Essex, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2521815, place: Essex CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 409 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 30 (7.33%)
Kindergarten: 28 (6.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 202 (49.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 93 (22.74%)
College or graduate school: 56 (13.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,016 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 21 (2.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 92 (9.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 286 (28.15%)
Some college, no degree: 240 (23.62%)
Associate degree: 42 (4.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 194 (19.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 141 (13.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,124 (100%)
Never married: 206 (18.33%)
Now married, except separated: 635 (56.49%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 136 (12.1%)
Widowed Female: 103 (9.16%)
Total Divorced: 147 (13.08%)
Divorced Female: 82 (7.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,068 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 180 (16.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 332 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (4.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 812 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (8.5%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 743 (91.5%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 234 (100%)
--With a disability: 90 (38.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,378 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 889 (64.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 395 (28.66%)
--Same county: 282 (20.46%)
--Different county: 113 (8.2%)
----Same state: 56 (4.06%)
----Different state: 57 (4.14%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 94 (6.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,442 (100%)
Native: 1,382 (95.84%)
--Born in United States: 1,368 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,088 (75.45%)
----Different state: 280 (19.42%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.97%)
Foreign born: 60 (4.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 42 (2.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 18 (1.25%)
--Not a citizen: 42 (2.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 60 (100%)
Europe: 16 (26.67%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 30 (50%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 14 (23.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,378 (100%)
English only: 1,333 (96.73%)
Language other than English: 45 (3.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.51%)
--Spanish: 10 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (1.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,442 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,702% (118.03%)
Arab: 6 (0.42%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 17 (1.18%)
English: 386 (26.77%)
French (except Basque): 182 (12.62%)
French Canadian: 94 (6.52%)
German: 120 (8.32%)
Greek: 7 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 297 (20.6%)
Italian: 133 (9.22%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.49%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.42%)
Polish: 39 (2.7%)
Portuguese: 59 (4.09%)
Russian: 7 (0.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (2.91%)
Scottish: 65 (4.51%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 23 (1.6%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 73 (5.06%)
Welsh: 12 (0.83%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 127 (8.81%)

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