Monson Center, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2542180, place: Monson Center CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 452 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 24 (5.31%)
Kindergarten: 45 (9.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 143 (31.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 133 (29.42%)
College or graduate school: 107 (23.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,389 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 68 (4.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 170 (12.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 498 (35.85%)
Some college, no degree: 203 (14.61%)
Associate degree: 167 (12.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 228 (16.41%)
Graduate or professional degree: 55 (3.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,622 (100%)
Never married: 368 (22.69%)
Now married, except separated: 822 (50.68%)
Separated: 37 (2.28%)
Total Widowed: 146 (9%)
Widowed Female: 137 (8.45%)
Total Divorced: 249 (15.35%)
Divorced Female: 140 (8.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 69 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (34.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,542 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 215 (13.94%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 354 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (10.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,200 (100%)
--With a disability: 234 (19.5%)
----Percent employed: 63.2%
--No disability: 966 (80.5%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 271 (100%)
--With a disability: 111 (40.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,825 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,037 (56.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 788 (43.18%)
--Same county: 571 (31.29%)
--Different county: 217 (11.89%)
----Same state: 152 (8.33%)
----Different state: 65 (3.56%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,927 (100%)
Native: 1,885 (97.82%)
--Born in United States: 1,851 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,502 (77.94%)
----Different state: 349 (18.11%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (1.76%)
Foreign born: 42 (2.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 27 (1.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 27 (1.4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 42 (100%)
Europe: 25 (59.52%)
Asia: 7 (16.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 10 (23.81%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,825 (100%)
English only: 1,719 (94.19%)
Language other than English: 106 (5.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.44%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 106 (5.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,927 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,566% (133.16%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 57 (2.96%)
Danish: 9 (0.47%)
Dutch: 16 (0.83%)
English: 240 (12.45%)
French (except Basque): 543 (28.18%)
French Canadian: 147 (7.63%)
German: 162 (8.41%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 417 (21.64%)
Italian: 181 (9.39%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.67%)
Norwegian: 7 (0.36%)
Polish: 269 (13.96%)
Portuguese: 55 (2.85%)
Russian: 9 (0.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 60 (3.11%)
Scottish: 100 (5.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 49 (2.54%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.47%)
United States or American: 79 (4.1%)
Welsh: 32 (1.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 112 (5.81%)

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