Melrose, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2540115, place: Melrose city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,228 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 639 (10.26%)
Kindergarten: 310 (4.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,531 (40.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,345 (21.6%)
College or graduate school: 1,403 (22.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,697 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 450 (2.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,206 (6.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,802 (24.38%)
Some college, no degree: 3,878 (19.69%)
Associate degree: 1,471 (7.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,932 (25.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,958 (15.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,102 (100%)
Never married: 6,143 (27.79%)
Now married, except separated: 12,479 (56.46%)
Separated: 308 (1.39%)
Total Widowed: 1,646 (7.45%)
Widowed Female: 1,363 (6.17%)
Total Divorced: 1,526 (6.9%)
Divorced Female: 1,029 (4.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 386 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 88 (22.8%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,154 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,554 (12.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,795 (100%)
--With a disability: 303 (6.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,982 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,066 (12.93%)
----Percent employed: 73.3%
--No disability: 13,916 (87.07%)
----Percent employed: 86.5%
Population 65 years and over: 4,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,441 (34.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,308 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,887 (66.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,148 (32.2%)
--Same county: 5,171 (20.43%)
--Different county: 2,977 (11.76%)
----Same state: 1,701 (6.72%)
----Different state: 1,276 (5.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 273 (1.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 27,134 (100%)
Native: 25,487 (93.93%)
--Born in United States: 25,379 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,254 (78.33%)
----Different state: 4,125 (15.2%)
--Born outside United States: 108 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 1,647 (6.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 576 (2.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 934 (3.44%)
--Not a citizen: 713 (2.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,647 (100%)
Europe: 760 (46.14%)
Asia: 462 (28.05%)
Africa: 61 (3.7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 160 (9.71%)
Northern America: 204 (12.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,308 (100%)
English only: 23,245 (91.85%)
Language other than English: 2,063 (8.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 732 (2.89%)
--Spanish: 280 (1.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (0.47%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,402 (5.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 395 (1.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 285 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 193 (0.76%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 27,134 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 32,798% (120.87%)
Arab: 114 (0.42%)
Czech: 34 (0.13%)
Danish: 23 (0.08%)
Dutch: 87 (0.32%)
English: 3,563 (13.13%)
French (except Basque): 1,315 (4.85%)
French Canadian: 1,038 (3.83%)
German: 1,516 (5.59%)
Greek: 314 (1.16%)
Hungarian: 125 (0.46%)
Irish: 9,588 (35.34%)
Italian: 6,090 (22.44%)
Lithuanian: 110 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 168 (0.62%)
Polish: 838 (3.09%)
Portuguese: 469 (1.73%)
Russian: 484 (1.78%)
Scotch-Irish: 884 (3.26%)
Scottish: 865 (3.19%)
Slovak: 17 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 81 (0.3%)
Swedish: 723 (2.66%)
Swiss: 23 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 133 (0.49%)
United States or American: 996 (3.67%)
Welsh: 90 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 62 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 3,048 (11.23%)

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