Wareham Center, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2573020, place: Wareham Center CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 617 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 39 (6.32%)
Kindergarten: 23 (3.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 262 (42.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 120 (19.45%)
College or graduate school: 173 (28.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,053 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 128 (6.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 126 (6.14%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 856 (41.7%)
Some college, no degree: 400 (19.48%)
Associate degree: 146 (7.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 293 (14.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 104 (5.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,345 (100%)
Never married: 705 (30.06%)
Now married, except separated: 986 (42.05%)
Separated: 69 (2.94%)
Total Widowed: 239 (10.19%)
Widowed Female: 196 (8.36%)
Total Divorced: 346 (14.75%)
Divorced Female: 200 (8.53%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 65 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (6.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,234 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 380 (17.01%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 466 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (6.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,712 (100%)
--With a disability: 511 (29.85%)
----Percent employed: 63.6%
--No disability: 1,201 (70.15%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 470 (100%)
--With a disability: 248 (52.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,648 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,327 (50.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,299 (49.06%)
--Same county: 650 (24.55%)
--Different county: 649 (24.51%)
----Same state: 356 (13.44%)
----Different state: 293 (11.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 22 (0.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,841 (100%)
Native: 2,730 (96.09%)
--Born in United States: 2,698 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,153 (75.78%)
----Different state: 545 (19.18%)
--Born outside United States: 32 (1.13%)
Foreign born: 111 (3.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 63 (2.22%)
--Not a citizen: 48 (1.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 111 (100%)
Europe: 88 (79.28%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 12 (10.81%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (9.91%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,648 (100%)
English only: 2,453 (92.64%)
Language other than English: 195 (7.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (2%)
--Spanish: 58 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 130 (4.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,841 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,426% (120.59%)
Arab: 59 (2.08%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 24 (0.84%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 371 (13.06%)
French (except Basque): 323 (11.37%)
French Canadian: 175 (6.16%)
German: 136 (4.79%)
Greek: 10 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.35%)
Irish: 729 (25.66%)
Italian: 313 (11.02%)
Lithuanian: 36 (1.27%)
Norwegian: 14 (0.49%)
Polish: 53 (1.87%)
Portuguese: 295 (10.38%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 72 (2.53%)
Scottish: 64 (2.25%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 96 (3.38%)
Swedish: 115 (4.05%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.25%)
United States or American: 172 (6.05%)
Welsh: 22 (0.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 11 (0.39%)
Other ancestries: 319 (11.23%)

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