Newburyport, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2545245, place: Newburyport city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,092 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 363 (8.87%)
Kindergarten: 143 (3.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,633 (39.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 943 (23.04%)
College or graduate school: 1,010 (24.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,844 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 465 (3.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 778 (6.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,703 (21.04%)
Some college, no degree: 2,370 (18.45%)
Associate degree: 1,100 (8.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,230 (25.15%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,198 (17.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 42.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,252 (100%)
Never married: 3,788 (26.58%)
Now married, except separated: 7,689 (53.95%)
Separated: 172 (1.21%)
Total Widowed: 1,010 (7.09%)
Widowed Female: 813 (5.7%)
Total Divorced: 1,593 (11.18%)
Divorced Female: 1,105 (7.75%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 148 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 36 (24.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,624 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,946 (14.28%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,980 (100%)
--With a disability: 155 (5.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,883 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,787 (16.42%)
----Percent employed: 63.1%
--No disability: 9,096 (83.58%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,128 (100%)
--With a disability: 902 (42.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,256 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,692 (59.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,325 (38.91%)
--Same county: 3,642 (22.4%)
--Different county: 2,683 (16.5%)
----Same state: 1,373 (8.45%)
----Different state: 1,310 (8.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 239 (1.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,242 (100%)
Native: 16,533 (95.89%)
--Born in United States: 16,284 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,824 (68.58%)
----Different state: 4,460 (25.87%)
--Born outside United States: 249 (1.44%)
Foreign born: 709 (4.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 180 (1.04%)
--Naturalized citizen: 390 (2.26%)
--Not a citizen: 319 (1.85%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 709 (100%)
Europe: 413 (58.25%)
Asia: 100 (14.1%)
Africa: 19 (2.68%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 40 (5.64%)
Northern America: 137 (19.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,256 (100%)
English only: 15,104 (92.91%)
Language other than English: 1,152 (7.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 242 (1.49%)
--Spanish: 262 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 829 (5.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 192 (1.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 48 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.03%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,242 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,214% (123.04%)
Arab: 91 (0.53%)
Czech: 74 (0.43%)
Danish: 45 (0.26%)
Dutch: 129 (0.75%)
English: 3,291 (19.09%)
French (except Basque): 1,542 (8.94%)
French Canadian: 828 (4.8%)
German: 1,262 (7.32%)
Greek: 399 (2.31%)
Hungarian: 73 (0.42%)
Irish: 5,267 (30.55%)
Italian: 2,232 (12.95%)
Lithuanian: 89 (0.52%)
Norwegian: 232 (1.35%)
Polish: 1,137 (6.59%)
Portuguese: 105 (0.61%)
Russian: 390 (2.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 387 (2.24%)
Scottish: 758 (4.4%)
Slovak: 30 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.05%)
Swedish: 387 (2.24%)
Swiss: 24 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 103 (0.6%)
United States or American: 499 (2.89%)
Welsh: 59 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,773 (10.28%)

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