DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Ballston Spa village
[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 5,580 100.0
      enrolled in school 1,275 100.0   Native 5,469 98.0
Nursery school, preschool 152 11.9       Born in United States 5,392 96.6
Kindergarten 29 2.3           State of residence 4,416 79.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 595 46.7           Different state 976 17.5
High school (grades 9-12) 266 20.9       Born outside United States 77 1.4
College or graduate school 233 18.3   Foreign born 111 2.0
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 6 0.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 97 1.7
  Population 25 years and over 3,803 100.0       Not a citizen 14 0.3
Less than 9th grade 159 4.2        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 560 14.7   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,184 31.1     Total (excluding born at sea) 111 100.0
Some college, no degree 580 15.3   Europe 43 38.7
Associate degree 325 8.5   Asia 56 50.5
Bachelor's degree 567 14.9   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 428 11.3   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 6 5.4
Percent high school graduate or higher 81.1 (X)   Northern America 6 5.4
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 26.2 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 5,188 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 4,460 100.0   English only 5,011 96.6
Never married 1,255 28.1   Language other than English 177 3.4
Now married, except separated 2,399 53.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 32 0.6
Separated 99 2.2   Spanish 37 0.7
Widowed 392 8.8           Speak English less than '"very well"' 17 0.3
 Female 333 7.5   Other Indo-European languages 108 2.1
Divorced 315 7.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 9 0.2
 Female 211 4.7   Asian and Pacific Island languages 32 0.6
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 6 0.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 5,580 100.0
           under 18 years 14 100.0     Total ancestries reported 7,270 130.3
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 0.0   Arab 67 1.2
        Czech¹ 80 1.4
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 7 0.1
          Civilian population 18 years and over 4,211 100.0   Dutch 154 2.8
Civilian veterans 552 13.1   English 945 16.9
        French (except Basque)¹ 620 11.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 153 2.7
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 981 17.6
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,045 100.0   Greek 14 0.3
With a disability 77 7.4   Hungarian 28 0.5
     Population 21 to 64 years 3,185 100.0   Irish¹ 1,443 25.9
With a disability 472 14.8   Italian 942 16.9
 Percent employed 43.0 (X)   Lithuanian 28 0.5
No disability 2,713 85.2   Norwegian 17 0.3
 Percent employed 80.1 (X)   Polish 281 5.0
     Population 65 years and over 650 100.0   Portuguese 20 0.4
With a disability 194 29.8   Russian 55 1.0
        Scotch-Irish 93 1.7
        Scottish 180 3.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 34 0.6
  Population 5 years and over 5,188 100.0   Subsaharan African 5 0.1
Same house in 1995 2,612 50.3   Swedish 50 0.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 2,564 49.4   Swiss 72 1.3
 Same county 1,584 30.5   Ukrainian 28 0.5
 Different county 980 18.9   United States or American 185 3.3
  Same state 770 14.8   Welsh 145 2.6
  Different state 210 4.0   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 12 0.2
Elsewhere in 1995 12 0.2   Other ancestries 631 11.3
 
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.