Spencer, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2566070, place: Spencer CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,385 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 115 (8.3%)
Kindergarten: 86 (6.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 640 (46.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 343 (24.77%)
College or graduate school: 201 (14.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,960 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 335 (8.46%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 635 (16.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,306 (32.98%)
Some college, no degree: 888 (22.42%)
Associate degree: 231 (5.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 432 (10.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 133 (3.36%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,825 (100%)
Never married: 1,398 (28.97%)
Now married, except separated: 2,198 (45.55%)
Separated: 82 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 443 (9.18%)
Widowed Female: 369 (7.65%)
Total Divorced: 704 (14.59%)
Divorced Female: 382 (7.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 56 (83.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,551 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 696 (15.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,290 (100%)
--With a disability: 72 (5.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,427 (100%)
--With a disability: 527 (15.38%)
----Percent employed: 67%
--No disability: 2,900 (84.62%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 832 (100%)
--With a disability: 398 (47.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,590 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,308 (59.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,173 (38.87%)
--Same county: 1,813 (32.43%)
--Different county: 360 (6.44%)
----Same state: 110 (1.97%)
----Different state: 250 (4.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 109 (1.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,032 (100%)
Native: 5,896 (97.75%)
--Born in United States: 5,860 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,166 (85.64%)
----Different state: 694 (11.51%)
--Born outside United States: 36 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 136 (2.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 38 (0.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 66 (1.09%)
--Not a citizen: 70 (1.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 136 (100%)
Europe: 37 (27.21%)
Asia: 36 (26.47%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 24 (17.65%)
Northern America: 39 (28.68%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,590 (100%)
English only: 5,236 (93.67%)
Language other than English: 354 (6.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (1.11%)
--Spanish: 77 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 249 (4.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 28 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,032 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,495% (107.68%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.13%)
Danish: 12 (0.2%)
Dutch: 62 (1.03%)
English: 565 (9.37%)
French (except Basque): 1,411 (23.39%)
French Canadian: 829 (13.74%)
German: 243 (4.03%)
Greek: 10 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 967 (16.03%)
Italian: 579 (9.6%)
Lithuanian: 133 (2.2%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 401 (6.65%)
Portuguese: 47 (0.78%)
Russian: 31 (0.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.25%)
Scottish: 90 (1.49%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.07%)
Swedish: 186 (3.08%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 484 (8.02%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 401 (6.65%)

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