Methuen, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2540710, place: Methuen city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,548 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 693 (6%)
Kindergarten: 763 (6.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,202 (45.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,400 (20.78%)
College or graduate school: 2,490 (21.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 29,962 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,192 (7.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,259 (10.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,962 (33.25%)
Some college, no degree: 5,002 (16.69%)
Associate degree: 2,661 (8.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,709 (15.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,177 (7.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 34,621 (100%)
Never married: 8,851 (25.57%)
Now married, except separated: 19,174 (55.38%)
Separated: 618 (1.79%)
Total Widowed: 3,128 (9.03%)
Widowed Female: 2,536 (7.33%)
Total Divorced: 2,850 (8.23%)
Divorced Female: 1,640 (4.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 855 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 142 (16.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 33,026 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,042 (12.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,333 (100%)
--With a disability: 851 (9.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 25,023 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,724 (18.88%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
--No disability: 20,299 (81.12%)
----Percent employed: 78.8%
Population 65 years and over: 6,414 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,318 (36.14%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 41,077 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 24,982 (60.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,144 (36.87%)
--Same county: 10,482 (25.52%)
--Different county: 4,662 (11.35%)
----Same state: 2,419 (5.89%)
----Different state: 2,243 (5.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 951 (2.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 43,789 (100%)
Native: 38,903 (88.84%)
--Born in United States: 38,096 (100%)
----State of residence: 33,782 (77.15%)
----Different state: 4,314 (9.85%)
--Born outside United States: 807 (1.84%)
Foreign born: 4,886 (11.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,518 (3.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,520 (5.75%)
--Not a citizen: 2,366 (5.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,886 (100%)
Europe: 1,032 (21.12%)
Asia: 1,531 (31.33%)
Africa: 44 (0.9%)
Oceania: 30 (0.61%)
Latin America: 1,862 (38.11%)
Northern America: 387 (7.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 41,077 (100%)
English only: 33,041 (80.44%)
Language other than English: 8,036 (19.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,883 (7.02%)
--Spanish: 3,385 (8.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,452 (3.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,996 (7.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 737 (1.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 906 (2.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 547 (1.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 43,789 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 50,264% (114.79%)
Arab: 1,936 (4.42%)
Czech: 60 (0.14%)
Danish: 81 (0.18%)
Dutch: 110 (0.25%)
English: 4,302 (9.82%)
French (except Basque): 4,618 (10.55%)
French Canadian: 3,840 (8.77%)
German: 2,096 (4.79%)
Greek: 497 (1.13%)
Hungarian: 110 (0.25%)
Irish: 9,082 (20.74%)
Italian: 9,580 (21.88%)
Lithuanian: 453 (1.03%)
Norwegian: 129 (0.29%)
Polish: 1,683 (3.84%)
Portuguese: 823 (1.88%)
Russian: 175 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 587 (1.34%)
Scottish: 889 (2.03%)
Slovak: 57 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 47 (0.11%)
Swedish: 384 (0.88%)
Swiss: 19 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 74 (0.17%)
United States or American: 1,809 (4.13%)
Welsh: 62 (0.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 123 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 6,638 (15.16%)

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