Forestdale, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2524190, place: Forestdale CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,223 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 88 (7.2%)
Kindergarten: 48 (3.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 704 (57.56%)
High school (grades 9-12): 262 (21.42%)
College or graduate school: 121 (9.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,395 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3 (0.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 99 (4.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 823 (34.36%)
Some college, no degree: 517 (21.59%)
Associate degree: 304 (12.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 410 (17.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 239 (9.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,823 (100%)
Never married: 585 (20.72%)
Now married, except separated: 1,906 (67.52%)
Separated: 20 (0.71%)
Total Widowed: 111 (3.93%)
Widowed Female: 90 (3.19%)
Total Divorced: 201 (7.12%)
Divorced Female: 129 (4.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 68 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (44.12%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,572 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 382 (14.85%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,145 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,144 (100%)
--With a disability: 462 (21.55%)
----Percent employed: 74.9%
--No disability: 1,682 (78.45%)
----Percent employed: 80.9%
Population 65 years and over: 291 (100%)
--With a disability: 110 (37.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,626 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,150 (59.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,447 (39.91%)
--Same county: 758 (20.9%)
--Different county: 689 (19%)
----Same state: 477 (13.15%)
----Different state: 212 (5.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (0.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,923 (100%)
Native: 3,863 (98.47%)
--Born in United States: 3,837 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,069 (78.23%)
----Different state: 768 (19.58%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 60 (1.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 25 (0.64%)
--Not a citizen: 35 (0.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 60 (100%)
Europe: 40 (66.67%)
Asia: 9 (15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 11 (18.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,626 (100%)
English only: 3,498 (96.47%)
Language other than English: 128 (3.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.52%)
--Spanish: 71 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 48 (1.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 9 (0.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,923 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,850% (123.63%)
Arab: 21 (0.54%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 11 (0.28%)
Dutch: 33 (0.84%)
English: 859 (21.9%)
French (except Basque): 253 (6.45%)
French Canadian: 195 (4.97%)
German: 454 (11.57%)
Greek: 4 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,170 (29.82%)
Italian: 570 (14.53%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.36%)
Norwegian: 60 (1.53%)
Polish: 104 (2.65%)
Portuguese: 97 (2.47%)
Russian: 12 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 82 (2.09%)
Scottish: 189 (4.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.46%)
Swedish: 96 (2.45%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 288 (7.34%)
Welsh: 10 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 310 (7.9%)

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