Sandwich, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2559700, place: Sandwich CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 601 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 55 (9.15%)
Kindergarten: 12 (2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 270 (44.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 121 (20.13%)
College or graduate school: 143 (23.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,287 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 97 (4.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 172 (7.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 497 (21.73%)
Some college, no degree: 378 (16.53%)
Associate degree: 204 (8.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 550 (24.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 389 (17.01%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 41.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,565 (100%)
Never married: 537 (20.94%)
Now married, except separated: 1,379 (53.76%)
Separated: 71 (2.77%)
Total Widowed: 289 (11.27%)
Widowed Female: 243 (9.47%)
Total Divorced: 289 (11.27%)
Divorced Female: 174 (6.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 47 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 41 (87.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,457 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 447 (18.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 480 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (9.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,672 (100%)
--With a disability: 306 (18.3%)
----Percent employed: 59.8%
--No disability: 1,366 (81.7%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 722 (100%)
--With a disability: 238 (32.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,888 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,876 (64.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 984 (34.07%)
--Same county: 630 (21.81%)
--Different county: 354 (12.26%)
----Same state: 172 (5.96%)
----Different state: 182 (6.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 28 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,038 (100%)
Native: 2,864 (94.27%)
--Born in United States: 2,818 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,087 (68.7%)
----Different state: 731 (24.06%)
--Born outside United States: 46 (1.51%)
Foreign born: 174 (5.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 123 (4.05%)
--Not a citizen: 51 (1.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 174 (100%)
Europe: 80 (45.98%)
Asia: 5 (2.87%)
Africa: 41 (23.56%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (9.2%)
Northern America: 32 (18.39%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,888 (100%)
English only: 2,699 (93.46%)
Language other than English: 189 (6.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (1.94%)
--Spanish: 11 (0.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 173 (5.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (1.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,038 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,650% (120.14%)
Arab: 7 (0.23%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.2%)
Dutch: 32 (1.05%)
English: 647 (21.3%)
French (except Basque): 168 (5.53%)
French Canadian: 167 (5.5%)
German: 334 (10.99%)
Greek: 34 (1.12%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,022 (33.64%)
Italian: 298 (9.81%)
Lithuanian: 25 (0.82%)
Norwegian: 40 (1.32%)
Polish: 92 (3.03%)
Portuguese: 38 (1.25%)
Russian: 42 (1.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 81 (2.67%)
Scottish: 104 (3.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 48 (1.58%)
Swedish: 64 (2.11%)
Swiss: 11 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.2%)
United States or American: 146 (4.81%)
Welsh: 17 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 221 (7.27%)

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