Salisbury, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2559210, place: Salisbury CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,060 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 65 (6.13%)
Kindergarten: 35 (3.3%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 490 (46.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 254 (23.96%)
College or graduate school: 216 (20.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,181 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 147 (4.62%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 403 (12.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,187 (37.32%)
Some college, no degree: 535 (16.82%)
Associate degree: 316 (9.93%)
Bachelor's degree: 399 (12.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 194 (6.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,660 (100%)
Never married: 994 (27.16%)
Now married, except separated: 1,699 (46.42%)
Separated: 125 (3.42%)
Total Widowed: 279 (7.62%)
Widowed Female: 238 (6.5%)
Total Divorced: 563 (15.38%)
Divorced Female: 350 (9.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 86 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (20.93%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,467 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 496 (14.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 868 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (13.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,656 (100%)
--With a disability: 723 (27.22%)
----Percent employed: 66.4%
--No disability: 1,933 (72.78%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 673 (100%)
--With a disability: 299 (44.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,233 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,308 (54.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,884 (44.51%)
--Same county: 1,201 (28.37%)
--Different county: 683 (16.14%)
----Same state: 254 (6%)
----Different state: 429 (10.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 41 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,475 (100%)
Native: 4,253 (95.04%)
--Born in United States: 4,203 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,570 (79.78%)
----Different state: 633 (14.15%)
--Born outside United States: 50 (1.12%)
Foreign born: 222 (4.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 66 (1.47%)
--Naturalized citizen: 103 (2.3%)
--Not a citizen: 119 (2.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 222 (100%)
Europe: 80 (36.04%)
Asia: 37 (16.67%)
Africa: 47 (21.17%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 58 (26.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,233 (100%)
English only: 3,803 (89.84%)
Language other than English: 430 (10.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 100 (2.36%)
--Spanish: 43 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.76%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 319 (7.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 23 (0.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,475 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,427% (121.27%)
Arab: 78 (1.74%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 42 (0.94%)
Dutch: 40 (0.89%)
English: 675 (15.08%)
French (except Basque): 885 (19.78%)
French Canadian: 323 (7.22%)
German: 282 (6.3%)
Greek: 108 (2.41%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 996 (22.26%)
Italian: 609 (13.61%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.34%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.31%)
Polish: 169 (3.78%)
Portuguese: 133 (2.97%)
Russian: 11 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 93 (2.08%)
Scottish: 191 (4.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 59 (1.32%)
Swedish: 47 (1.05%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.2%)
United States or American: 240 (5.36%)
Welsh: 44 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 364 (8.13%)

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