Brockton, MA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2509000, place: Brockton city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 27,279 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,582 (5.8%)
Kindergarten: 1,556 (5.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 12,900 (47.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6,192 (22.7%)
College or graduate school: 5,049 (18.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 59,428 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,602 (7.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 9,747 (16.4%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 21,223 (35.71%)
Some college, no degree: 11,246 (18.92%)
Associate degree: 4,312 (7.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,675 (9.55%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,623 (4.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 72,160 (100%)
Never married: 24,852 (34.44%)
Now married, except separated: 32,795 (45.45%)
Separated: 2,064 (2.86%)
Total Widowed: 5,331 (7.39%)
Widowed Female: 4,368 (6.05%)
Total Divorced: 7,118 (9.86%)
Divorced Female: 4,408 (6.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,455 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 781 (31.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 67,949 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,908 (11.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 23,186 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,811 (12.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 52,897 (100%)
--With a disability: 15,792 (29.85%)
----Percent employed: 57.3%
--No disability: 37,105 (70.15%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 10,159 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,384 (43.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 87,671 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 50,341 (57.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 33,589 (38.31%)
--Same county: 21,451 (24.47%)
--Different county: 12,138 (13.84%)
----Same state: 9,623 (10.98%)
----Different state: 2,515 (2.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3,741 (4.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 94,304 (100%)
Native: 76,960 (81.61%)
--Born in United States: 74,062 (100%)
----State of residence: 64,280 (68.16%)
----Different state: 9,782 (10.37%)
--Born outside United States: 2,898 (3.07%)
Foreign born: 17,344 (18.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7,026 (7.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,418 (6.81%)
--Not a citizen: 10,926 (11.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17,344 (100%)
Europe: 2,113 (12.18%)
Asia: 1,725 (9.95%)
Africa: 6,805 (39.24%)
Oceania: 7 (0.04%)
Latin America: 6,423 (37.03%)
Northern America: 271 (1.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 87,671 (100%)
English only: 62,739 (71.56%)
Language other than English: 24,932 (28.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11,355 (12.95%)
--Spanish: 5,744 (6.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,286 (2.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16,642 (18.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,761 (8.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,957 (2.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,061 (1.21%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 94,304 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 97,977% (103.89%)
Arab: 727 (0.77%)
Czech: 106 (0.11%)
Danish: 113 (0.12%)
Dutch: 327 (0.35%)
English: 6,442 (6.83%)
French (except Basque): 4,180 (4.43%)
French Canadian: 2,376 (2.52%)
German: 3,231 (3.43%)
Greek: 1,061 (1.13%)
Hungarian: 83 (0.09%)
Irish: 16,700 (17.71%)
Italian: 9,565 (10.14%)
Lithuanian: 1,370 (1.45%)
Norwegian: 193 (0.2%)
Polish: 2,074 (2.2%)
Portuguese: 2,789 (2.96%)
Russian: 562 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,167 (1.24%)
Scottish: 1,961 (2.08%)
Slovak: 17 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 10,010 (10.61%)
Swedish: 2,025 (2.15%)
Swiss: 47 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 50 (0.05%)
United States or American: 4,064 (4.31%)
Welsh: 196 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5,732 (6.08%)
Other ancestries: 20,809 (22.07%)

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