Belchertown, MA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2504790, place: Belchertown CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 774 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 51 (6.59%)
Kindergarten: 10 (1.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 355 (45.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 120 (15.5%)
College or graduate school: 238 (30.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,690 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 74 (4.38%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 144 (8.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 515 (30.47%)
Some college, no degree: 305 (18.05%)
Associate degree: 148 (8.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 313 (18.52%)
Graduate or professional degree: 191 (11.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,007 (100%)
Never married: 561 (27.95%)
Now married, except separated: 949 (47.28%)
Separated: 65 (3.24%)
Total Widowed: 103 (5.13%)
Widowed Female: 103 (5.13%)
Total Divorced: 329 (16.39%)
Divorced Female: 196 (9.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,909 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 271 (14.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 585 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (13.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,543 (100%)
--With a disability: 257 (16.66%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 1,286 (83.34%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 265 (100%)
--With a disability: 147 (55.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,401 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,365 (56.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,021 (42.52%)
--Same county: 521 (21.7%)
--Different county: 500 (20.82%)
----Same state: 275 (11.45%)
----Different state: 225 (9.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,616 (100%)
Native: 2,585 (98.81%)
--Born in United States: 2,578 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,928 (73.7%)
----Different state: 650 (24.85%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.27%)
Foreign born: 31 (1.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 22 (0.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 31 (1.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 31 (100%)
Europe: 24 (77.42%)
Asia: 7 (22.58%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,401 (100%)
English only: 2,225 (92.67%)
Language other than English: 176 (7.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (2.08%)
--Spanish: 88 (3.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 81 (3.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (1.75%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,616 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,458% (132.19%)
Arab: 7 (0.27%)
Czech: 17 (0.65%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 24 (0.92%)
English: 387 (14.79%)
French (except Basque): 513 (19.61%)
French Canadian: 288 (11.01%)
German: 162 (6.19%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 490 (18.73%)
Italian: 283 (10.82%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.42%)
Norwegian: 21 (0.8%)
Polish: 370 (14.14%)
Portuguese: 24 (0.92%)
Russian: 36 (1.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 60 (2.29%)
Scottish: 79 (3.02%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 25 (0.96%)
Swedish: 79 (3.02%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 29 (1.11%)
United States or American: 223 (8.52%)
Welsh: 6 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.38%)
Other ancestries: 314 (12%)

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