Topsfield, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2570115, place: Topsfield CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 874 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 67 (7.67%)
Kindergarten: 61 (6.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 393 (44.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 178 (20.37%)
College or graduate school: 175 (20.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,895 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 5 (0.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 82 (4.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 329 (17.36%)
Some college, no degree: 314 (16.57%)
Associate degree: 209 (11.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 589 (31.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 367 (19.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 50.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,197 (100%)
Never married: 409 (18.62%)
Now married, except separated: 1,425 (64.86%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 239 (10.88%)
Widowed Female: 167 (7.6%)
Total Divorced: 124 (5.64%)
Divorced Female: 89 (4.05%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,059 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 257 (12.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 709 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,482 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (6.48%)
----Percent employed: 52.1%
--No disability: 1,386 (93.52%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 428 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (30.84%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,712 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,774 (65.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 914 (33.7%)
--Same county: 673 (24.82%)
--Different county: 241 (8.89%)
----Same state: 105 (3.87%)
----Different state: 136 (5.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 24 (0.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,865 (100%)
Native: 2,707 (94.49%)
--Born in United States: 2,693 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,005 (69.98%)
----Different state: 688 (24.01%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.49%)
Foreign born: 158 (5.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 58 (2.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 53 (1.85%)
--Not a citizen: 105 (3.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 158 (100%)
Europe: 107 (67.72%)
Asia: 6 (3.8%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 24 (15.19%)
Northern America: 21 (13.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,712 (100%)
English only: 2,502 (92.26%)
Language other than English: 210 (7.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (1.44%)
--Spanish: 52 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (1.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 145 (5.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,865 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,873% (135.18%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 26 (0.91%)
English: 811 (28.31%)
French (except Basque): 211 (7.36%)
French Canadian: 191 (6.67%)
German: 334 (11.66%)
Greek: 25 (0.87%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 918 (32.04%)
Italian: 356 (12.43%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.52%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.7%)
Polish: 85 (2.97%)
Portuguese: 87 (3.04%)
Russian: 18 (0.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 65 (2.27%)
Scottish: 250 (8.73%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 82 (2.86%)
Swiss: 28 (0.98%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 46 (1.61%)
Welsh: 44 (1.54%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.31%)
Other ancestries: 252 (8.8%)

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