Hingham, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2530175, place: Hingham CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,369 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 163 (11.91%)
Kindergarten: 63 (4.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 684 (49.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 253 (18.48%)
College or graduate school: 206 (15.05%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,697 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 46 (1.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 43 (1.16%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 476 (12.88%)
Some college, no degree: 617 (16.69%)
Associate degree: 292 (7.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,254 (33.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 969 (26.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 60.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,178 (100%)
Never married: 796 (19.05%)
Now married, except separated: 2,891 (69.2%)
Separated: 37 (0.89%)
Total Widowed: 277 (6.63%)
Widowed Female: 210 (5.03%)
Total Divorced: 177 (4.24%)
Divorced Female: 139 (3.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,971 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 538 (13.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,118 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (3.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,178 (100%)
--With a disability: 189 (5.95%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
--No disability: 2,989 (94.05%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 705 (100%)
--With a disability: 232 (32.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,005 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,475 (69.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,499 (29.95%)
--Same county: 625 (12.49%)
--Different county: 874 (17.46%)
----Same state: 622 (12.43%)
----Different state: 252 (5.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 31 (0.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,436 (100%)
Native: 5,257 (96.71%)
--Born in United States: 5,251 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,844 (70.71%)
----Different state: 1,407 (25.88%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.11%)
Foreign born: 179 (3.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 70 (1.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 130 (2.39%)
--Not a citizen: 49 (0.9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 179 (100%)
Europe: 111 (62.01%)
Asia: 34 (18.99%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (8.94%)
Northern America: 18 (10.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,005 (100%)
English only: 4,663 (93.17%)
Language other than English: 342 (6.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (2.3%)
--Spanish: 95 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.66%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 191 (3.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 82 (1.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 28 (0.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,436 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,815% (125.37%)
Arab: 51 (0.94%)
Czech: 60 (1.1%)
Danish: 58 (1.07%)
Dutch: 47 (0.86%)
English: 1,232 (22.66%)
French (except Basque): 224 (4.12%)
French Canadian: 65 (1.2%)
German: 394 (7.25%)
Greek: 114 (2.1%)
Hungarian: 16 (0.29%)
Irish: 2,058 (37.86%)
Italian: 696 (12.8%)
Lithuanian: 57 (1.05%)
Norwegian: 81 (1.49%)
Polish: 142 (2.61%)
Portuguese: 36 (0.66%)
Russian: 79 (1.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 114 (2.1%)
Scottish: 209 (3.84%)
Slovak: 14 (0.26%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 207 (3.81%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 40 (0.74%)
United States or American: 492 (9.05%)
Welsh: 14 (0.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 310 (5.7%)

Return to Hingham,MA.