Harwich Center, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2529055, place: Harwich Center CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 374 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (3.21%)
Kindergarten: 13 (3.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 141 (37.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 89 (23.8%)
College or graduate school: 119 (31.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,462 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6 (0.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 73 (4.99%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 472 (32.28%)
Some college, no degree: 321 (21.96%)
Associate degree: 151 (10.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 305 (20.86%)
Graduate or professional degree: 134 (9.17%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,669 (100%)
Never married: 473 (28.34%)
Now married, except separated: 860 (51.53%)
Separated: 14 (0.84%)
Total Widowed: 141 (8.45%)
Widowed Female: 107 (6.41%)
Total Divorced: 181 (10.84%)
Divorced Female: 113 (6.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 77 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (7.79%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,578 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 345 (21.86%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 325 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (6.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,008 (100%)
--With a disability: 165 (16.37%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 843 (83.63%)
----Percent employed: 85.8%
Population 65 years and over: 470 (100%)
--With a disability: 188 (40%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,827 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,166 (63.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 661 (36.18%)
--Same county: 422 (23.1%)
--Different county: 239 (13.08%)
----Same state: 114 (6.24%)
----Different state: 125 (6.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,852 (100%)
Native: 1,827 (98.65%)
--Born in United States: 1,816 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,255 (67.76%)
----Different state: 561 (30.29%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.59%)
Foreign born: 25 (1.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 19 (1.03%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 25 (100%)
Europe: 19 (76%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 6 (24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,827 (100%)
English only: 1,709 (93.54%)
Language other than English: 118 (6.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 110 (6.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,852 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,120% (114.47%)
Arab: 5 (0.27%)
Czech: 21 (1.13%)
Danish: 6 (0.32%)
Dutch: 36 (1.94%)
English: 432 (23.33%)
French (except Basque): 158 (8.53%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 161 (8.69%)
Greek: 42 (2.27%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.32%)
Irish: 452 (24.41%)
Italian: 145 (7.83%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.27%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 45 (2.43%)
Portuguese: 47 (2.54%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (0.92%)
Scottish: 86 (4.64%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 92 (4.97%)
Swedish: 56 (3.02%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 178 (9.61%)
Welsh: 12 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 118 (6.37%)

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