Barre, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2503705, place: Barre CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 269 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (5.2%)
Kindergarten: 18 (6.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 117 (43.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 74 (27.51%)
College or graduate school: 46 (17.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 847 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 27 (3.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 55 (6.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 224 (26.45%)
Some college, no degree: 183 (21.61%)
Associate degree: 98 (11.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 131 (15.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 129 (15.23%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 958 (100%)
Never married: 251 (26.2%)
Now married, except separated: 510 (53.24%)
Separated: 14 (1.46%)
Total Widowed: 100 (10.44%)
Widowed Female: 93 (9.71%)
Total Divorced: 83 (8.66%)
Divorced Female: 70 (7.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (48.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 907 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 124 (13.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 250 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (1.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 582 (100%)
--With a disability: 109 (18.73%)
----Percent employed: 56.9%
--No disability: 473 (81.27%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 273 (100%)
--With a disability: 97 (35.53%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,105 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 613 (55.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 492 (44.52%)
--Same county: 388 (35.11%)
--Different county: 104 (9.41%)
----Same state: 79 (7.15%)
----Different state: 25 (2.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,140 (100%)
Native: 1,117 (97.98%)
--Born in United States: 1,094 (100%)
----State of residence: 885 (77.63%)
----Different state: 209 (18.33%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (2.02%)
Foreign born: 23 (2.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (1.4%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23 (100%)
Europe: 10 (43.48%)
Asia: 6 (26.09%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (30.43%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,105 (100%)
English only: 1,027 (92.94%)
Language other than English: 78 (7.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.54%)
--Spanish: 7 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 54 (4.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.54%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,140 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,446% (126.84%)
Arab: 18 (1.58%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 18 (1.58%)
English: 229 (20.09%)
French (except Basque): 124 (10.88%)
French Canadian: 37 (3.25%)
German: 66 (5.79%)
Greek: 13 (1.14%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 230 (20.18%)
Italian: 142 (12.46%)
Lithuanian: 24 (2.11%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 127 (11.14%)
Portuguese: 35 (3.07%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 34 (2.98%)
Scottish: 95 (8.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 76 (6.67%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 78 (6.84%)
Welsh: 7 (0.61%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.61%)
Other ancestries: 86 (7.54%)

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