Lowell, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2537000, place: Lowell city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 30,686 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,880 (6.13%)
Kindergarten: 1,325 (4.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 13,556 (44.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 6,071 (19.78%)
College or graduate school: 7,854 (25.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 64,421 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8,337 (12.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 10,204 (15.84%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 20,674 (32.09%)
Some college, no degree: 10,133 (15.73%)
Associate degree: 3,398 (5.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,386 (11.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,289 (6.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 81,207 (100%)
Never married: 30,027 (36.98%)
Now married, except separated: 35,325 (43.5%)
Separated: 2,538 (3.13%)
Total Widowed: 5,743 (7.07%)
Widowed Female: 4,661 (5.74%)
Total Divorced: 7,574 (9.33%)
Divorced Female: 4,407 (5.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,360 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 577 (24.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 76,818 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,974 (9.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 26,395 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,844 (10.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 59,757 (100%)
--With a disability: 14,955 (25.03%)
----Percent employed: 51%
--No disability: 44,802 (74.97%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 10,123 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,579 (45.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 97,516 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 48,748 (49.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 42,009 (43.08%)
--Same county: 30,746 (31.53%)
--Different county: 11,263 (11.55%)
----Same state: 4,396 (4.51%)
----Different state: 6,867 (7.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6,759 (6.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 105,167 (100%)
Native: 81,900 (77.88%)
--Born in United States: 76,494 (100%)
----State of residence: 65,411 (62.2%)
----Different state: 11,083 (10.54%)
--Born outside United States: 5,406 (5.14%)
Foreign born: 23,267 (22.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,547 (9.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,022 (6.68%)
--Not a citizen: 16,245 (15.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 23,267 (100%)
Europe: 3,650 (15.69%)
Asia: 12,472 (53.6%)
Africa: 1,366 (5.87%)
Oceania: 8 (0.03%)
Latin America: 5,196 (22.33%)
Northern America: 575 (2.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 97,516 (100%)
English only: 57,792 (59.26%)
Language other than English: 39,724 (40.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18,094 (18.55%)
--Spanish: 12,121 (12.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,340 (5.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12,610 (12.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,910 (5.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13,899 (14.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,629 (7.82%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 105,167 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 114,039% (108.44%)
Arab: 526 (0.5%)
Czech: 46 (0.04%)
Danish: 88 (0.08%)
Dutch: 345 (0.33%)
English: 6,252 (5.94%)
French (except Basque): 11,607 (11.04%)
French Canadian: 8,846 (8.41%)
German: 2,403 (2.28%)
Greek: 2,815 (2.68%)
Hungarian: 74 (0.07%)
Irish: 20,467 (19.46%)
Italian: 5,972 (5.68%)
Lithuanian: 397 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 172 (0.16%)
Polish: 3,304 (3.14%)
Portuguese: 6,067 (5.77%)
Russian: 416 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 895 (0.85%)
Scottish: 1,296 (1.23%)
Slovak: 9 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 1,605 (1.53%)
Swedish: 586 (0.56%)
Swiss: 6 (0.01%)
Ukrainian: 55 (0.05%)
United States or American: 2,644 (2.51%)
Welsh: 83 (0.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 437 (0.42%)
Other ancestries: 36,626 (34.83%)

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