North Westport, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2549710, place: North Westport CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,240 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 75 (6.05%)
Kindergarten: 107 (8.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 571 (46.05%)
High school (grades 9-12): 256 (20.65%)
College or graduate school: 231 (18.63%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,227 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 517 (16.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 527 (16.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,013 (31.39%)
Some college, no degree: 366 (11.34%)
Associate degree: 310 (9.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 312 (9.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 182 (5.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,757 (100%)
Never married: 826 (21.99%)
Now married, except separated: 2,299 (61.19%)
Separated: 43 (1.14%)
Total Widowed: 286 (7.61%)
Widowed Female: 234 (6.23%)
Total Divorced: 303 (8.06%)
Divorced Female: 190 (5.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 47 (51.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,572 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 481 (13.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,109 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (7.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,706 (100%)
--With a disability: 668 (24.69%)
----Percent employed: 55.7%
--No disability: 2,038 (75.31%)
----Percent employed: 78.2%
Population 65 years and over: 680 (100%)
--With a disability: 310 (45.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,495 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,406 (75.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,089 (24.23%)
--Same county: 974 (21.67%)
--Different county: 115 (2.56%)
----Same state: 41 (0.91%)
----Different state: 74 (1.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,701 (100%)
Native: 4,230 (89.98%)
--Born in United States: 4,204 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,868 (82.28%)
----Different state: 336 (7.15%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 471 (10.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 329 (7%)
--Not a citizen: 142 (3.02%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 471 (100%)
Europe: 412 (87.47%)
Asia: 43 (9.13%)
Africa: 8 (1.7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 8 (1.7%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,495 (100%)
English only: 3,640 (80.98%)
Language other than English: 855 (19.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 272 (6.05%)
--Spanish: 33 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 781 (17.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 247 (5.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 24 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,701 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,312% (113%)
Arab: 23 (0.49%)
Czech: 23 (0.49%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (0.3%)
English: 498 (10.59%)
French (except Basque): 808 (17.19%)
French Canadian: 467 (9.93%)
German: 70 (1.49%)
Greek: 14 (0.3%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 621 (13.21%)
Italian: 265 (5.64%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.34%)
Polish: 153 (3.25%)
Portuguese: 1,928 (41.01%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (0.51%)
Scottish: 14 (0.3%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 29 (0.62%)
Swedish: 9 (0.19%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 93 (1.98%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 232 (4.94%)

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