Lynn, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2537490, place: Lynn city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 24,319 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,676 (6.89%)
Kindergarten: 1,374 (5.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 11,033 (45.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,630 (23.15%)
College or graduate school: 4,606 (18.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 57,093 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5,746 (10.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 9,011 (15.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 19,353 (33.9%)
Some college, no degree: 9,875 (17.3%)
Associate degree: 3,771 (6.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,621 (11.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,716 (4.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 69,020 (100%)
Never married: 24,541 (35.56%)
Now married, except separated: 29,992 (43.45%)
Separated: 2,736 (3.96%)
Total Widowed: 5,557 (8.05%)
Widowed Female: 4,561 (6.61%)
Total Divorced: 6,194 (8.97%)
Divorced Female: 3,779 (5.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,297 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 733 (31.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 65,214 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 7,336 (11.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 20,770 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,348 (11.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 50,164 (100%)
--With a disability: 13,507 (26.93%)
----Percent employed: 53.7%
--No disability: 36,657 (73.07%)
----Percent employed: 75.7%
Population 65 years and over: 10,850 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,916 (45.31%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 82,539 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 44,819 (54.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 32,796 (39.73%)
--Same county: 22,292 (27.01%)
--Different county: 10,504 (12.73%)
----Same state: 6,689 (8.1%)
----Different state: 3,815 (4.62%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,924 (5.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 89,122 (100%)
Native: 68,774 (77.17%)
--Born in United States: 66,255 (100%)
----State of residence: 57,542 (64.57%)
----Different state: 8,713 (9.78%)
--Born outside United States: 2,519 (2.83%)
Foreign born: 20,348 (22.83%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9,624 (10.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6,764 (7.59%)
--Not a citizen: 13,584 (15.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 20,348 (100%)
Europe: 4,569 (22.45%)
Asia: 4,663 (22.92%)
Africa: 977 (4.8%)
Oceania: 23 (0.11%)
Latin America: 9,483 (46.6%)
Northern America: 633 (3.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 82,539 (100%)
English only: 54,356 (65.85%)
Language other than English: 28,183 (34.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14,129 (17.12%)
--Spanish: 13,821 (16.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7,049 (8.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7,996 (9.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,603 (4.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,427 (6.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,223 (3.9%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 89,122 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 91,071% (102.19%)
Arab: 362 (0.41%)
Czech: 48 (0.05%)
Danish: 62 (0.07%)
Dutch: 219 (0.25%)
English: 6,406 (7.19%)
French (except Basque): 5,112 (5.74%)
French Canadian: 3,859 (4.33%)
German: 2,163 (2.43%)
Greek: 2,527 (2.84%)
Hungarian: 125 (0.14%)
Irish: 16,252 (18.24%)
Italian: 9,372 (10.52%)
Lithuanian: 459 (0.52%)
Norwegian: 227 (0.25%)
Polish: 2,444 (2.74%)
Portuguese: 1,099 (1.23%)
Russian: 1,425 (1.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 818 (0.92%)
Scottish: 1,283 (1.44%)
Slovak: 7 (0.01%)
Subsaharan African: 1,026 (1.15%)
Swedish: 911 (1.02%)
Swiss: 77 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 363 (0.41%)
United States or American: 4,060 (4.56%)
Welsh: 244 (0.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 1,573 (1.76%)
Other ancestries: 28,548 (32.03%)

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