Barnstable Town, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2503600, place: Barnstable Town city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,837 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,016 (9.38%)
Kindergarten: 576 (5.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,881 (45.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,662 (24.56%)
College or graduate school: 1,702 (15.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 34,695 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 885 (2.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,446 (7.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,053 (26.09%)
Some college, no degree: 7,979 (23%)
Associate degree: 3,176 (9.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,035 (20.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,121 (11.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 39,109 (100%)
Never married: 8,833 (22.59%)
Now married, except separated: 22,396 (57.27%)
Separated: 533 (1.36%)
Total Widowed: 2,968 (7.59%)
Widowed Female: 2,490 (6.37%)
Total Divorced: 4,379 (11.2%)
Divorced Female: 2,658 (6.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 612 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 195 (31.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 37,253 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,081 (16.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,213 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,058 (11.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 26,063 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,630 (17.76%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 21,433 (82.24%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 9,517 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,133 (32.92%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 45,317 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 25,581 (56.45%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 18,727 (41.32%)
--Same county: 11,241 (24.81%)
--Different county: 7,486 (16.52%)
----Same state: 4,052 (8.94%)
----Different state: 3,434 (7.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,009 (2.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 47,821 (100%)
Native: 44,499 (93.05%)
--Born in United States: 44,107 (100%)
----State of residence: 31,679 (66.24%)
----Different state: 12,428 (25.99%)
--Born outside United States: 392 (0.82%)
Foreign born: 3,322 (6.95%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,385 (2.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,373 (2.87%)
--Not a citizen: 1,949 (4.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,322 (100%)
Europe: 1,083 (32.6%)
Asia: 363 (10.93%)
Africa: 102 (3.07%)
Oceania: 27 (0.81%)
Latin America: 1,408 (42.38%)
Northern America: 339 (10.2%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 45,317 (100%)
English only: 41,279 (91.09%)
Language other than English: 4,038 (8.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,712 (3.78%)
--Spanish: 736 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 247 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,988 (6.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,361 (3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 200 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 100 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 47,821 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 58,090% (121.47%)
Arab: 200 (0.42%)
Czech: 155 (0.32%)
Danish: 168 (0.35%)
Dutch: 365 (0.76%)
English: 8,449 (17.67%)
French (except Basque): 3,055 (6.39%)
French Canadian: 1,959 (4.1%)
German: 3,766 (7.88%)
Greek: 619 (1.29%)
Hungarian: 101 (0.21%)
Irish: 13,469 (28.17%)
Italian: 5,297 (11.08%)
Lithuanian: 389 (0.81%)
Norwegian: 393 (0.82%)
Polish: 1,844 (3.86%)
Portuguese: 2,183 (4.56%)
Russian: 548 (1.15%)
Scotch-Irish: 997 (2.08%)
Scottish: 2,114 (4.42%)
Slovak: 42 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 954 (1.99%)
Swedish: 1,392 (2.91%)
Swiss: 93 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 169 (0.35%)
United States or American: 2,252 (4.71%)
Welsh: 319 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 143 (0.3%)
Other ancestries: 6,655 (13.92%)

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