West Concord, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2575680, place: West Concord CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,302 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 99 (7.6%)
Kindergarten: 66 (5.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 534 (41.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 386 (29.65%)
College or graduate school: 217 (16.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,131 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 136 (3.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 387 (9.37%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 652 (15.78%)
Some college, no degree: 504 (12.2%)
Associate degree: 231 (5.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,157 (28.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,064 (25.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 53.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,722 (100%)
Never married: 1,468 (31.09%)
Now married, except separated: 2,409 (51.02%)
Separated: 112 (2.37%)
Total Widowed: 200 (4.24%)
Widowed Female: 164 (3.47%)
Total Divorced: 533 (11.29%)
Divorced Female: 237 (5.02%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,496 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 604 (13.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 975 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (6.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,594 (100%)
--With a disability: 239 (9.21%)
----Percent employed: 91.2%
--No disability: 2,355 (90.79%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 744 (100%)
--With a disability: 168 (22.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,364 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,002 (55.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,283 (42.56%)
--Same county: 1,159 (21.61%)
--Different county: 1,124 (20.95%)
----Same state: 813 (15.16%)
----Different state: 311 (5.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 79 (1.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,642 (100%)
Native: 5,239 (92.86%)
--Born in United States: 5,035 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,229 (57.23%)
----Different state: 1,806 (32.01%)
--Born outside United States: 204 (3.62%)
Foreign born: 403 (7.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 104 (1.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 216 (3.83%)
--Not a citizen: 187 (3.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 403 (100%)
Europe: 116 (28.78%)
Asia: 132 (32.75%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 6 (1.49%)
Latin America: 122 (30.27%)
Northern America: 27 (6.7%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,364 (100%)
English only: 4,589 (85.55%)
Language other than English: 775 (14.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 288 (5.37%)
--Spanish: 440 (8.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 180 (3.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 209 (3.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (1.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 116 (2.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.95%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,642 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,970% (123.54%)
Arab: 40 (0.71%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 49 (0.87%)
Dutch: 74 (1.31%)
English: 1,049 (18.59%)
French (except Basque): 261 (4.63%)
French Canadian: 166 (2.94%)
German: 515 (9.13%)
Greek: 20 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 28 (0.5%)
Irish: 1,297 (22.99%)
Italian: 728 (12.9%)
Lithuanian: 20 (0.35%)
Norwegian: 80 (1.42%)
Polish: 168 (2.98%)
Portuguese: 55 (0.97%)
Russian: 105 (1.86%)
Scotch-Irish: 66 (1.17%)
Scottish: 294 (5.21%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 40 (0.71%)
Swedish: 172 (3.05%)
Swiss: 23 (0.41%)
Ukrainian: 51 (0.9%)
United States or American: 209 (3.7%)
Welsh: 28 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 28 (0.5%)
Other ancestries: 1,404 (24.88%)

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