Oxford, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2551790, place: Oxford CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,448 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 91 (6.28%)
Kindergarten: 113 (7.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 623 (43.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 315 (21.75%)
College or graduate school: 306 (21.13%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,066 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 139 (3.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 591 (14.54%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,539 (37.85%)
Some college, no degree: 808 (19.87%)
Associate degree: 356 (8.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 352 (8.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 281 (6.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,765 (100%)
Never married: 1,187 (24.91%)
Now married, except separated: 2,647 (55.55%)
Separated: 60 (1.26%)
Total Widowed: 355 (7.45%)
Widowed Female: 275 (5.77%)
Total Divorced: 516 (10.83%)
Divorced Female: 306 (6.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 104 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (36.54%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,518 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 662 (14.65%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,262 (100%)
--With a disability: 85 (6.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,435 (100%)
--With a disability: 632 (18.4%)
----Percent employed: 40.3%
--No disability: 2,803 (81.6%)
----Percent employed: 87.4%
Population 65 years and over: 801 (100%)
--With a disability: 366 (45.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,577 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,689 (66.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,888 (33.85%)
--Same county: 1,609 (28.85%)
--Different county: 279 (5%)
----Same state: 108 (1.94%)
----Different state: 171 (3.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,908 (100%)
Native: 5,809 (98.32%)
--Born in United States: 5,804 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,934 (83.51%)
----Different state: 870 (14.73%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.08%)
Foreign born: 99 (1.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 72 (1.22%)
--Not a citizen: 27 (0.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 99 (100%)
Europe: 70 (70.71%)
Asia: 5 (5.05%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 24 (24.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,577 (100%)
English only: 5,254 (94.21%)
Language other than English: 323 (5.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.39%)
--Spanish: 68 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 245 (4.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,908 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,665% (129.74%)
Arab: 41 (0.69%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 23 (0.39%)
Dutch: 50 (0.85%)
English: 916 (15.5%)
French (except Basque): 1,525 (25.81%)
French Canadian: 447 (7.57%)
German: 416 (7.04%)
Greek: 93 (1.57%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,321 (22.36%)
Italian: 671 (11.36%)
Lithuanian: 112 (1.9%)
Norwegian: 30 (0.51%)
Polish: 574 (9.72%)
Portuguese: 25 (0.42%)
Russian: 31 (0.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 61 (1.03%)
Scottish: 141 (2.39%)
Slovak: 32 (0.54%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 486 (8.23%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 20 (0.34%)
United States or American: 208 (3.52%)
Welsh: 15 (0.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 427 (7.23%)

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