Social Demographics in Niagara County

Below is Census 2000 population and social demographics for Niagara County, NY. Estimates are based on the one-in-six sample of housing units that received the long form.

NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, non-sampling error, and definitions see: http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.

Subject  Number  Percent
     
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT    
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school  57,484 100
Nursery school, preschool  3,467 6
Kindergarten  2,968 5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)  25,832 44.9
High school (grades 9-12)  13,052 22.7
College or graduate school  12,165 21.2
     
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT    
Population 25 years and over  147,153 100
Less than 9th grade  6,623 4.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma  18,011 12.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)  54,361 36.9
Some college, no degree  27,512 18.7
Associate degree  15,014 10.2
Bachelor's degree  15,713 10.7
Graduate or professional degree  9,919 6.7
Percent high school graduate or higher  83.3 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher  17.4 (X)
     
MARITAL STATUS    
Population 15 years and over  175,073 100
Never married  46,876 26.8
Now married, except separated  93,557 53.4
Separated  3,804 2.2
Widowed  14,500 8.3
Female  11,849 6.8
Divorced  16,336 9.3
Female  9,154 5.2
     
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS    
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years 
  2904 100
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren  1,216 41.9
     
VETERAN STATUS    
Civilian population 18 years and over  165,421 100
Civilian veterans  23,912 14.5
     
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years  50,026 100
With a disability  4,231 8.5
Population 21 to 64 years  121,878 100
With a disability  21,900 18
Percent employed  46.7 (X)
No disability  99,978 82
Percent employed  79.2 (X)
Population 65 years and over  32,330 100
With a disability  12,332 38.1
     
RESIDENCE IN 1995    
Population 5 years and over  206,730 100
Same house in 1995  135,775 65.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995  69,369 33.6
Same county  51,036 24.7
Different county  18,333 8.9
Same state  13,342 6.5
Different state  4,991 2.4
Elsewhere in 1995  1,586 0.8
     
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
Total population  219,846 100
Native  211,351 96.1
Born in United States  209,846 95.5
State of residence  184,477 83.9
Different state  25,369 11.5
Born outside United States  1,505 0.7
Foreign born  8,495 3.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000  1,966 0.9
Naturalized citizen  5,212 2.4
Not a citizen  3,283 1.5
     
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
Total (excluding born at sea)  8,495 100
Europe 3,761 44.3
Asia  1,038 12.2
Africa  134 1.6
Oceania  50 0.6
Latin America  620 7.3
Northern America  2,892 34
     
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
Population 5 years and over  206,730 100
English only  194,596 94.1
Language other than English  12,134 5.9
Speak English less than 'very well  3,959 1.9
Spanish  3,384 1.6
Speak English less than "very well"  1,083 0.5
Other Indo-European languages  7,636 3.7
Speak English less than "very well"  2,426 1.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages  558 0.3
Speak English less than "very well"  297 0.1
     
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)    
Total population  219,846 100
Total ancestries reported  269,160 122.4
Arab  1,077 0.5
Czech1  863 0.4
Danish  485 0.2
Dutch  3,306 1.5
English  27,082 12.3
French (except Basque)1  8,900 4
French Canadian1  3,034 1.4
German  64,192 29.2
Greek  512 0.2
Hungarian  2,050 0.9
Irish1  36,689 16.7
Italian  40,695 18.5
Lithuanian  478 0.2
Norwegian  751 0.3
Polish  28,164 12.8
Portuguese  282 0.1
Russian  1,061 0.5
Scotch-Irish  2,921 1.3
Scottish  5,057 2.3
Slovak  501 0.2
Sub-saharan African  380 0.2
Swedish  2,010 0.9
Swiss  452 0.2
Ukrainian  1,733 0.8
United States or American  7,761 3.5
Welsh  1,667 0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)  411 0.2
Other ancestries  26,646 12.1

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(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