Leominster, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2535075, place: Leominster city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,726 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 780 (7.27%)
Kindergarten: 608 (5.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,907 (45.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,480 (23.12%)
College or graduate school: 1,951 (18.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 27,797 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,815 (6.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,351 (12.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,952 (32.2%)
Some college, no degree: 5,392 (19.4%)
Associate degree: 2,188 (7.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,891 (14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,208 (7.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 32,288 (100%)
Never married: 8,658 (26.81%)
Now married, except separated: 17,481 (54.14%)
Separated: 679 (2.1%)
Total Widowed: 2,124 (6.58%)
Widowed Female: 1,670 (5.17%)
Total Divorced: 3,346 (10.36%)
Divorced Female: 2,072 (6.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 717 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 279 (38.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 30,688 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,992 (13.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,884 (100%)
--With a disability: 777 (8.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 23,752 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,531 (19.08%)
----Percent employed: 62.4%
--No disability: 19,221 (80.92%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 5,322 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,878 (35.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 38,321 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 21,917 (57.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,878 (38.82%)
--Same county: 11,001 (28.71%)
--Different county: 3,877 (10.12%)
----Same state: 2,092 (5.46%)
----Different state: 1,785 (4.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,526 (3.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 41,303 (100%)
Native: 36,995 (89.57%)
--Born in United States: 35,304 (100%)
----State of residence: 29,452 (71.31%)
----Different state: 5,852 (14.17%)
--Born outside United States: 1,691 (4.09%)
Foreign born: 4,308 (10.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,759 (4.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,772 (4.29%)
--Not a citizen: 2,536 (6.14%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,308 (100%)
Europe: 661 (15.34%)
Asia: 886 (20.57%)
Africa: 270 (6.27%)
Oceania: 15 (0.35%)
Latin America: 1,743 (40.46%)
Northern America: 733 (17.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 38,321 (100%)
English only: 30,961 (80.79%)
Language other than English: 7,360 (19.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,320 (8.66%)
--Spanish: 3,664 (9.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,972 (5.15%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,627 (6.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 877 (2.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 753 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 407 (1.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 41,303 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 48,473% (117.36%)
Arab: 243 (0.59%)
Czech: 82 (0.2%)
Danish: 57 (0.14%)
Dutch: 130 (0.31%)
English: 3,589 (8.69%)
French (except Basque): 6,803 (16.47%)
French Canadian: 4,627 (11.2%)
German: 2,275 (5.51%)
Greek: 498 (1.21%)
Hungarian: 82 (0.2%)
Irish: 7,563 (18.31%)
Italian: 7,924 (19.19%)
Lithuanian: 213 (0.52%)
Norwegian: 168 (0.41%)
Polish: 1,283 (3.11%)
Portuguese: 460 (1.11%)
Russian: 111 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 476 (1.15%)
Scottish: 920 (2.23%)
Slovak: 8 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 373 (0.9%)
Swedish: 623 (1.51%)
Swiss: 12 (0.03%)
Ukrainian: 71 (0.17%)
United States or American: 1,342 (3.25%)
Welsh: 160 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 258 (0.62%)
Other ancestries: 8,122 (19.66%)

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