North Scituate, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2549165, place: North Scituate CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,582 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 122 (7.71%)
Kindergarten: 83 (5.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 733 (46.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 404 (25.54%)
College or graduate school: 240 (15.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,368 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 13 (0.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 108 (3.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 552 (16.39%)
Some college, no degree: 628 (18.65%)
Associate degree: 306 (9.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,256 (37.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 505 (14.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 52.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,883 (100%)
Never married: 804 (20.71%)
Now married, except separated: 2,541 (65.44%)
Separated: 45 (1.16%)
Total Widowed: 233 (6%)
Widowed Female: 184 (4.74%)
Total Divorced: 260 (6.7%)
Divorced Female: 169 (4.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (26.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,624 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 528 (14.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,298 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (3.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,731 (100%)
--With a disability: 346 (12.67%)
----Percent employed: 66.8%
--No disability: 2,385 (87.33%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 747 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (25.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,776 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,609 (75.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,118 (23.41%)
--Same county: 541 (11.33%)
--Different county: 577 (12.08%)
----Same state: 391 (8.19%)
----Different state: 186 (3.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 49 (1.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,210 (100%)
Native: 5,057 (97.06%)
--Born in United States: 5,044 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,051 (77.75%)
----Different state: 993 (19.06%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.25%)
Foreign born: 153 (2.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 39 (0.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 84 (1.61%)
--Not a citizen: 69 (1.32%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 153 (100%)
Europe: 50 (32.68%)
Asia: 12 (7.84%)
Africa: 26 (16.99%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (7.19%)
Northern America: 54 (35.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,776 (100%)
English only: 4,590 (96.11%)
Language other than English: 186 (3.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31 (0.65%)
--Spanish: 52 (1.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 115 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.34%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,210 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,531% (125.36%)
Arab: 19 (0.36%)
Czech: 7 (0.13%)
Danish: 27 (0.52%)
Dutch: 41 (0.79%)
English: 959 (18.41%)
French (except Basque): 166 (3.19%)
French Canadian: 139 (2.67%)
German: 466 (8.94%)
Greek: 25 (0.48%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 2,257 (43.32%)
Italian: 872 (16.74%)
Lithuanian: 60 (1.15%)
Norwegian: 32 (0.61%)
Polish: 92 (1.77%)
Portuguese: 135 (2.59%)
Russian: 26 (0.5%)
Scotch-Irish: 144 (2.76%)
Scottish: 181 (3.47%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 51 (0.98%)
Swedish: 145 (2.78%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 369 (7.08%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.29%)
Other ancestries: 303 (5.82%)

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