U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Milford, MA

Worcester County, Massachusetts

Latitude: 42.145828     Longitude: -71.518975
Population 24,230 (2000)
Elevation of Milford, Massachusetts: 307 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2541200, place: Milford CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,671 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 483 (8.52%)
Kindergarten: 374 (6.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,679 (47.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,127 (19.87%)
College or graduate school: 1,008 (17.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,832 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,184 (7.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,697 (10.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,837 (28.74%)
Some college, no degree: 3,535 (21%)
Associate degree: 1,379 (8.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,012 (17.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,188 (7.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,259 (100%)
Never married: 5,064 (26.29%)
Now married, except separated: 10,798 (56.07%)
Separated: 318 (1.65%)
Total Widowed: 1,345 (6.98%)
Widowed Female: 1,123 (5.83%)
Total Divorced: 1,734 (9%)
Divorced Female: 988 (5.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 286 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (8.04%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,376 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,295 (12.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,927 (100%)
--With a disability: 316 (6.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,350 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,790 (19.44%)
----Percent employed: 55.7%
--No disability: 11,560 (80.56%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 3,028 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,267 (41.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,571 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,881 (57.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,024 (39.98%)
--Same county: 4,614 (20.44%)
--Different county: 4,410 (19.54%)
----Same state: 3,089 (13.69%)
----Different state: 1,321 (5.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 666 (2.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,307 (100%)
Native: 21,398 (88.03%)
--Born in United States: 21,030 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,785 (69.05%)
----Different state: 4,245 (17.46%)
--Born outside United States: 368 (1.51%)
Foreign born: 2,909 (11.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,035 (4.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,199 (4.93%)
--Not a citizen: 1,710 (7.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,909 (100%)
Europe: 1,427 (49.05%)
Asia: 338 (11.62%)
Africa: 93 (3.2%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 895 (30.77%)
Northern America: 156 (5.36%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,571 (100%)
English only: 18,364 (81.36%)
Language other than English: 4,207 (18.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,961 (8.69%)
--Spanish: 917 (4.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 397 (1.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,006 (13.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,459 (6.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 160 (0.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,307 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 29,016% (119.37%)
Arab: 188 (0.77%)
Czech: 81 (0.33%)
Danish: 36 (0.15%)
Dutch: 140 (0.58%)
English: 2,621 (10.78%)
French (except Basque): 1,887 (7.76%)
French Canadian: 863 (3.55%)
German: 1,693 (6.97%)
Greek: 275 (1.13%)
Hungarian: 70 (0.29%)
Irish: 5,256 (21.62%)
Italian: 7,351 (30.24%)
Lithuanian: 87 (0.36%)
Norwegian: 123 (0.51%)
Polish: 952 (3.92%)
Portuguese: 2,047 (8.42%)
Russian: 155 (0.64%)
Scotch-Irish: 305 (1.25%)
Scottish: 468 (1.93%)
Slovak: 51 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 63 (0.26%)
Swedish: 408 (1.68%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 18 (0.07%)
United States or American: 557 (2.29%)
Welsh: 83 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.15%)
Other ancestries: 3,202 (13.17%)

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