Gardner, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2525485, place: Gardner city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,256 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 345 (6.56%)
Kindergarten: 300 (5.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,427 (46.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,234 (23.48%)
College or graduate school: 950 (18.07%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,286 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,260 (8.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,858 (13.01%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,879 (34.15%)
Some college, no degree: 2,689 (18.82%)
Associate degree: 1,424 (9.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,468 (10.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 708 (4.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,660 (100%)
Never married: 4,398 (26.4%)
Now married, except separated: 8,385 (50.33%)
Separated: 451 (2.71%)
Total Widowed: 1,490 (8.94%)
Widowed Female: 1,177 (7.06%)
Total Divorced: 1,936 (11.62%)
Divorced Female: 1,074 (6.45%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 319 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 109 (34.17%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,883 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,608 (16.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,352 (100%)
--With a disability: 454 (10.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,874 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,507 (23.05%)
----Percent employed: 61.9%
--No disability: 8,367 (76.95%)
----Percent employed: 84.9%
Population 65 years and over: 3,037 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,295 (42.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,530 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,170 (57.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,191 (41.94%)
--Same county: 6,150 (31.49%)
--Different county: 2,041 (10.45%)
----Same state: 912 (4.67%)
----Different state: 1,129 (5.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 169 (0.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,770 (100%)
Native: 19,301 (92.93%)
--Born in United States: 18,797 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,687 (75.53%)
----Different state: 3,110 (14.97%)
--Born outside United States: 504 (2.43%)
Foreign born: 1,469 (7.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 251 (1.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 860 (4.14%)
--Not a citizen: 609 (2.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,469 (100%)
Europe: 173 (11.78%)
Asia: 156 (10.62%)
Africa: 74 (5.04%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 257 (17.49%)
Northern America: 809 (55.07%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,530 (100%)
English only: 16,973 (86.91%)
Language other than English: 2,557 (13.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 829 (4.24%)
--Spanish: 808 (4.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 312 (1.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,444 (7.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 380 (1.95%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 152 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (0.45%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,770 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 23,804% (114.61%)
Arab: 113 (0.54%)
Czech: 22 (0.11%)
Danish: 51 (0.25%)
Dutch: 57 (0.27%)
English: 1,922 (9.25%)
French (except Basque): 3,915 (18.85%)
French Canadian: 3,761 (18.11%)
German: 1,005 (4.84%)
Greek: 110 (0.53%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.08%)
Irish: 3,534 (17.01%)
Italian: 1,591 (7.66%)
Lithuanian: 311 (1.5%)
Norwegian: 111 (0.53%)
Polish: 1,365 (6.57%)
Portuguese: 141 (0.68%)
Russian: 63 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 210 (1.01%)
Scottish: 414 (1.99%)
Slovak: 4 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 122 (0.59%)
Swedish: 562 (2.71%)
Swiss: 46 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 26 (0.13%)
United States or American: 823 (3.96%)
Welsh: 47 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 18 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 3,444 (16.58%)

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