Housatonic, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2531295, place: Housatonic CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 416 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (8.65%)
Kindergarten: 36 (8.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 159 (38.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 163 (39.18%)
College or graduate school: 22 (5.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 839 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 49 (5.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 88 (10.49%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 255 (30.39%)
Some college, no degree: 203 (24.2%)
Associate degree: 62 (7.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 128 (15.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (6.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,048 (100%)
Never married: 341 (32.54%)
Now married, except separated: 487 (46.47%)
Separated: 31 (2.96%)
Total Widowed: 73 (6.97%)
Widowed Female: 56 (5.34%)
Total Divorced: 116 (11.07%)
Divorced Female: 92 (8.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 936 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 97 (10.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 368 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (4.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 711 (100%)
--With a disability: 110 (15.47%)
----Percent employed: 63.6%
--No disability: 601 (84.53%)
----Percent employed: 79%
Population 65 years and over: 192 (100%)
--With a disability: 98 (51.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,271 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 646 (50.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 561 (44.14%)
--Same county: 445 (35.01%)
--Different county: 116 (9.13%)
----Same state: 73 (5.74%)
----Different state: 43 (3.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 64 (5.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,339 (100%)
Native: 1,218 (90.96%)
--Born in United States: 1,218 (100%)
----State of residence: 910 (67.96%)
----Different state: 308 (23%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 121 (9.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 49 (3.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 72 (5.38%)
--Not a citizen: 49 (3.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 121 (100%)
Europe: 93 (76.86%)
Asia: 28 (23.14%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,271 (100%)
English only: 1,119 (88.04%)
Language other than English: 152 (11.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (4.96%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 152 (11.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (4.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,339 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,357% (101.34%)
Arab: 22 (1.64%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 15 (1.12%)
English: 48 (3.58%)
French (except Basque): 178 (13.29%)
French Canadian: 73 (5.45%)
German: 182 (13.59%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 198 (14.79%)
Italian: 192 (14.34%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (0.67%)
Polish: 202 (15.09%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.45%)
Russian: 29 (2.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 15 (1.12%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 25 (1.87%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 53 (3.96%)
Welsh: 21 (1.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 89 (6.65%)

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