Attleboro, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2502690, place: Attleboro city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,469 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 838 (8%)
Kindergarten: 602 (5.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,883 (46.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,251 (21.5%)
College or graduate school: 1,895 (18.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 28,635 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,836 (6.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,352 (11.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,124 (31.86%)
Some college, no degree: 5,091 (17.78%)
Associate degree: 2,499 (8.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,872 (17.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,861 (6.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 33,079 (100%)
Never married: 8,499 (25.69%)
Now married, except separated: 18,648 (56.37%)
Separated: 667 (2.02%)
Total Widowed: 2,343 (7.08%)
Widowed Female: 1,923 (5.81%)
Total Divorced: 2,922 (8.83%)
Divorced Female: 1,764 (5.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 607 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 184 (30.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 31,478 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,338 (13.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,114 (100%)
--With a disability: 656 (7.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 24,722 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,491 (18.17%)
----Percent employed: 62.4%
--No disability: 20,231 (81.83%)
----Percent employed: 84.8%
Population 65 years and over: 4,799 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,983 (41.32%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 39,170 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,421 (59.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,138 (38.65%)
--Same county: 8,968 (22.9%)
--Different county: 6,170 (15.75%)
----Same state: 2,873 (7.33%)
----Different state: 3,297 (8.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 611 (1.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 42,068 (100%)
Native: 38,323 (91.1%)
--Born in United States: 37,888 (100%)
----State of residence: 24,624 (58.53%)
----Different state: 13,264 (31.53%)
--Born outside United States: 435 (1.03%)
Foreign born: 3,745 (8.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 869 (2.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,965 (4.67%)
--Not a citizen: 1,780 (4.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,745 (100%)
Europe: 1,408 (37.6%)
Asia: 1,015 (27.1%)
Africa: 165 (4.41%)
Oceania: 28 (0.75%)
Latin America: 822 (21.95%)
Northern America: 307 (8.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 39,170 (100%)
English only: 34,126 (87.12%)
Language other than English: 5,044 (12.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,928 (4.92%)
--Spanish: 1,409 (3.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 700 (1.79%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,674 (6.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 831 (2.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 738 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 337 (0.86%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 42,068 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 49,163% (116.87%)
Arab: 320 (0.76%)
Czech: 23 (0.05%)
Danish: 108 (0.26%)
Dutch: 208 (0.49%)
English: 6,084 (14.46%)
French (except Basque): 6,310 (15%)
French Canadian: 3,627 (8.62%)
German: 2,115 (5.03%)
Greek: 242 (0.58%)
Hungarian: 125 (0.3%)
Irish: 8,953 (21.28%)
Italian: 4,356 (10.35%)
Lithuanian: 67 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 211 (0.5%)
Polish: 1,716 (4.08%)
Portuguese: 3,851 (9.15%)
Russian: 344 (0.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 543 (1.29%)
Scottish: 1,136 (2.7%)
Slovak: 42 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 346 (0.82%)
Swedish: 903 (2.15%)
Swiss: 60 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.04%)
United States or American: 1,855 (4.41%)
Welsh: 122 (0.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 23 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 5,458 (12.97%)

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