Middleborough Center, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2540885, place: Middleborough Center CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,882 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 168 (8.93%)
Kindergarten: 85 (4.52%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 888 (47.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 388 (20.62%)
College or graduate school: 353 (18.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,495 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 238 (5.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 581 (12.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,557 (34.64%)
Some college, no degree: 913 (20.31%)
Associate degree: 443 (9.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 484 (10.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 279 (6.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,332 (100%)
Never married: 1,538 (28.84%)
Now married, except separated: 2,427 (45.52%)
Separated: 180 (3.38%)
Total Widowed: 413 (7.75%)
Widowed Female: 349 (6.55%)
Total Divorced: 774 (14.52%)
Divorced Female: 434 (8.14%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 127 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 91 (71.65%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,038 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 624 (12.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,536 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (10.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,868 (100%)
--With a disability: 744 (19.23%)
----Percent employed: 58.6%
--No disability: 3,124 (80.77%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 731 (100%)
--With a disability: 294 (40.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,397 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,048 (47.65%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,314 (51.81%)
--Same county: 2,329 (36.41%)
--Different county: 985 (15.4%)
----Same state: 632 (9.88%)
----Different state: 353 (5.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 35 (0.55%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,913 (100%)
Native: 6,730 (97.35%)
--Born in United States: 6,696 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,854 (84.68%)
----Different state: 842 (12.18%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 183 (2.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 26 (0.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 105 (1.52%)
--Not a citizen: 78 (1.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 183 (100%)
Europe: 84 (45.9%)
Asia: 4 (2.19%)
Africa: 20 (10.93%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 59 (32.24%)
Northern America: 16 (8.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,397 (100%)
English only: 6,012 (93.98%)
Language other than English: 385 (6.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.63%)
--Spanish: 153 (2.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 219 (3.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,913 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,468% (122.49%)
Arab: 21 (0.3%)
Czech: 8 (0.12%)
Danish: 28 (0.41%)
Dutch: 28 (0.41%)
English: 1,441 (20.84%)
French (except Basque): 927 (13.41%)
French Canadian: 261 (3.78%)
German: 357 (5.16%)
Greek: 31 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.12%)
Irish: 1,843 (26.66%)
Italian: 786 (11.37%)
Lithuanian: 53 (0.77%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 307 (4.44%)
Portuguese: 530 (7.67%)
Russian: 73 (1.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 256 (3.7%)
Scottish: 172 (2.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 107 (1.55%)
Swedish: 235 (3.4%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 239 (3.46%)
Welsh: 5 (0.07%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 11 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 741 (10.72%)

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