Saugus, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2560050, place: Saugus CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,853 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 314 (5.36%)
Kindergarten: 304 (5.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,514 (42.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,358 (23.2%)
College or graduate school: 1,363 (23.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,021 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 618 (3.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,738 (9.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,470 (39.27%)
Some college, no degree: 4,091 (21.51%)
Associate degree: 1,449 (7.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,389 (12.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,266 (6.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,672 (100%)
Never married: 5,581 (25.75%)
Now married, except separated: 12,211 (56.34%)
Separated: 392 (1.81%)
Total Widowed: 1,696 (7.83%)
Widowed Female: 1,368 (6.31%)
Total Divorced: 1,792 (8.27%)
Divorced Female: 1,026 (4.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 568 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (6.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,710 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,990 (14.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,742 (100%)
--With a disability: 466 (9.83%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 15,380 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,621 (17.04%)
----Percent employed: 57.8%
--No disability: 12,759 (82.96%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 4,506 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,816 (40.3%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,774 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,225 (73.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,307 (25.46%)
--Same county: 3,178 (12.83%)
--Different county: 3,129 (12.63%)
----Same state: 2,785 (11.24%)
----Different state: 344 (1.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 242 (0.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,006 (100%)
Native: 24,686 (94.92%)
--Born in United States: 24,530 (100%)
----State of residence: 22,839 (87.82%)
----Different state: 1,691 (6.5%)
--Born outside United States: 156 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 1,320 (5.08%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 278 (1.07%)
--Naturalized citizen: 878 (3.38%)
--Not a citizen: 442 (1.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,320 (100%)
Europe: 765 (57.95%)
Asia: 297 (22.5%)
Africa: 29 (2.2%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 126 (9.55%)
Northern America: 103 (7.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,774 (100%)
English only: 22,225 (89.71%)
Language other than English: 2,549 (10.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 892 (3.6%)
--Spanish: 391 (1.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 106 (0.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,887 (7.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 638 (2.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 232 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 134 (0.54%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,006 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 28,710% (110.4%)
Arab: 93 (0.36%)
Czech: 28 (0.11%)
Danish: 26 (0.1%)
Dutch: 103 (0.4%)
English: 2,846 (10.94%)
French (except Basque): 1,272 (4.89%)
French Canadian: 1,234 (4.75%)
German: 705 (2.71%)
Greek: 368 (1.42%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.1%)
Irish: 6,461 (24.84%)
Italian: 9,518 (36.6%)
Lithuanian: 109 (0.42%)
Norwegian: 144 (0.55%)
Polish: 1,053 (4.05%)
Portuguese: 315 (1.21%)
Russian: 223 (0.86%)
Scotch-Irish: 475 (1.83%)
Scottish: 701 (2.7%)
Slovak: 25 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 433 (1.67%)
Swiss: 18 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 58 (0.22%)
United States or American: 692 (2.66%)
Welsh: 21 (0.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 1,732 (6.66%)

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