Webster, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2573930, place: Webster CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,592 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 183 (7.06%)
Kindergarten: 111 (4.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,320 (50.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 548 (21.14%)
College or graduate school: 430 (16.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,904 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 979 (12.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,247 (15.78%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,902 (36.72%)
Some college, no degree: 1,396 (17.66%)
Associate degree: 365 (4.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 686 (8.68%)
Graduate or professional degree: 329 (4.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,356 (100%)
Never married: 2,744 (29.33%)
Now married, except separated: 4,133 (44.17%)
Separated: 323 (3.45%)
Total Widowed: 1,045 (11.17%)
Widowed Female: 849 (9.07%)
Total Divorced: 1,111 (11.87%)
Divorced Female: 589 (6.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 19 (34.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,905 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,338 (15.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,361 (100%)
--With a disability: 408 (17.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,377 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,725 (27.05%)
----Percent employed: 53%
--No disability: 4,652 (72.95%)
----Percent employed: 83%
Population 65 years and over: 1,895 (100%)
--With a disability: 789 (41.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,892 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,058 (55.62%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,611 (42.33%)
--Same county: 3,734 (34.28%)
--Different county: 877 (8.05%)
----Same state: 260 (2.39%)
----Different state: 617 (5.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 223 (2.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,681 (100%)
Native: 11,035 (94.47%)
--Born in United States: 10,785 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,091 (77.83%)
----Different state: 1,694 (14.5%)
--Born outside United States: 250 (2.14%)
Foreign born: 646 (5.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 256 (2.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 340 (2.91%)
--Not a citizen: 306 (2.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 646 (100%)
Europe: 473 (73.22%)
Asia: 24 (3.72%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 20 (3.1%)
Northern America: 129 (19.97%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,892 (100%)
English only: 9,280 (85.2%)
Language other than English: 1,612 (14.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 443 (4.07%)
--Spanish: 466 (4.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 128 (1.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,127 (10.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 315 (2.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,681 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,163% (112.69%)
Arab: 6 (0.05%)
Czech: 23 (0.2%)
Danish: 40 (0.34%)
Dutch: 102 (0.87%)
English: 850 (7.28%)
French (except Basque): 2,428 (20.79%)
French Canadian: 968 (8.29%)
German: 500 (4.28%)
Greek: 112 (0.96%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.04%)
Irish: 1,613 (13.81%)
Italian: 923 (7.9%)
Lithuanian: 90 (0.77%)
Norwegian: 25 (0.21%)
Polish: 2,776 (23.77%)
Portuguese: 134 (1.15%)
Russian: 90 (0.77%)
Scotch-Irish: 104 (0.89%)
Scottish: 66 (0.57%)
Slovak: 135 (1.16%)
Subsaharan African: 25 (0.21%)
Swedish: 240 (2.05%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 42 (0.36%)
United States or American: 468 (4.01%)
Welsh: 7 (0.06%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 25 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 1,366 (11.69%)

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