Cochituate, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2514570, place: Cochituate CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,897 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 184 (9.7%)
Kindergarten: 70 (3.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 948 (49.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 464 (24.46%)
College or graduate school: 231 (12.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,791 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 74 (1.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 151 (3.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 700 (14.61%)
Some college, no degree: 565 (11.79%)
Associate degree: 291 (6.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,456 (30.39%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,554 (32.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 62.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,353 (100%)
Never married: 1,053 (19.67%)
Now married, except separated: 3,435 (64.17%)
Separated: 48 (0.9%)
Total Widowed: 385 (7.19%)
Widowed Female: 341 (6.37%)
Total Divorced: 432 (8.07%)
Divorced Female: 284 (5.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 51 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (27.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,038 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 575 (11.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,575 (100%)
--With a disability: 78 (4.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,818 (100%)
--With a disability: 360 (9.43%)
----Percent employed: 68.6%
--No disability: 3,458 (90.57%)
----Percent employed: 84.7%
Population 65 years and over: 926 (100%)
--With a disability: 244 (26.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,473 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,203 (64.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,226 (34.39%)
--Same county: 1,468 (22.68%)
--Different county: 758 (11.71%)
----Same state: 528 (8.16%)
----Different state: 230 (3.55%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 44 (0.68%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,882 (100%)
Native: 6,101 (88.65%)
--Born in United States: 6,038 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,049 (58.83%)
----Different state: 1,989 (28.9%)
--Born outside United States: 63 (0.92%)
Foreign born: 781 (11.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 76 (1.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 477 (6.93%)
--Not a citizen: 304 (4.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 781 (100%)
Europe: 244 (31.24%)
Asia: 384 (49.17%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 19 (2.43%)
Latin America: 46 (5.89%)
Northern America: 88 (11.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,473 (100%)
English only: 5,502 (85%)
Language other than English: 971 (15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 163 (2.52%)
--Spanish: 132 (2.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 475 (7.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (1.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 339 (5.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (0.87%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,882 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,233% (119.63%)
Arab: 6 (0.09%)
Czech: 74 (1.08%)
Danish: 23 (0.33%)
Dutch: 119 (1.73%)
English: 985 (14.31%)
French (except Basque): 229 (3.33%)
French Canadian: 154 (2.24%)
German: 656 (9.53%)
Greek: 23 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.42%)
Irish: 1,367 (19.86%)
Italian: 963 (13.99%)
Lithuanian: 107 (1.55%)
Norwegian: 66 (0.96%)
Polish: 360 (5.23%)
Portuguese: 16 (0.23%)
Russian: 548 (7.96%)
Scotch-Irish: 146 (2.12%)
Scottish: 237 (3.44%)
Slovak: 13 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 19 (0.28%)
Swedish: 127 (1.85%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 71 (1.03%)
United States or American: 146 (2.12%)
Welsh: 50 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,699 (24.69%)

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