Danvers, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2516285, place: Danvers CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,521 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 607 (9.31%)
Kindergarten: 360 (5.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,754 (42.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,325 (20.32%)
College or graduate school: 1,475 (22.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 17,777 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 526 (2.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,204 (6.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,207 (29.29%)
Some college, no degree: 3,248 (18.27%)
Associate degree: 1,722 (9.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,954 (22.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,916 (10.78%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 20,411 (100%)
Never married: 4,926 (24.13%)
Now married, except separated: 11,681 (57.23%)
Separated: 205 (1%)
Total Widowed: 1,831 (8.97%)
Widowed Female: 1,518 (7.44%)
Total Divorced: 1,768 (8.66%)
Divorced Female: 1,079 (5.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 307 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (11.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,408 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,795 (14.4%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,188 (100%)
--With a disability: 322 (6.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,075 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,768 (12.56%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
--No disability: 12,307 (87.44%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 3,824 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,183 (30.94%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,813 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,197 (63.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,348 (35.06%)
--Same county: 6,338 (26.62%)
--Different county: 2,010 (8.44%)
----Same state: 1,183 (4.97%)
----Different state: 827 (3.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 268 (1.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,212 (100%)
Native: 24,095 (95.57%)
--Born in United States: 24,005 (100%)
----State of residence: 20,816 (82.56%)
----Different state: 3,189 (12.65%)
--Born outside United States: 90 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 1,117 (4.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 280 (1.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 645 (2.56%)
--Not a citizen: 472 (1.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,117 (100%)
Europe: 490 (43.87%)
Asia: 174 (15.58%)
Africa: 29 (2.6%)
Oceania: 8 (0.72%)
Latin America: 197 (17.64%)
Northern America: 219 (19.61%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,813 (100%)
English only: 22,116 (92.87%)
Language other than English: 1,697 (7.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 531 (2.23%)
--Spanish: 397 (1.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,174 (4.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 354 (1.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 78 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 46 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,212 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,083% (119.32%)
Arab: 77 (0.31%)
Czech: 70 (0.28%)
Danish: 80 (0.32%)
Dutch: 97 (0.38%)
English: 3,722 (14.76%)
French (except Basque): 2,371 (9.4%)
French Canadian: 1,578 (6.26%)
German: 1,045 (4.14%)
Greek: 827 (3.28%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.1%)
Irish: 7,163 (28.41%)
Italian: 4,637 (18.39%)
Lithuanian: 109 (0.43%)
Norwegian: 159 (0.63%)
Polish: 1,730 (6.86%)
Portuguese: 536 (2.13%)
Russian: 286 (1.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 394 (1.56%)
Scottish: 956 (3.79%)
Slovak: 8 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 39 (0.15%)
Swedish: 548 (2.17%)
Swiss: 29 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 68 (0.27%)
United States or American: 1,479 (5.87%)
Welsh: 84 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 1,957 (7.76%)

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