Language Spoken At Home in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 36,184 | 100% |
English only | 26,750 | 73.9% |
Language other than English | 9,434 | 26.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 3,599 | 9.9% |
Spanish | 3,100 | 8.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,085 | 3.0% |
Other Indo-European languages | 4,931 | 13.6% |
Speak English less than very well | 1,981 | 5.5% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 1,110 | 3.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 456 | 1.3% |
Other languages | 293 | 0.8% |
Speak English less than very well | 77 | 0.2% |
Ancestry in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 38,126 | 100% |
American | 1,648 | 4.3% |
Arab | 177 | 0.5% |
Czech | 68 | 0.2% |
Danish | 59 | 0.2% |
Dutch | 108 | 0.3% |
English | 955 | 2.5% |
French (except Basque) | 338 | 0.9% |
French Canadian | 0 | 0.0% |
German | 3,745 | 9.8% |
Greek | 675 | 1.8% |
Hungarian | 267 | 0.7% |
Irish | 5,740 | 15.1% |
Italian | 8,731 | 22.9% |
Lithuanian | 75 | 0.2% |
Norwegian | 94 | 0.2% |
Polish | 1,970 | 5.2% |
Portuguese | 950 | 2.5% |
Russian | 1,305 | 3.4% |
Scotch-Irish | 269 | 0.7% |
Scottish | 137 | 0.4% |
Slovak | 24 | 0.1% |
Subsaharan African | 83 | 0.2% |
Swedish | 215 | 0.6% |
Swiss | 46 | 0.1% |
Ukrainian | 263 | 0.7% |
Welsh | 17 | 0.0% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 415 | 1.1% |
Households By Type in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 12,288 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 9,436 | 76.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 4,161 | 33.9% |
Married-couple family | 7,815 | 63.6% |
With own children under 18 years | 3,712 | 30.2% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 469 | 3.8% |
With own children under 18 years | 175 | 1.4% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 1,152 | 9.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 274 | 2.2% |
Nonfamily households | 2,852 | 23.2% |
Householder living alone | 2,659 | 21.6% |
65 years and over | 1,717 | 14.0% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 4,499 | 36.6% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 4,489 | 36.5% |
Average household size | 3 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 36,118 | 100% |
Householder | 12,288 | 34.0% |
Spouse | 7,828 | 21.7% |
Child | 12,175 | 33.7% |
Other relatives | 3,095 | 8.6% |
Nonrelatives | 732 | 2.0% |
Unmarried partner | 182 | 0.5% |
Marital Status in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 15,678 | 100% |
Never married | 5,361 | 34.2% |
Now married, except separated | 8,914 | 56.9% |
Separated | 108 | 0.7% |
Widowed | 618 | 3.9% |
Divorced | 677 | 4.3% |
Females 15 years and over | 16,120 | 100% |
Never married | 3,902 | 24.2% |
Now married, except separated | 8,507 | 52.8% |
Separated | 248 | 1.5% |
Widowed | 2,275 | 14.1% |
Divorced | 1,188 | 7.4% |
Fertility in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 380 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 20 | 5.3% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 5 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 45 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 0 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 76 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 33 | 0% |
Grandparents in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 1,005 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 172 | 17.1% |
Less than 1 year | 26 | 2.6% |
1 or 2 years | 0 | 0.0% |
3 or 4 years | 41 | 4.1% |
5 or more years | 105 | 10.4% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 172 | 100% |
Who are female | 128 | 74.4% |
Who are married | 113 | 65.7% |
School Enrollment in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 8,688 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 550 | 6.3% |
Kindergarten | 337 | 3.9% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 3,391 | 39.0% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 2,053 | 23.6% |
College or graduate school | 2,357 | 27.1% |
Educational Attainment in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 26,859 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 828 | 3.1% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 1,752 | 6.5% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 7,641 | 28.4% |
Some college, no degree | 4,887 | 18.2% |
Associate's degree | 2,491 | 9.3% |
Bachelor's degree | 5,222 | 19.4% |
Graduate or professional degree | 4,038 | 15.0% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 90.4% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 34.5% |
Veteran Status in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 30,156 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 2,252 | 7.5% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 36,120 | 100% |
With a disability | 3,485 | 9.6% |
Under 18 years | 7,874 | 100% |
With a disability | 141 | 1.8% |
18 to 64 years | 22,033 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,155 | 5.2% |
65 years and over | 6,213 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,189 | 35.2% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 37,798 | 100% |
Same house | 34,174 | 90.4% |
Different house in the U.S. | 3,426 | 9.1% |
Same county | 1,585 | 4.2% |
Different county | 1,841 | 4.9% |
Same state | 1,591 | 4.2% |
Different state | 250 | 0.7% |
Abroad | 198 | 0.5% |
Place Of Birth in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 38,126 | 100% |
Native | 30,830 | 80.9% |
Born in United States | 30,471 | 79.9% |
State of residence | 28,604 | 75.0% |
Different state | 1,867 | 4.9% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 359 | 0.9% |
Foreign born | 7,296 | 19.1% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 7,296 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 4,730 | 64.8% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 2,566 | 35.2% |
Year of Entry in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 7,655 | 100% |
Native | 359 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 6 | 1.7% |
Entered before 2010 | 353 | 98.3% |
Foreign born | 7,296 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 180 | 2.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 7,116 | 97.5% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in East Meadow
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 7,296 | 100% |
Europe | 1,647 | 22.6% |
Asia | 3,271 | 44.8% |
Africa | 115 | 1.6% |
Oceania | 0 | 0.0% |
Latin America | 2,263 | 31.0% |
Northern America | 0 | 0.0% |