Amesbury, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2501220, place: Amesbury CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,244 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 293 (9.03%)
Kindergarten: 177 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,560 (48.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 598 (18.43%)
College or graduate school: 616 (18.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,307 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 309 (3.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 802 (9.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,825 (34.01%)
Some college, no degree: 1,772 (21.33%)
Associate degree: 720 (8.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,197 (14.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 682 (8.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,571 (100%)
Never married: 2,611 (27.28%)
Now married, except separated: 4,965 (51.88%)
Separated: 179 (1.87%)
Total Widowed: 717 (7.49%)
Widowed Female: 624 (6.52%)
Total Divorced: 1,099 (11.48%)
Divorced Female: 649 (6.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 165 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (22.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,148 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,128 (12.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,546 (100%)
--With a disability: 320 (12.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,359 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,337 (18.17%)
----Percent employed: 59.7%
--No disability: 6,022 (81.83%)
----Percent employed: 86.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,283 (100%)
--With a disability: 607 (47.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,417 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,023 (52.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,233 (45.84%)
--Same county: 3,707 (32.47%)
--Different county: 1,526 (13.37%)
----Same state: 565 (4.95%)
----Different state: 961 (8.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 161 (1.41%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,192 (100%)
Native: 11,811 (96.88%)
--Born in United States: 11,705 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,215 (75.58%)
----Different state: 2,490 (20.42%)
--Born outside United States: 106 (0.87%)
Foreign born: 381 (3.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 159 (1.3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 179 (1.47%)
--Not a citizen: 202 (1.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 381 (100%)
Europe: 125 (32.81%)
Asia: 69 (18.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 152 (39.9%)
Northern America: 35 (9.19%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,417 (100%)
English only: 10,675 (93.5%)
Language other than English: 742 (6.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 204 (1.79%)
--Spanish: 163 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 517 (4.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 150 (1.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 50 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,192 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,924% (122.41%)
Arab: 50 (0.41%)
Czech: 42 (0.34%)
Danish: 7 (0.06%)
Dutch: 132 (1.08%)
English: 2,165 (17.76%)
French (except Basque): 1,918 (15.73%)
French Canadian: 1,228 (10.07%)
German: 945 (7.75%)
Greek: 162 (1.33%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.29%)
Irish: 2,919 (23.94%)
Italian: 1,491 (12.23%)
Lithuanian: 82 (0.67%)
Norwegian: 63 (0.52%)
Polish: 506 (4.15%)
Portuguese: 87 (0.71%)
Russian: 145 (1.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 256 (2.1%)
Scottish: 744 (6.1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.08%)
Swedish: 201 (1.65%)
Swiss: 57 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.04%)
United States or American: 458 (3.76%)
Welsh: 56 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 30 (0.25%)
Other ancestries: 1,130 (9.27%)

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