DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Rensselaer city
[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 7,786 100.0
      enrolled in school 1,834 100.0   Native 7,450 95.7
Nursery school, preschool 138 7.5       Born in United States 7,403 95.1
Kindergarten 75 4.1           State of residence 6,520 83.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 962 52.5           Different state 883 11.3
High school (grades 9-12) 381 20.8       Born outside United States 47 0.6
College or graduate school 278 15.2   Foreign born 336 4.3
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 131 1.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 139 1.8
  Population 25 years and over 5,189 100.0       Not a citizen 197 2.5
Less than 9th grade 283 5.5        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 757 14.6   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 2,104 40.5     Total (excluding born at sea) 336 100.0
Some college, no degree 871 16.8   Europe 114 33.9
Associate degree 377 7.3   Asia 138 41.1
Bachelor's degree 453 8.7   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 344 6.6   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 61 18.2
Percent high school graduate or higher 80.0 (X)   Northern America 23 6.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 15.4 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 7,249 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 6,142 100.0   English only 6,736 92.9
Never married 1,881 30.6   Language other than English 513 7.1
Now married, except separated 2,829 46.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 204 2.8
Separated 206 3.4   Spanish 143 2.0
Widowed 533 8.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 26 0.4
 Female 443 7.2   Other Indo-European languages 237 3.3
Divorced 693 11.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 73 1.0
 Female 417 6.8   Asian and Pacific Island languages 110 1.5
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 93 1.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 7,786 100.0
           under 18 years 146 100.0     Total ancestries reported 9,115 117.1
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 87 59.6   Arab 27 0.3
        Czech¹ 22 0.3
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 20 0.3
          Civilian population 18 years and over 5,809 100.0   Dutch 365 4.7
Civilian veterans 847 14.6   English 747 9.6
        French (except Basque)¹ 603 7.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 175 2.2
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 1,354 17.4
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,686 100.0   Greek 45 0.6
With a disability 249 14.8   Hungarian 35 0.4
     Population 21 to 64 years 4,507 100.0   Irish¹ 2,163 27.8
With a disability 1,138 25.2   Italian 1,281 16.5
 Percent employed 57.7 (X)   Lithuanian 29 0.4
No disability 3,369 74.8   Norwegian 6 0.1
 Percent employed 81.7 (X)   Polish 352 4.5
     Population 65 years and over 1,050 100.0   Portuguese 30 0.4
With a disability 441 42.0   Russian 13 0.2
        Scotch-Irish 135 1.7
        Scottish 111 1.4
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 15 0.2
  Population 5 years and over 7,249 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 3,906 53.9   Swedish 24 0.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 3,251 44.8   Swiss 13 0.2
 Same county 1,788 24.7   Ukrainian 35 0.4
 Different county 1,463 20.2   United States or American 215 2.8
  Same state 1,125 15.5   Welsh 32 0.4
  Different state 338 4.7   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 48 0.6
Elsewhere in 1995 92 1.3   Other ancestries 1,220 15.7
 
Date: September 10, 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.