General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2566035, place: South Yarmouth CDP, Massachusetts)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,962 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 130 (6.63%)
Kindergarten: 95 (4.84%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 953 (48.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 456 (23.24%)
College or graduate school: 328 (16.72%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 9,130 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 276 (3.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 727 (7.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,027 (33.15%)
Some college, no degree: 2,260 (24.75%)
Associate degree: 743 (8.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,398 (15.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 699 (7.66%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 10,120 (100%)
Never married: 2,159 (21.33%)
Now married, except separated: 5,431 (53.67%)
Separated: 104 (1.03%)
Total Widowed: 1,290 (12.75%)
Widowed Female: 1,083 (10.7%)
Total Divorced: 1,136 (11.23%)
Divorced Female: 674 (6.66%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 109 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 65 (59.63%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 9,752 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,960 (20.1%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,776 (100%)
--With a disability: 217 (12.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,547 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,311 (23.63%)
----Percent employed: 50.3%
--No disability: 4,236 (76.37%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 3,766 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,343 (35.66%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 11,272 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,299 (55.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,788 (42.48%)
--Same county: 2,486 (22.05%)
--Different county: 2,302 (20.42%)
----Same state: 1,340 (11.89%)
----Different state: 962 (8.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 185 (1.64%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 11,759 (100%)
Native: 11,031 (93.81%)
--Born in United States: 10,956 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,100 (68.88%)
----Different state: 2,856 (24.29%)
--Born outside United States: 75 (0.64%)
Foreign born: 728 (6.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 225 (1.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 338 (2.87%)
--Not a citizen: 390 (3.32%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 728 (100%)
Europe: 267 (36.68%)
Asia: 103 (14.15%)
Africa: 48 (6.59%)
Oceania: 8 (1.1%)
Latin America: 205 (28.16%)
Northern America: 97 (13.32%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 11,272 (100%)
English only: 10,400 (92.26%)
Language other than English: 872 (7.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 264 (2.34%)
--Spanish: 156 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 609 (5.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 202 (1.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 50 (0.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.17%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 11,759 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,619% (115.82%)
Arab: 178 (1.51%)
Czech: 18 (0.15%)
Danish: 59 (0.5%)
Dutch: 138 (1.17%)
English: 2,056 (17.48%)
French (except Basque): 861 (7.32%)
French Canadian: 437 (3.72%)
German: 1,039 (8.84%)
Greek: 139 (1.18%)
Hungarian: 52 (0.44%)
Irish: 3,287 (27.95%)
Italian: 1,187 (10.09%)
Lithuanian: 101 (0.86%)
Norwegian: 87 (0.74%)
Polish: 319 (2.71%)
Portuguese: 482 (4.1%)
Russian: 55 (0.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 258 (2.19%)
Scottish: 573 (4.87%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 72 (0.61%)
Swedish: 507 (4.31%)
Swiss: 29 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.14%)
United States or American: 428 (3.64%)
Welsh: 82 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,158 (9.85%)
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