East Dennis, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2518840, place: East Dennis CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 503 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (2.58%)
Kindergarten: 16 (3.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 226 (44.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 162 (32.21%)
College or graduate school: 86 (17.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,631 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 22 (0.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 141 (5.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 676 (25.69%)
Some college, no degree: 538 (20.45%)
Associate degree: 217 (8.25%)
Bachelor's degree: 640 (24.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 397 (15.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,875 (100%)
Never married: 501 (17.43%)
Now married, except separated: 1,878 (65.32%)
Separated: 21 (0.73%)
Total Widowed: 292 (10.16%)
Widowed Female: 232 (8.07%)
Total Divorced: 183 (6.37%)
Divorced Female: 144 (5.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,760 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 645 (23.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 449 (100%)
--With a disability: 56 (12.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,538 (100%)
--With a disability: 371 (24.12%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
--No disability: 1,167 (75.88%)
----Percent employed: 68.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,154 (100%)
--With a disability: 325 (28.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,141 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,960 (62.4%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,151 (36.64%)
--Same county: 618 (19.68%)
--Different county: 533 (16.97%)
----Same state: 240 (7.64%)
----Different state: 293 (9.33%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 30 (0.96%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,217 (100%)
Native: 3,123 (97.08%)
--Born in United States: 3,092 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,087 (64.87%)
----Different state: 1,005 (31.24%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.96%)
Foreign born: 94 (2.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 87 (2.7%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 94 (100%)
Europe: 59 (62.77%)
Asia: 9 (9.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 5 (5.32%)
Northern America: 21 (22.34%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,141 (100%)
English only: 3,040 (96.78%)
Language other than English: 101 (3.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.96%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 83 (2.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,217 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,884% (120.73%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.34%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 79 (2.46%)
English: 776 (24.12%)
French (except Basque): 239 (7.43%)
French Canadian: 56 (1.74%)
German: 268 (8.33%)
Greek: 45 (1.4%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.34%)
Irish: 927 (28.82%)
Italian: 416 (12.93%)
Lithuanian: 41 (1.27%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.22%)
Polish: 136 (4.23%)
Portuguese: 96 (2.98%)
Russian: 9 (0.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (1.27%)
Scottish: 135 (4.2%)
Slovak: 10 (0.31%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 133 (4.13%)
Swiss: 7 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.4%)
United States or American: 132 (4.1%)
Welsh: 18 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 278 (8.64%)

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