General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2546585, place: North Attleborough Center CDP, Massachusetts)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,287 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 400 (9.33%)
Kindergarten: 267 (6.23%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,941 (45.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 897 (20.92%)
College or graduate school: 782 (18.24%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 11,355 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 344 (3.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,079 (9.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,210 (28.27%)
Some college, no degree: 2,221 (19.56%)
Associate degree: 970 (8.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,562 (22.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 969 (8.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 13,248 (100%)
Never married: 3,896 (29.41%)
Now married, except separated: 6,913 (52.18%)
Separated: 231 (1.74%)
Total Widowed: 712 (5.37%)
Widowed Female: 619 (4.67%)
Total Divorced: 1,496 (11.29%)
Divorced Female: 836 (6.31%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 216 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 79 (36.57%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 12,550 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,553 (12.37%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 3,601 (100%)
--With a disability: 271 (7.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,228 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,646 (16.09%)
----Percent employed: 66.4%
--No disability: 8,582 (83.91%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,713 (100%)
--With a disability: 583 (34.03%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 15,674 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,901 (56.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,619 (42.23%)
--Same county: 3,783 (24.14%)
--Different county: 2,836 (18.09%)
----Same state: 1,678 (10.71%)
----Different state: 1,158 (7.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 154 (0.98%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 16,836 (100%)
Native: 16,216 (96.32%)
--Born in United States: 16,052 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,146 (66.2%)
----Different state: 4,906 (29.14%)
--Born outside United States: 164 (0.97%)
Foreign born: 620 (3.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 187 (1.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 338 (2.01%)
--Not a citizen: 282 (1.67%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 620 (100%)
Europe: 144 (23.23%)
Asia: 229 (36.94%)
Africa: 23 (3.71%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 135 (21.77%)
Northern America: 89 (14.35%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 15,674 (100%)
English only: 14,438 (92.11%)
Language other than English: 1,236 (7.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 286 (1.82%)
--Spanish: 316 (2.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 134 (0.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 670 (4.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (0.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 70 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.05%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 16,836 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,859% (123.9%)
Arab: 245 (1.46%)
Czech: 44 (0.26%)
Danish: 71 (0.42%)
Dutch: 67 (0.4%)
English: 2,297 (13.64%)
French (except Basque): 2,515 (14.94%)
French Canadian: 1,634 (9.71%)
German: 1,284 (7.63%)
Greek: 110 (0.65%)
Hungarian: 42 (0.25%)
Irish: 4,589 (27.26%)
Italian: 2,645 (15.71%)
Lithuanian: 114 (0.68%)
Norwegian: 120 (0.71%)
Polish: 721 (4.28%)
Portuguese: 560 (3.33%)
Russian: 154 (0.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 296 (1.76%)
Scottish: 608 (3.61%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 24 (0.14%)
Swedish: 514 (3.05%)
Swiss: 39 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 69 (0.41%)
United States or American: 654 (3.88%)
Welsh: 69 (0.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 73 (0.43%)
Other ancestries: 1,301 (7.73%)
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