Buzzards Bay, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2510015, place: Buzzards Bay CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,190 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 21 (1.76%)
Kindergarten: 18 (1.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 223 (18.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 140 (11.76%)
College or graduate school: 788 (66.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,100 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 83 (3.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 159 (7.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 790 (37.62%)
Some college, no degree: 527 (25.1%)
Associate degree: 166 (7.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 240 (11.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 135 (6.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,005 (100%)
Never married: 719 (23.93%)
Now married, except separated: 1,817 (60.47%)
Separated: 54 (1.8%)
Total Widowed: 143 (4.76%)
Widowed Female: 123 (4.09%)
Total Divorced: 272 (9.05%)
Divorced Female: 141 (4.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,903 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 471 (16.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 833 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (8.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,854 (100%)
--With a disability: 247 (13.32%)
----Percent employed: 35.2%
--No disability: 1,607 (86.68%)
----Percent employed: 71.4%
Population 65 years and over: 499 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (35.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,282 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,871 (57.01%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,380 (42.05%)
--Same county: 439 (13.38%)
--Different county: 941 (28.67%)
----Same state: 721 (21.97%)
----Different state: 220 (6.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 31 (0.94%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,426 (100%)
Native: 3,328 (97.14%)
--Born in United States: 3,311 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,653 (77.44%)
----Different state: 658 (19.21%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.5%)
Foreign born: 98 (2.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 37 (1.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 57 (1.66%)
--Not a citizen: 41 (1.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 98 (100%)
Europe: 74 (75.51%)
Asia: 10 (10.2%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (10.2%)
Northern America: 4 (4.08%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,282 (100%)
English only: 3,084 (93.97%)
Language other than English: 198 (6.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 77 (2.35%)
--Spanish: 44 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 123 (3.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (1.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 24 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,426 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,049% (118.18%)
Arab: 14 (0.41%)
Czech: 17 (0.5%)
Danish: 29 (0.85%)
Dutch: 17 (0.5%)
English: 481 (14.04%)
French (except Basque): 261 (7.62%)
French Canadian: 133 (3.88%)
German: 323 (9.43%)
Greek: 77 (2.25%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.29%)
Irish: 1,139 (33.25%)
Italian: 546 (15.94%)
Lithuanian: 49 (1.43%)
Norwegian: 31 (0.9%)
Polish: 81 (2.36%)
Portuguese: 101 (2.95%)
Russian: 43 (1.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 70 (2.04%)
Scottish: 93 (2.71%)
Slovak: 6 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 56 (1.63%)
Swedish: 78 (2.28%)
Swiss: 9 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.44%)
United States or American: 78 (2.28%)
Welsh: 25 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 267 (7.79%)

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