Taunton, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2569170, place: Taunton city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 13,482 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 959 (7.11%)
Kindergarten: 819 (6.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,380 (47.32%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,839 (21.06%)
College or graduate school: 2,485 (18.43%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 37,856 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,377 (11.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,169 (13.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 13,337 (35.23%)
Some college, no degree: 6,359 (16.8%)
Associate degree: 2,881 (7.61%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,081 (10.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,652 (4.36%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 44,329 (100%)
Never married: 12,954 (29.22%)
Now married, except separated: 22,870 (51.59%)
Separated: 1,034 (2.33%)
Total Widowed: 3,176 (7.16%)
Widowed Female: 2,612 (5.89%)
Total Divorced: 4,295 (9.69%)
Divorced Female: 2,535 (5.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,125 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 328 (29.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 42,193 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,993 (11.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 11,606 (100%)
--With a disability: 875 (7.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 33,010 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,596 (19.98%)
----Percent employed: 59.6%
--No disability: 26,414 (80.02%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 6,896 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,875 (41.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 52,130 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 31,067 (59.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 20,377 (39.09%)
--Same county: 13,283 (25.48%)
--Different county: 7,094 (13.61%)
----Same state: 5,397 (10.35%)
----Different state: 1,697 (3.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 686 (1.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 55,976 (100%)
Native: 50,337 (89.93%)
--Born in United States: 49,040 (100%)
----State of residence: 42,927 (76.69%)
----Different state: 6,113 (10.92%)
--Born outside United States: 1,297 (2.32%)
Foreign born: 5,639 (10.07%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 731 (1.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,166 (5.66%)
--Not a citizen: 2,473 (4.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,639 (100%)
Europe: 4,252 (75.4%)
Asia: 413 (7.32%)
Africa: 268 (4.75%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 534 (9.47%)
Northern America: 172 (3.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 52,130 (100%)
English only: 42,192 (80.94%)
Language other than English: 9,938 (19.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,081 (7.83%)
--Spanish: 1,670 (3.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 703 (1.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7,860 (15.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,198 (6.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 304 (0.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 157 (0.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 55,976 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 64,239% (114.76%)
Arab: 359 (0.64%)
Czech: 77 (0.14%)
Danish: 17 (0.03%)
Dutch: 140 (0.25%)
English: 6,263 (11.19%)
French (except Basque): 5,851 (10.45%)
French Canadian: 2,836 (5.07%)
German: 1,891 (3.38%)
Greek: 400 (0.71%)
Hungarian: 75 (0.13%)
Irish: 11,947 (21.34%)
Italian: 4,636 (8.28%)
Lithuanian: 340 (0.61%)
Norwegian: 274 (0.49%)
Polish: 2,543 (4.54%)
Portuguese: 15,370 (27.46%)
Russian: 229 (0.41%)
Scotch-Irish: 638 (1.14%)
Scottish: 1,064 (1.9%)
Slovak: 19 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 1,425 (2.55%)
Swedish: 939 (1.68%)
Swiss: 40 (0.07%)
Ukrainian: 27 (0.05%)
United States or American: 1,730 (3.09%)
Welsh: 63 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 97 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 4,949 (8.84%)

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