Watertown, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2573440, place: Watertown city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,949 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 572 (8.23%)
Kindergarten: 141 (2.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,058 (29.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,082 (15.57%)
College or graduate school: 3,096 (44.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 25,300 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,290 (5.1%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,902 (7.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,083 (20.09%)
Some college, no degree: 3,516 (13.9%)
Associate degree: 1,555 (6.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 6,625 (26.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,329 (21.06%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 47.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 28,926 (100%)
Never married: 11,916 (41.19%)
Now married, except separated: 12,435 (42.99%)
Separated: 389 (1.34%)
Total Widowed: 2,235 (7.73%)
Widowed Female: 1,757 (6.07%)
Total Divorced: 1,951 (6.74%)
Divorced Female: 1,261 (4.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 449 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 143 (31.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 28,304 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,307 (8.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,478 (100%)
--With a disability: 399 (8.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 21,401 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,504 (16.37%)
----Percent employed: 65.8%
--No disability: 17,897 (83.63%)
----Percent employed: 86.4%
Population 65 years and over: 5,159 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,013 (39.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 31,547 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 16,460 (52.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,583 (43.06%)
--Same county: 6,679 (21.17%)
--Different county: 6,904 (21.88%)
----Same state: 3,290 (10.43%)
----Different state: 3,614 (11.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,504 (4.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 32,986 (100%)
Native: 26,279 (79.67%)
--Born in United States: 25,776 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,023 (54.64%)
----Different state: 7,753 (23.5%)
--Born outside United States: 503 (1.52%)
Foreign born: 6,707 (20.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,517 (7.63%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,642 (11.04%)
--Not a citizen: 3,065 (9.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,707 (100%)
Europe: 2,621 (39.08%)
Asia: 2,804 (41.81%)
Africa: 302 (4.5%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 748 (11.15%)
Northern America: 232 (3.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 31,547 (100%)
English only: 23,393 (74.15%)
Language other than English: 8,154 (25.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,977 (9.44%)
--Spanish: 931 (2.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 190 (0.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,872 (18.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,255 (7.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 948 (3.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 452 (1.43%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 32,986 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 37,826% (114.67%)
Arab: 708 (2.15%)
Czech: 84 (0.25%)
Danish: 81 (0.25%)
Dutch: 161 (0.49%)
English: 2,893 (8.77%)
French (except Basque): 1,204 (3.65%)
French Canadian: 1,058 (3.21%)
German: 1,952 (5.92%)
Greek: 1,257 (3.81%)
Hungarian: 167 (0.51%)
Irish: 7,606 (23.06%)
Italian: 6,498 (19.7%)
Lithuanian: 237 (0.72%)
Norwegian: 174 (0.53%)
Polish: 1,093 (3.31%)
Portuguese: 206 (0.62%)
Russian: 961 (2.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 505 (1.53%)
Scottish: 931 (2.82%)
Slovak: 23 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 152 (0.46%)
Swedish: 516 (1.56%)
Swiss: 67 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 191 (0.58%)
United States or American: 784 (2.38%)
Welsh: 244 (0.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 255 (0.77%)
Other ancestries: 7,818 (23.7%)

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