Bliss Corner, MA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2506170, place: Bliss Corner CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,117 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 56 (5.01%)
Kindergarten: 42 (3.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 557 (49.87%)
High school (grades 9-12): 311 (27.84%)
College or graduate school: 151 (13.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,023 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,049 (26.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 758 (18.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,015 (25.23%)
Some college, no degree: 419 (10.42%)
Associate degree: 147 (3.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 379 (9.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 256 (6.36%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 55.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,522 (100%)
Never married: 819 (18.11%)
Now married, except separated: 2,576 (56.97%)
Separated: 39 (0.86%)
Total Widowed: 707 (15.63%)
Widowed Female: 601 (13.29%)
Total Divorced: 381 (8.43%)
Divorced Female: 191 (4.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 99 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (27.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,349 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 524 (12.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 998 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (6.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,595 (100%)
--With a disability: 600 (23.12%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 1,995 (76.88%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,492 (100%)
--With a disability: 624 (41.82%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,189 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,575 (68.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,591 (30.66%)
--Same county: 1,367 (26.34%)
--Different county: 224 (4.32%)
----Same state: 76 (1.46%)
----Different state: 148 (2.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (0.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,411 (100%)
Native: 4,385 (81.04%)
--Born in United States: 4,314 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,930 (72.63%)
----Different state: 384 (7.1%)
--Born outside United States: 71 (1.31%)
Foreign born: 1,026 (18.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (0.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 748 (13.82%)
--Not a citizen: 278 (5.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,026 (100%)
Europe: 916 (89.28%)
Asia: 50 (4.87%)
Africa: 42 (4.09%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (0.88%)
Northern America: 9 (0.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,189 (100%)
English only: 3,438 (66.26%)
Language other than English: 1,751 (33.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 712 (13.72%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,718 (33.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 699 (13.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 25 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,411 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,045% (93.24%)
Arab: 12 (0.22%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 384 (7.1%)
French (except Basque): 254 (4.69%)
French Canadian: 110 (2.03%)
German: 46 (0.85%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 367 (6.78%)
Italian: 181 (3.35%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 21 (0.39%)
Polish: 185 (3.42%)
Portuguese: 2,845 (52.58%)
Russian: 33 (0.61%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (0.31%)
Scottish: 52 (0.96%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 101 (1.87%)
Swedish: 57 (1.05%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 188 (3.47%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 192 (3.55%)

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