Three Rivers, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2569730, place: Three Rivers CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 719 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 83 (11.54%)
Kindergarten: 50 (6.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 335 (46.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 168 (23.37%)
College or graduate school: 83 (11.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,999 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 75 (3.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 387 (19.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 842 (42.12%)
Some college, no degree: 367 (18.36%)
Associate degree: 149 (7.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 145 (7.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 34 (1.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,333 (100%)
Never married: 596 (25.55%)
Now married, except separated: 1,115 (47.79%)
Separated: 101 (4.33%)
Total Widowed: 246 (10.54%)
Widowed Female: 212 (9.09%)
Total Divorced: 275 (11.79%)
Divorced Female: 157 (6.73%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 57 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (21.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,183 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 301 (13.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 709 (100%)
--With a disability: 87 (12.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,571 (100%)
--With a disability: 295 (18.78%)
----Percent employed: 59.7%
--No disability: 1,276 (81.22%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 501 (100%)
--With a disability: 139 (27.74%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,789 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,680 (60.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,080 (38.72%)
--Same county: 797 (28.58%)
--Different county: 283 (10.15%)
----Same state: 239 (8.57%)
----Different state: 44 (1.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 29 (1.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,959 (100%)
Native: 2,879 (97.3%)
--Born in United States: 2,870 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,427 (82.02%)
----Different state: 443 (14.97%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 80 (2.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 39 (1.32%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 54 (1.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 80 (100%)
Europe: 67 (83.75%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 13 (16.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,789 (100%)
English only: 2,498 (89.57%)
Language other than English: 291 (10.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (3.69%)
--Spanish: 21 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 270 (9.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (3.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,959 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,689% (124.67%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.2%)
Dutch: 17 (0.57%)
English: 212 (7.16%)
French (except Basque): 757 (25.58%)
French Canadian: 340 (11.49%)
German: 137 (4.63%)
Greek: 73 (2.47%)
Hungarian: 1 (0.03%)
Irish: 430 (14.53%)
Italian: 167 (5.64%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 29 (0.98%)
Polish: 814 (27.51%)
Portuguese: 90 (3.04%)
Russian: 12 (0.41%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (0.68%)
Scottish: 148 (5%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 24 (0.81%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.41%)
United States or American: 138 (4.66%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 253 (8.55%)

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