Athol, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2502515, place: Athol CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,178 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 167 (7.67%)
Kindergarten: 121 (5.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,007 (46.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 496 (22.77%)
College or graduate school: 387 (17.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,414 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 303 (5.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 768 (14.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,247 (41.5%)
Some college, no degree: 995 (18.38%)
Associate degree: 486 (8.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 396 (7.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 219 (4.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,520 (100%)
Never married: 1,635 (25.08%)
Now married, except separated: 3,471 (53.24%)
Separated: 173 (2.65%)
Total Widowed: 536 (8.22%)
Widowed Female: 445 (6.83%)
Total Divorced: 705 (10.81%)
Divorced Female: 406 (6.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 135 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 56 (41.48%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,140 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,047 (17.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,955 (100%)
--With a disability: 214 (10.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,592 (100%)
--With a disability: 998 (21.73%)
----Percent employed: 43.3%
--No disability: 3,594 (78.27%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,235 (100%)
--With a disability: 564 (45.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,792 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,440 (56.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,294 (42.27%)
--Same county: 2,169 (27.84%)
--Different county: 1,125 (14.44%)
----Same state: 749 (9.61%)
----Different state: 376 (4.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 58 (0.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,279 (100%)
Native: 8,050 (97.23%)
--Born in United States: 7,977 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,800 (82.14%)
----Different state: 1,177 (14.22%)
--Born outside United States: 73 (0.88%)
Foreign born: 229 (2.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 15 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 158 (1.91%)
--Not a citizen: 71 (0.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 229 (100%)
Europe: 60 (26.2%)
Asia: 5 (2.18%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 4 (1.75%)
Latin America: 28 (12.23%)
Northern America: 132 (57.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,792 (100%)
English only: 7,334 (94.12%)
Language other than English: 458 (5.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (1.32%)
--Spanish: 118 (1.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.58%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 310 (3.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (0.74%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,279 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,330% (112.69%)
Arab: 8 (0.1%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 7 (0.08%)
Dutch: 56 (0.68%)
English: 1,320 (15.94%)
French (except Basque): 1,748 (21.11%)
French Canadian: 1,046 (12.63%)
German: 352 (4.25%)
Greek: 102 (1.23%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,123 (13.56%)
Italian: 918 (11.09%)
Lithuanian: 307 (3.71%)
Norwegian: 37 (0.45%)
Polish: 385 (4.65%)
Portuguese: 42 (0.51%)
Russian: 14 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 76 (0.92%)
Scottish: 274 (3.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (0.37%)
Swedish: 100 (1.21%)
Swiss: 12 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.08%)
United States or American: 329 (3.97%)
Welsh: 27 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 1,003 (12.11%)

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