Peabody, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2552490, place: Peabody city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,702 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,076 (9.2%)
Kindergarten: 681 (5.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,908 (41.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,533 (21.65%)
College or graduate school: 2,504 (21.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 34,274 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,350 (6.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,758 (8.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,906 (34.74%)
Some college, no degree: 6,504 (18.98%)
Associate degree: 2,838 (8.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,406 (15.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,512 (7.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 39,195 (100%)
Never married: 9,651 (24.62%)
Now married, except separated: 22,208 (56.66%)
Separated: 586 (1.5%)
Total Widowed: 3,405 (8.69%)
Widowed Female: 2,756 (7.03%)
Total Divorced: 3,345 (8.53%)
Divorced Female: 1,942 (4.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 960 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 104 (10.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 37,411 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,022 (13.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,296 (100%)
--With a disability: 609 (6.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 27,588 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,901 (17.76%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
--No disability: 22,687 (82.24%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 7,901 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,913 (36.87%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 45,357 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 30,468 (67.17%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,198 (31.3%)
--Same county: 10,762 (23.73%)
--Different county: 3,436 (7.58%)
----Same state: 2,289 (5.05%)
----Different state: 1,147 (2.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 691 (1.52%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 48,129 (100%)
Native: 42,718 (88.76%)
--Born in United States: 42,304 (100%)
----State of residence: 38,209 (79.39%)
----Different state: 4,095 (8.51%)
--Born outside United States: 414 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 5,411 (11.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,391 (2.89%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,001 (6.24%)
--Not a citizen: 2,410 (5.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,411 (100%)
Europe: 3,202 (59.18%)
Asia: 598 (11.05%)
Africa: 60 (1.11%)
Oceania: 12 (0.22%)
Latin America: 1,281 (23.67%)
Northern America: 258 (4.77%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 45,357 (100%)
English only: 37,755 (83.24%)
Language other than English: 7,602 (16.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,159 (6.96%)
--Spanish: 1,623 (3.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 691 (1.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,534 (12.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,234 (4.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 376 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 219 (0.48%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 48,129 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 55,542% (115.4%)
Arab: 176 (0.37%)
Czech: 39 (0.08%)
Danish: 43 (0.09%)
Dutch: 239 (0.5%)
English: 4,762 (9.89%)
French (except Basque): 3,323 (6.9%)
French Canadian: 2,153 (4.47%)
German: 1,450 (3.01%)
Greek: 2,391 (4.97%)
Hungarian: 114 (0.24%)
Irish: 11,818 (24.55%)
Italian: 10,283 (21.37%)
Lithuanian: 284 (0.59%)
Norwegian: 163 (0.34%)
Polish: 2,668 (5.54%)
Portuguese: 3,816 (7.93%)
Russian: 1,178 (2.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 473 (0.98%)
Scottish: 1,066 (2.21%)
Slovak: 15 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 71 (0.15%)
Swedish: 604 (1.25%)
Swiss: 41 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 260 (0.54%)
United States or American: 2,248 (4.67%)
Welsh: 98 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 86 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 5,680 (11.8%)

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