Springfield, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2567000, place: Springfield city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 46,621 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3,218 (6.9%)
Kindergarten: 2,928 (6.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 20,372 (43.7%)
High school (grades 9-12): 9,206 (19.75%)
College or graduate school: 10,897 (23.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 90,800 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 9,467 (10.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 14,706 (16.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 29,881 (32.91%)
Some college, no degree: 16,541 (18.22%)
Associate degree: 6,250 (6.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,568 (9.44%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,387 (5.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 115,128 (100%)
Never married: 44,206 (38.4%)
Now married, except separated: 45,947 (39.91%)
Separated: 4,583 (3.98%)
Total Widowed: 8,667 (7.53%)
Widowed Female: 7,069 (6.14%)
Total Divorced: 11,725 (10.18%)
Divorced Female: 7,370 (6.4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,584 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,470 (41.02%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 108,225 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 12,239 (11.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 40,006 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,412 (13.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 80,864 (100%)
--With a disability: 25,047 (30.97%)
----Percent employed: 49.6%
--No disability: 55,817 (69.03%)
----Percent employed: 73.2%
Population 65 years and over: 17,917 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,805 (43.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 140,488 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 73,264 (52.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 61,797 (43.99%)
--Same county: 48,101 (34.24%)
--Different county: 13,696 (9.75%)
----Same state: 4,367 (3.11%)
----Different state: 9,329 (6.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5,427 (3.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 152,082 (100%)
Native: 139,923 (92%)
--Born in United States: 121,373 (100%)
----State of residence: 90,173 (59.29%)
----Different state: 31,200 (20.52%)
--Born outside United States: 18,550 (12.2%)
Foreign born: 12,159 (8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,661 (3.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,490 (3.61%)
--Not a citizen: 6,669 (4.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12,159 (100%)
Europe: 4,013 (33%)
Asia: 2,918 (24%)
Africa: 397 (3.27%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4,076 (33.52%)
Northern America: 755 (6.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 140,488 (100%)
English only: 96,149 (68.44%)
Language other than English: 44,339 (31.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19,781 (14.08%)
--Spanish: 33,076 (23.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14,672 (10.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8,078 (5.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,350 (2.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,303 (1.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,474 (1.05%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 152,082 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 156,926% (103.19%)
Arab: 828 (0.54%)
Czech: 235 (0.15%)
Danish: 181 (0.12%)
Dutch: 424 (0.28%)
English: 7,236 (4.76%)
French (except Basque): 12,437 (8.18%)
French Canadian: 6,656 (4.38%)
German: 5,392 (3.55%)
Greek: 1,026 (0.67%)
Hungarian: 136 (0.09%)
Irish: 19,143 (12.59%)
Italian: 14,093 (9.27%)
Lithuanian: 294 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 251 (0.17%)
Polish: 9,094 (5.98%)
Portuguese: 1,892 (1.24%)
Russian: 1,443 (0.95%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,056 (0.69%)
Scottish: 1,891 (1.24%)
Slovak: 41 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 1,858 (1.22%)
Swedish: 1,159 (0.76%)
Swiss: 58 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 489 (0.32%)
United States or American: 3,770 (2.48%)
Welsh: 299 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 3,198 (2.1%)
Other ancestries: 62,346 (40.99%)

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