Mansfield Center, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2538230, place: Mansfield Center CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,782 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 185 (10.38%)
Kindergarten: 91 (5.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 833 (46.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 276 (15.49%)
College or graduate school: 397 (22.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,037 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 132 (2.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 404 (8.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,604 (31.84%)
Some college, no degree: 947 (18.8%)
Associate degree: 448 (8.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,097 (21.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 405 (8.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,634 (100%)
Never married: 1,511 (26.82%)
Now married, except separated: 3,132 (55.59%)
Separated: 78 (1.38%)
Total Widowed: 378 (6.71%)
Widowed Female: 320 (5.68%)
Total Divorced: 535 (9.5%)
Divorced Female: 299 (5.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 73 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (23.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,444 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 679 (12.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,333 (100%)
--With a disability: 99 (7.43%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,522 (100%)
--With a disability: 622 (13.75%)
----Percent employed: 58.8%
--No disability: 3,900 (86.25%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 803 (100%)
--With a disability: 346 (43.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,658 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,850 (57.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,717 (40.81%)
--Same county: 1,068 (16.04%)
--Different county: 1,649 (24.77%)
----Same state: 1,171 (17.59%)
----Different state: 478 (7.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 91 (1.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,115 (100%)
Native: 6,756 (94.95%)
--Born in United States: 6,664 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,557 (78.1%)
----Different state: 1,107 (15.56%)
--Born outside United States: 92 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 359 (5.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 90 (1.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 136 (1.91%)
--Not a citizen: 223 (3.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 359 (100%)
Europe: 159 (44.29%)
Asia: 85 (23.68%)
Africa: 6 (1.67%)
Oceania: 9 (2.51%)
Latin America: 66 (18.38%)
Northern America: 34 (9.47%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,658 (100%)
English only: 6,104 (91.68%)
Language other than English: 554 (8.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 140 (2.1%)
--Spanish: 132 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 335 (5.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (1.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 62 (0.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,115 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,781% (123.42%)
Arab: 126 (1.77%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 79 (1.11%)
Dutch: 19 (0.27%)
English: 1,211 (17.02%)
French (except Basque): 525 (7.38%)
French Canadian: 271 (3.81%)
German: 626 (8.8%)
Greek: 84 (1.18%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,989 (27.96%)
Italian: 1,525 (21.43%)
Lithuanian: 95 (1.34%)
Norwegian: 64 (0.9%)
Polish: 327 (4.6%)
Portuguese: 286 (4.02%)
Russian: 65 (0.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 138 (1.94%)
Scottish: 152 (2.14%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 65 (0.91%)
Swedish: 180 (2.53%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 329 (4.62%)
Welsh: 39 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 29 (0.41%)
Other ancestries: 557 (7.83%)

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