Poughkeepsie Census data

from 2000 Census:

Population data

 

Total population

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total population

4693

2549

1394

1855

3360

2438

2272

3779

3116

4415

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Race

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white*

52.7%

46.1%

22.0%

36.0%

18.1%

40.8%

31.3%

68.8%

51.9%

84.0%

black*

30.6%

39.6%

65.7%

27.9%

62.1%

43.9%

57.4%

20.2%

29.5%

8.4%

Hispanic**

10.2%

8.9%

8.5%

25.3%

15.0%

7.5%

4.8%

6.3%

11.2%

3.1%

Asian*

2.0%

0.0%

0.0%

1.4%

0.0%

0.3%

1.9%

1.8%

0.6%

2.6%

American Indian and Alaska Native*

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.3%

0.2%

0.4%

0.5%

0.2%

1.2%

0.0%

Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander*

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.1%

some other race*

0.4%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

1.2%

0.8%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

two or more races

4.1%

5.4%

3.7%

9.1%

4.6%

5.9%

3.2%

2.7%

5.6%

1.7%

* non-Hispanic
** can includes any other race

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Educational attainment for the population 25+ years

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up to 8th grade

10.5%

14.3%

9.6%

15.5%

18.4%

11.8%

10.1%

6.2%

5.5%

2.6%

9th grade to 12 grade, no diploma

20.5%

30.9%

31.6%

27.6%

27.6%

19.1%

18.4%

14.0%

15.1%

5.2%

high school graduate (includes equivalency)

27.6%

26.5%

34.0%

26.1%

32.0%

34.2%

34.5%

22.6%

30.1%

21.0%

some college, no degree

18.2%

13.3%

15.3%

16.9%

14.5%

19.1%

18.8%

16.6%

18.8%

22.5%

Associate degree

5.4%

7.6%

2.6%

7.0%

2.3%

8.8%

7.5%

6.8%

11.3%

11.3%

Bachelor's degree

9.8%

4.3%

6.4%

6.0%

4.8%

4.7%

5.4%

14.6%

12.6%

21.3%

Master's degree

5.9%

3.2%

0.4%

0.8%

0.4%

1.6%

4.7%

11.3%

2.9%

10.8%

Professional school degree

1.7%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.2%

0.6%

5.0%

3.0%

3.1%

Doctorate degree

0.6%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.0%

0.5%

0.4%

3.0%

0.6%

2.1%

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Median household incomes, for all households and by age

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for all households

$20,750

$29,038

$20,039

$15,758

$22,425

$28,484

$25,552

$35,592

$35,288

$55,776

householder under 25

$17,778

$15,938

$6,625

$16,048

$15,114

$32,125

$19,500

$13,636

$11,518

$21,042

householder 25-34

$25,306

$28,750

$11,389

$15,313

$18,472

$31,000

$26,923

$32,650

$35,556

$60,667

householder 35-44

$31,098

$38,011

$32,083

$29,667

$22,269

$33,409

$28,523

$38,594

$41,397

$65,096

householders 45-54

$31,875

$30,536

$37,250

$15,188

$36,818

$30,197

$37,969

$65,417

$52,353

$77,109

householders 55-64

$25,000

$30,417

$26,184

$10,069

$27,763

$18,958

$24,271

$60,536

$35,833

$64,667

householder 65-74

$11,150

$36,875

$34,000

$20,833

$9,000

$12,019

$45,250

$34,375

$36,146

$42,115

householder 75+

$10,370

$17,321

$16,908

$11,563

$15,417

$9,833

$16,923

$15,848

$17,035

$34,028

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Population under poverty (1999)

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total population

27.2%

19.1%

35.6%

43.7%

33.9%

28.2%

24.7%

15.5%

18.9%

3.3%

5 years and under

2.0%

2.5%

5.5%

9.3%

5.5%

4.7%

5.1%

2.7%

1.9%

0.0%

6 to 11 years

3.3%

2.4%

7.3%

2.7%

6.0%

5.0%

2.8%

1.3%

3.0%

0.8%

12 to 17 years

1.7%

0.7%

3.4%

2.2%

2.7%

4.0%

1.6%

0.6%

1.6%

0.8%

18 to 64 years

16.7%

11.9%

18.5%

26.9%

17.0%

12.1%

13.9%

9.0%

11.7%

1.3%

65 to 74 years

1.7%

0.9%

0.5%

1.7%

2.1%

0.6%

0.3%

1.1%

0.3%

0.3%

75 years and over

1.7%

0.8%

0.3%

0.9%

0.5%

1.9%

1.1%

0.8%

0.4%

0.2%

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Place of birth by citizenship status

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native born

82.6%

85.9%

95.5%

77.1%

82.1%

82.6%

83.6%

91.9%

85.6%

92.7%

foreign born, naturalized citizen

4.4%

3.0%

1.0%

4.1%

3.3%

5.7%

4.0%

3.9%

4.8%

4.1%

foreign born, not a citizen

13.1%

11.1%

3.5%

18.8%

14.6%

11.6%

12.4%

4.2%

9.6%

3.2%

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Year of entry for foreign born population

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1995 to March 2000

37.0%

29.8%

33.3%

34.4%

37.1%

41.3%

28.5%

14.3%

28.8%

18.0%

1990 to 1994

24.6%

39.3%

22.2%

39.6%

32.6%

12.3%

23.9%

13.4%

15.2%

1.6%

1985 to 1989

14.5%

6.4%

9.5%

0.0%

9.0%

15.6%

19.4%

19.5%

12.1%

13.4%

1980 to 1984

2.1%

1.1%

11.1%

8.0%

2.3%

10.4%

11.3%

13.0%

11.2%

14.9%

1975 to 1979

4.0%

4.5%

9.5%

3.5%

2.8%

3.8%

8.6%

4.6%

6.0%

13.4%

1970 to 1974

4.5%

5.0%

0.0%

4.5%

8.3%

7.3%

2.7%

4.9%

7.4%

5.3%

1965 to 1974

3.4%

3.6%

0.0%

4.0%

1.8%

0.0%

0.8%

5.5%

8.5%

10.9%

before 1965

9.8%

10.3%

14.3%

5.9%

6.0%

9.4%

4.8%

24.8%

10.9%

22.7%

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Residence in 1995 for the population 5+ years

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same house

42.4%

40.2%

48.5%

26.6%

46.1%

39.1%

47.4%

47.6%

49.0%

62.5%

different house, same county

32.3%

36.4%

42.2%

43.4%

37.5%

31.0%

36.1%

34.0%

31.2%

25.0%

different house, different county, same state

12.6%

12.3%

3.4%

20.8%

6.1%

16.2%

8.0%

11.3%

11.8%

7.6%

different house, different US state or Puerto Rico

6.7%

7.4%

6.0%

1.8%

4.1%

7.9%

4.2%

6.2%

6.5%

3.6%

different house, foreign country, US Island Areas, or at sea

6.0%

3.7%

0.0%

7.4%

6.1%

5.8%

4.3%

1.0%

1.6%

1.2%

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