Northborough, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2546785, place: Northborough CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,741 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 246 (14.13%)
Kindergarten: 107 (6.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 786 (45.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 304 (17.46%)
College or graduate school: 298 (17.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,322 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 98 (2.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 219 (5.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 996 (23.04%)
Some college, no degree: 609 (14.09%)
Associate degree: 432 (10%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,152 (26.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 816 (18.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 45.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,850 (100%)
Never married: 1,027 (21.18%)
Now married, except separated: 3,025 (62.37%)
Separated: 81 (1.67%)
Total Widowed: 279 (5.75%)
Widowed Female: 247 (5.09%)
Total Divorced: 438 (9.03%)
Divorced Female: 273 (5.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 104 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 72 (69.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,597 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 467 (10.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,416 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (7.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,761 (100%)
--With a disability: 396 (10.53%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
--No disability: 3,365 (89.47%)
----Percent employed: 85.4%
Population 65 years and over: 603 (100%)
--With a disability: 181 (30.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,900 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,682 (62.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,175 (36.86%)
--Same county: 1,081 (18.32%)
--Different county: 1,094 (18.54%)
----Same state: 576 (9.76%)
----Different state: 518 (8.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 43 (0.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,384 (100%)
Native: 5,934 (92.95%)
--Born in United States: 5,901 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,505 (70.57%)
----Different state: 1,396 (21.87%)
--Born outside United States: 33 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 450 (7.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 153 (2.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 261 (4.09%)
--Not a citizen: 189 (2.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 450 (100%)
Europe: 104 (23.11%)
Asia: 255 (56.67%)
Africa: 3 (0.67%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 75 (16.67%)
Northern America: 13 (2.89%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,900 (100%)
English only: 5,390 (91.36%)
Language other than English: 510 (8.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 159 (2.69%)
--Spanish: 44 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 245 (4.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.88%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 210 (3.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 86 (1.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,384 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,856% (123.06%)
Arab: 32 (0.5%)
Czech: 37 (0.58%)
Danish: 23 (0.36%)
Dutch: 43 (0.67%)
English: 1,102 (17.26%)
French (except Basque): 699 (10.95%)
French Canadian: 316 (4.95%)
German: 471 (7.38%)
Greek: 158 (2.47%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.22%)
Irish: 1,545 (24.2%)
Italian: 938 (14.69%)
Lithuanian: 58 (0.91%)
Norwegian: 71 (1.11%)
Polish: 297 (4.65%)
Portuguese: 56 (0.88%)
Russian: 78 (1.22%)
Scotch-Irish: 88 (1.38%)
Scottish: 181 (2.84%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 313 (4.9%)
Swiss: 21 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 11 (0.17%)
United States or American: 377 (5.91%)
Welsh: 70 (1.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.22%)
Other ancestries: 843 (13.2%)

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