Palmer, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2552070, place: Palmer CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 898 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (5.23%)
Kindergarten: 32 (3.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 382 (42.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 293 (32.63%)
College or graduate school: 144 (16.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,751 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 207 (7.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 434 (15.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,089 (39.59%)
Some college, no degree: 510 (18.54%)
Associate degree: 225 (8.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 206 (7.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 80 (2.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,217 (100%)
Never married: 934 (29.03%)
Now married, except separated: 1,402 (43.58%)
Separated: 73 (2.27%)
Total Widowed: 459 (14.27%)
Widowed Female: 393 (12.22%)
Total Divorced: 349 (10.85%)
Divorced Female: 193 (6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,001 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 374 (12.46%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 776 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (4.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,079 (100%)
--With a disability: 574 (27.61%)
----Percent employed: 67.1%
--No disability: 1,505 (72.39%)
----Percent employed: 88.6%
Population 65 years and over: 722 (100%)
--With a disability: 342 (47.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,652 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,220 (60.79%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,416 (38.77%)
--Same county: 965 (26.42%)
--Different county: 451 (12.35%)
----Same state: 371 (10.16%)
----Different state: 80 (2.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16 (0.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,861 (100%)
Native: 3,782 (97.95%)
--Born in United States: 3,742 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,085 (79.9%)
----Different state: 657 (17.02%)
--Born outside United States: 40 (1.04%)
Foreign born: 79 (2.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 26 (0.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 31 (0.8%)
--Not a citizen: 48 (1.24%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 79 (100%)
Europe: 53 (67.09%)
Asia: 16 (20.25%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 10 (12.66%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,652 (100%)
English only: 3,449 (94.44%)
Language other than English: 203 (5.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (1.51%)
--Spanish: 39 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (1.07%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 149 (4.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,861 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,892% (126.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 15 (0.39%)
Danish: 27 (0.7%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 298 (7.72%)
French (except Basque): 958 (24.81%)
French Canadian: 479 (12.41%)
German: 225 (5.83%)
Greek: 18 (0.47%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 833 (21.57%)
Italian: 528 (13.68%)
Lithuanian: 54 (1.4%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.36%)
Polish: 726 (18.8%)
Portuguese: 44 (1.14%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 64 (1.66%)
Scottish: 78 (2.02%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 66 (1.71%)
Swedish: 75 (1.94%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 83 (2.15%)
Welsh: 11 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 296 (7.67%)

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