Arlington, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2501640, place: Arlington CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,732 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 990 (11.34%)
Kindergarten: 599 (6.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,144 (36.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,565 (17.92%)
College or graduate school: 2,434 (27.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 32,436 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,041 (3.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,661 (5.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,227 (19.2%)
Some college, no degree: 4,598 (14.18%)
Associate degree: 1,788 (5.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,972 (24.58%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9,149 (28.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 52.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 35,693 (100%)
Never married: 11,783 (33.01%)
Now married, except separated: 18,260 (51.16%)
Separated: 346 (0.97%)
Total Widowed: 2,687 (7.53%)
Widowed Female: 2,304 (6.46%)
Total Divorced: 2,617 (7.33%)
Divorced Female: 1,697 (4.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 397 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 138 (34.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 34,603 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,399 (9.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,839 (100%)
--With a disability: 431 (7.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 26,778 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,184 (11.89%)
----Percent employed: 68.2%
--No disability: 23,594 (88.11%)
----Percent employed: 85.2%
Population 65 years and over: 7,029 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,192 (31.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 39,776 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,833 (59.92%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,409 (36.23%)
--Same county: 9,050 (22.75%)
--Different county: 5,359 (13.47%)
----Same state: 2,158 (5.43%)
----Different state: 3,201 (8.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,534 (3.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 42,389 (100%)
Native: 36,443 (85.97%)
--Born in United States: 35,989 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,531 (60.23%)
----Different state: 10,458 (24.67%)
--Born outside United States: 454 (1.07%)
Foreign born: 5,946 (14.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,360 (5.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,823 (6.66%)
--Not a citizen: 3,123 (7.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,946 (100%)
Europe: 2,837 (47.71%)
Asia: 1,839 (30.93%)
Africa: 186 (3.13%)
Oceania: 27 (0.45%)
Latin America: 519 (8.73%)
Northern America: 538 (9.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 39,776 (100%)
English only: 33,041 (83.07%)
Language other than English: 6,735 (16.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,080 (5.23%)
--Spanish: 688 (1.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 195 (0.49%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4,560 (11.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,207 (3.03%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,218 (3.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 588 (1.48%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 42,389 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 51,163% (120.7%)
Arab: 379 (0.89%)
Czech: 266 (0.63%)
Danish: 248 (0.59%)
Dutch: 412 (0.97%)
English: 5,075 (11.97%)
French (except Basque): 1,655 (3.9%)
French Canadian: 1,478 (3.49%)
German: 3,499 (8.25%)
Greek: 1,418 (3.35%)
Hungarian: 177 (0.42%)
Irish: 12,424 (29.31%)
Italian: 6,622 (15.62%)
Lithuanian: 328 (0.77%)
Norwegian: 285 (0.67%)
Polish: 1,307 (3.08%)
Portuguese: 1,177 (2.78%)
Russian: 975 (2.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,075 (2.54%)
Scottish: 1,081 (2.55%)
Slovak: 114 (0.27%)
Subsaharan African: 247 (0.58%)
Swedish: 782 (1.84%)
Swiss: 189 (0.45%)
Ukrainian: 144 (0.34%)
United States or American: 1,611 (3.8%)
Welsh: 338 (0.8%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 164 (0.39%)
Other ancestries: 7,693 (18.15%)

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