Townsend, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2570325, place: Townsend CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 218 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 25 (11.47%)
Kindergarten: 30 (13.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 73 (33.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 26 (11.93%)
College or graduate school: 64 (29.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 655 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 25 (3.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 30 (4.58%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 133 (20.31%)
Some college, no degree: 196 (29.92%)
Associate degree: 45 (6.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 129 (19.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 97 (14.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 775 (100%)
Never married: 206 (26.58%)
Now married, except separated: 352 (45.42%)
Separated: 30 (3.87%)
Total Widowed: 60 (7.74%)
Widowed Female: 60 (7.74%)
Total Divorced: 127 (16.39%)
Divorced Female: 64 (8.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 755 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 90 (11.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 165 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (3.03%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 592 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (12.5%)
----Percent employed: 70.3%
--No disability: 518 (87.5%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 128 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (33.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 885 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 528 (59.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 334 (37.74%)
--Same county: 211 (23.84%)
--Different county: 123 (13.9%)
----Same state: 54 (6.1%)
----Different state: 69 (7.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (2.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 967 (100%)
Native: 923 (95.45%)
--Born in United States: 915 (100%)
----State of residence: 714 (73.84%)
----Different state: 201 (20.79%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.83%)
Foreign born: 44 (4.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (2.48%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (2.07%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 44 (100%)
Europe: 30 (68.18%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 14 (31.82%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 885 (100%)
English only: 829 (93.67%)
Language other than English: 56 (6.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.92%)
--Spanish: 19 (2.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.79%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 37 (4.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 967 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,087% (112.41%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 186 (19.23%)
French (except Basque): 137 (14.17%)
French Canadian: 63 (6.51%)
German: 107 (11.07%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 200 (20.68%)
Italian: 106 (10.96%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 18 (1.86%)
Russian: 21 (2.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.45%)
Scottish: 6 (0.62%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 41 (4.24%)
Swiss: 8 (0.83%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 16 (1.65%)
Welsh: 10 (1.03%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 154 (15.93%)

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