DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Nassau 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 4,816 100.0
      enrolled in school 1,281 100.0   Native 4,724 98.1
Nursery school, preschool 64 5.0       Born in United States 4,695 97.5
Kindergarten 61 4.8           State of residence 4,114 85.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 655 51.1           Different state 581 12.1
High school (grades 9-12) 317 24.7       Born outside United States 29 0.6
College or graduate school 184 14.4   Foreign born 92 1.9
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 8 0.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 86 1.8
  Population 25 years and over 3,238 100.0       Not a citizen 6 0.1
Less than 9th grade 130 4.0        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 359 11.1   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,088 33.6     Total (excluding born at sea) 92 100.0
Some college, no degree 624 19.3   Europe 56 60.9
Associate degree 326 10.1   Asia 9 9.8
Bachelor's degree 361 11.1   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 350 10.8   Oceania 6 6.5
        Latin America 3 3.3
Percent high school graduate or higher 84.9 (X)   Northern America 18 19.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 22.0 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 4,552 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 3,807 100.0   English only 4,370 96.0
Never married 858 22.5   Language other than English 182 4.0
Now married, except separated 2,186 57.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 33 0.7
Separated 125 3.3   Spanish 80 1.8
Widowed 258 6.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 30 0.7
 Female 202 5.3   Other Indo-European languages 95 2.1
Divorced 380 10.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 3 0.1
 Female 169 4.4   Asian and Pacific Island languages 7 0.2
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 4,816 100.0
           under 18 years 105 100.0     Total ancestries reported 5,931 123.2
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 54 51.4   Arab 6 0.1
        Czech¹ 44 0.9
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 7 0.1
          Civilian population 18 years and over 3,556 100.0   Dutch 182 3.8
Civilian veterans 543 15.3   English 693 14.4
        French (except Basque)¹ 397 8.2
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 116 2.4
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 1,280 26.6
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,148 100.0   Greek 41 0.9
With a disability 92 8.0   Hungarian 13 0.3
     Population 21 to 64 years 2,881 100.0   Irish¹ 1,279 26.6
With a disability 466 16.2   Italian 491 10.2
 Percent employed 63.3 (X)   Lithuanian 58 1.2
No disability 2,415 83.8   Norwegian 36 0.7
 Percent employed 83.9 (X)   Polish 304 6.3
     Population 65 years and over 517 100.0   Portuguese 9 0.2
With a disability 251 48.5   Russian 56 1.2
        Scotch-Irish 58 1.2
        Scottish 99 2.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 6 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 4,552 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 3,126 68.7   Swedish 66 1.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,408 30.9   Swiss 12 0.2
 Same county 852 18.7   Ukrainian 32 0.7
 Different county 556 12.2   United States or American 218 4.5
  Same state 449 9.9   Welsh 34 0.7
  Different state 107 2.4   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 3 0.1
Elsewhere in 1995 18 0.4   Other ancestries 391 8.1
 
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.