Amherst Center, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2501360, place: Amherst Center CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,145 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 166 (1.26%)
Kindergarten: 7 (0.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 489 (3.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 323 (2.46%)
College or graduate school: 12,160 (92.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,430 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 62 (1.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 118 (2.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 440 (9.93%)
Some college, no degree: 405 (9.14%)
Associate degree: 202 (4.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,355 (30.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,848 (41.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 72.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,301 (100%)
Never married: 12,362 (75.84%)
Now married, except separated: 2,848 (17.47%)
Separated: 84 (0.52%)
Total Widowed: 409 (2.51%)
Widowed Female: 295 (1.81%)
Total Divorced: 598 (3.67%)
Divorced Female: 395 (2.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 54 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,062 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 396 (2.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,862 (100%)
--With a disability: 566 (6.39%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,124 (100%)
--With a disability: 888 (12.46%)
----Percent employed: 67.9%
--No disability: 6,236 (87.54%)
----Percent employed: 72.9%
Population 65 years and over: 878 (100%)
--With a disability: 377 (42.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,900 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,144 (24.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,882 (70.31%)
--Same county: 1,344 (7.95%)
--Different county: 10,538 (62.36%)
----Same state: 5,973 (35.34%)
----Different state: 4,565 (27.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 874 (5.17%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,155 (100%)
Native: 15,287 (89.11%)
--Born in United States: 14,968 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,759 (45.23%)
----Different state: 7,209 (42.02%)
--Born outside United States: 319 (1.86%)
Foreign born: 1,868 (10.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,041 (6.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 660 (3.85%)
--Not a citizen: 1,208 (7.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,868 (100%)
Europe: 437 (23.39%)
Asia: 1,037 (55.51%)
Africa: 128 (6.85%)
Oceania: 28 (1.5%)
Latin America: 230 (12.31%)
Northern America: 8 (0.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,900 (100%)
English only: 13,784 (81.56%)
Language other than English: 3,116 (18.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 697 (4.12%)
--Spanish: 1,025 (6.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (0.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 976 (5.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 210 (1.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 959 (5.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 345 (2.04%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,155 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,173% (123.42%)
Arab: 131 (0.76%)
Czech: 37 (0.22%)
Danish: 81 (0.47%)
Dutch: 215 (1.25%)
English: 2,063 (12.03%)
French (except Basque): 896 (5.22%)
French Canadian: 560 (3.26%)
German: 1,664 (9.7%)
Greek: 113 (0.66%)
Hungarian: 145 (0.85%)
Irish: 3,726 (21.72%)
Italian: 1,997 (11.64%)
Lithuanian: 136 (0.79%)
Norwegian: 166 (0.97%)
Polish: 1,206 (7.03%)
Portuguese: 258 (1.5%)
Russian: 755 (4.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 264 (1.54%)
Scottish: 591 (3.45%)
Slovak: 5 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 301 (1.75%)
Swedish: 499 (2.91%)
Swiss: 48 (0.28%)
Ukrainian: 80 (0.47%)
United States or American: 246 (1.43%)
Welsh: 150 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 149 (0.87%)
Other ancestries: 4,691 (27.34%)

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