DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Saratoga Springs 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 26,187 100.0
      enrolled in school 7,320 100.0   Native 25,361 96.8
Nursery school, preschool 417 5.7       Born in United States 25,169 96.1
Kindergarten 262 3.6           State of residence 18,574 70.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 2,282 31.2           Different state 6,595 25.2
High school (grades 9-12) 1,122 15.3       Born outside United States 192 0.7
College or graduate school 3,237 44.2   Foreign born 826 3.2
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 222 0.8
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 515 2.0
  Population 25 years and over 17,127 100.0       Not a citizen 311 1.2
Less than 9th grade 588 3.4        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 1,297 7.6   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 4,011 23.4     Total (excluding born at sea) 826 100.0
Some college, no degree 3,009 17.6   Europe 341 41.3
Associate degree 1,557 9.1   Asia 234 28.3
Bachelor's degree 3,595 21.0   Africa 18 2.2
Graduate or professional degree 3,070 17.9   Oceania 12 1.5
        Latin America 120 14.5
Percent high school graduate or higher 89.0 (X)   Northern America 101 12.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 38.9 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 24,768 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 21,991 100.0   English only 22,939 92.6
Never married 7,444 33.9   Language other than English 1,829 7.4
Now married, except separated 10,526 47.9           Speak English less than '"very well"' 555 2.2
Separated 542 2.5   Spanish 533 2.2
Widowed 1,626 7.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 172 0.7
 Female 1,372 6.2   Other Indo-European languages 1,125 4.5
Divorced 1,853 8.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 330 1.3
 Female 1,086 4.9   Asian and Pacific Island languages 124 0.5
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 46 0.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 26,187 100.0
           under 18 years 290 100.0     Total ancestries reported 32,936 125.8
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 58 20.0   Arab 59 0.2
        Czech¹ 312 1.2
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 94 0.4
          Civilian population 18 years and over 20,717 100.0   Dutch 916 3.5
Civilian veterans 2,453 11.8   English 3,590 13.7
        French (except Basque)¹ 2,021 7.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 626 2.4
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 4,479 17.1
     Population 5 to 20 years 5,626 100.0   Greek 204 0.8
With a disability 406 7.2   Hungarian 220 0.8
     Population 21 to 64 years 14,930 100.0   Irish¹ 6,708 25.6
With a disability 2,040 13.7   Italian 4,665 17.8
 Percent employed 60.7 (X)   Lithuanian 100 0.4
No disability 12,890 86.3   Norwegian 354 1.4
 Percent employed 83.9 (X)   Polish 1,437 5.5
     Population 65 years and over 3,343 100.0   Portuguese 40 0.2
With a disability 1,301 38.9   Russian 491 1.9
        Scotch-Irish 647 2.5
        Scottish 682 2.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 70 0.3
  Population 5 years and over 24,768 100.0   Subsaharan African 61 0.2
Same house in 1995 12,085 48.8   Swedish 337 1.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 12,365 49.9   Swiss 54 0.2
 Same county 5,704 23.0   Ukrainian 204 0.8
 Different county 6,661 26.9   United States or American 822 3.1
  Same state 3,268 13.2   Welsh 286 1.1
  Different state 3,393 13.7   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 63 0.2
Elsewhere in 1995 318 1.3   Other ancestries 3,394 13.0
 
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.