10.1   Asia 61 48.8
Bachelor's degree 438 10.9   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 306 7.6   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 4 3.2
Percent high school graduate or higher 86.5 (X)   Northern America 12 9.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 18.5 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 5,721 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 4,743 100.0   English only 5,506 96.2
Never married 1,108 23.4   Language other than English 215 3.7
Now married, except separated 2,779 58.6           Speak English less than '"very well"' 104 1.8
Separated 105 2.2   Spanish 79 1.4
Widowed 310 6.5           Speak English less than '"very well"' 42 0.7
 Female 245 5.2   Other Indo-European languages 111 1.9
Divorced 441 9.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 54 0.9
 Female 238 5.0   Asian and Pacific Island languages 21 0.4
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 4 0.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 6,091 100.0
           under 18 years 80 100.0     Total ancestries reported 7,181 117.9
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 45 56.3   Arab 7 0.1
        Czech¹ 64 1.1
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 4 0.1
          Civilian population 18 years and over 4,419 100.0   Dutch 232 3.8
Civilian veterans 636 14.4   English 1,364 22.4
        French (except Basque)¹ 342 5.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 176 2.9
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 1,419 23.3
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,471 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 126 8.6   Hungarian 7 0.1
     Population 21 to 64 years 3,440 100.0   Irish¹ 1,250 20.5
With a disability 733 21.3   Italian 673 11.0
 Percent employed 59.5 (X)   Lithuanian 2 0.0
No disability 2,707 78.7   Norwegian 31 0.5
 Percent employed 84.0 (X)   Polish 360 5.9
     Population 65 years and over 801 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 324 40.4   Russian 31 0.5
        Scotch-Irish 59 1.0
        Scottish 112 1.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 12 0.2
  Population 5 years and over 5,721 100.0   Subsaharan African 2 0.0
Same house in 1995 3,838 67.1   Swedish 35 0.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,858 32.5   Swiss 28 0.5
 Same county 1,258 22.0   Ukrainian 109 1.8
 Different county 600 10.5   United States or American 323 5.3
  Same state 459 8.0   Welsh 91 1.5
  Different state 141 2.5   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 25 0.4   Other ancestries 448 7.4
 
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.