Lynnfield, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2537595, place: Lynnfield CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,986 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 315 (10.55%)
Kindergarten: 205 (6.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,326 (44.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 661 (22.14%)
College or graduate school: 479 (16.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,093 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 149 (1.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 296 (3.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,727 (21.34%)
Some college, no degree: 1,388 (17.15%)
Associate degree: 540 (6.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,271 (28.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,722 (21.28%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 49.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,150 (100%)
Never married: 1,895 (20.71%)
Now married, except separated: 6,077 (66.42%)
Separated: 63 (0.69%)
Total Widowed: 594 (6.49%)
Widowed Female: 492 (5.38%)
Total Divorced: 521 (5.69%)
Divorced Female: 304 (3.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 172 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,651 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,133 (13.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,381 (100%)
--With a disability: 106 (4.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,399 (100%)
--With a disability: 557 (8.7%)
----Percent employed: 67.7%
--No disability: 5,842 (91.3%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,989 (100%)
--With a disability: 530 (26.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,769 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,051 (74.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,624 (24.37%)
--Same county: 1,273 (11.82%)
--Different county: 1,351 (12.55%)
----Same state: 1,102 (10.23%)
----Different state: 249 (2.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 94 (0.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,542 (100%)
Native: 10,961 (94.97%)
--Born in United States: 10,886 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,152 (79.29%)
----Different state: 1,734 (15.02%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.65%)
Foreign born: 581 (5.03%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 82 (0.71%)
--Naturalized citizen: 381 (3.3%)
--Not a citizen: 200 (1.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 581 (100%)
Europe: 203 (34.94%)
Asia: 136 (23.41%)
Africa: 37 (6.37%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 62 (10.67%)
Northern America: 143 (24.61%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,769 (100%)
English only: 9,902 (91.95%)
Language other than English: 867 (8.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 299 (2.78%)
--Spanish: 226 (2.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 113 (1.05%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 527 (4.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 186 (1.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 114 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,542 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,712% (118.8%)
Arab: 10 (0.09%)
Czech: 6 (0.05%)
Danish: 24 (0.21%)
Dutch: 40 (0.35%)
English: 1,655 (14.34%)
French (except Basque): 522 (4.52%)
French Canadian: 430 (3.73%)
German: 565 (4.9%)
Greek: 405 (3.51%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.19%)
Irish: 3,185 (27.59%)
Italian: 3,243 (28.1%)
Lithuanian: 87 (0.75%)
Norwegian: 86 (0.75%)
Polish: 536 (4.64%)
Portuguese: 94 (0.81%)
Russian: 348 (3.02%)
Scotch-Irish: 209 (1.81%)
Scottish: 308 (2.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 61 (0.53%)
Swedish: 290 (2.51%)
Swiss: 6 (0.05%)
Ukrainian: 23 (0.2%)
United States or American: 453 (3.92%)
Welsh: 43 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 24 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 1,037 (8.98%)

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