Dover, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2517370, place: Dover CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 705 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 57 (8.09%)
Kindergarten: 44 (6.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 371 (52.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 117 (16.6%)
College or graduate school: 116 (16.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,375 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 0 (0%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 12 (0.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 83 (6.04%)
Some college, no degree: 141 (10.25%)
Associate degree: 84 (6.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 596 (43.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 459 (33.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 99.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 76.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,543 (100%)
Never married: 246 (15.94%)
Now married, except separated: 1,149 (74.47%)
Separated: 24 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 58 (3.76%)
Widowed Female: 51 (3.31%)
Total Divorced: 66 (4.28%)
Divorced Female: 35 (2.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,452 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 166 (11.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 561 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,176 (100%)
--With a disability: 94 (7.99%)
----Percent employed: 100%
--No disability: 1,082 (92.01%)
----Percent employed: 81.7%
Population 65 years and over: 237 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (26.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,974 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,361 (68.95%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 550 (27.86%)
--Same county: 260 (13.17%)
--Different county: 290 (14.69%)
----Same state: 188 (9.52%)
----Different state: 102 (5.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 63 (3.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,105 (100%)
Native: 2,002 (95.11%)
--Born in United States: 1,976 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,256 (59.67%)
----Different state: 720 (34.2%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (1.24%)
Foreign born: 103 (4.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 24 (1.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 65 (3.09%)
--Not a citizen: 38 (1.81%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 103 (100%)
Europe: 19 (18.45%)
Asia: 47 (45.63%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 9 (8.74%)
Latin America: 22 (21.36%)
Northern America: 6 (5.83%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,974 (100%)
English only: 1,822 (92.3%)
Language other than English: 152 (7.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (2.08%)
--Spanish: 43 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 80 (4.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (1.27%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (1.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,105 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,366% (112.4%)
Arab: 6 (0.29%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 23 (1.09%)
Dutch: 7 (0.33%)
English: 419 (19.9%)
French (except Basque): 76 (3.61%)
French Canadian: 44 (2.09%)
German: 211 (10.02%)
Greek: 27 (1.28%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 500 (23.75%)
Italian: 186 (8.84%)
Lithuanian: 40 (1.9%)
Norwegian: 12 (0.57%)
Polish: 28 (1.33%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.38%)
Russian: 59 (2.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 56 (2.66%)
Scottish: 95 (4.51%)
Slovak: 7 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 68 (3.23%)
Swiss: 18 (0.86%)
Ukrainian: 16 (0.76%)
United States or American: 114 (5.42%)
Welsh: 29 (1.38%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.62%)
Other ancestries: 304 (14.44%)

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