West Yarmouth, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2578795, place: West Yarmouth CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,265 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 126 (9.96%)
Kindergarten: 81 (6.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 538 (42.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 262 (20.71%)
College or graduate school: 258 (20.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,776 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 136 (2.85%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 431 (9.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,533 (32.1%)
Some college, no degree: 1,224 (25.63%)
Associate degree: 366 (7.66%)
Bachelor's degree: 609 (12.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 477 (9.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,348 (100%)
Never married: 1,093 (20.44%)
Now married, except separated: 2,686 (50.22%)
Separated: 163 (3.05%)
Total Widowed: 585 (10.94%)
Widowed Female: 478 (8.94%)
Total Divorced: 821 (15.35%)
Divorced Female: 434 (8.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 117 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (22.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,130 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 863 (16.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 972 (100%)
--With a disability: 127 (13.07%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,562 (100%)
--With a disability: 868 (24.37%)
----Percent employed: 55.4%
--No disability: 2,694 (75.63%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,400 (100%)
--With a disability: 572 (40.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,008 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,050 (50.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,664 (44.34%)
--Same county: 1,614 (26.86%)
--Different county: 1,050 (17.48%)
----Same state: 568 (9.45%)
----Different state: 482 (8.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 294 (4.89%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,323 (100%)
Native: 5,821 (92.06%)
--Born in United States: 5,801 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,051 (64.07%)
----Different state: 1,750 (27.68%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 502 (7.94%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 282 (4.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 174 (2.75%)
--Not a citizen: 328 (5.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 502 (100%)
Europe: 149 (29.68%)
Asia: 43 (8.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 292 (58.17%)
Northern America: 18 (3.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,008 (100%)
English only: 5,417 (90.16%)
Language other than English: 591 (9.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 322 (5.36%)
--Spanish: 46 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 500 (8.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 292 (4.86%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 20 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,323 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,470% (118.14%)
Arab: 54 (0.85%)
Czech: 41 (0.65%)
Danish: 54 (0.85%)
Dutch: 70 (1.11%)
English: 1,083 (17.13%)
French (except Basque): 386 (6.1%)
French Canadian: 177 (2.8%)
German: 395 (6.25%)
Greek: 136 (2.15%)
Hungarian: 71 (1.12%)
Irish: 1,517 (23.99%)
Italian: 712 (11.26%)
Lithuanian: 74 (1.17%)
Norwegian: 29 (0.46%)
Polish: 275 (4.35%)
Portuguese: 259 (4.1%)
Russian: 88 (1.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 73 (1.15%)
Scottish: 311 (4.92%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 28 (0.44%)
Swedish: 164 (2.59%)
Swiss: 21 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.3%)
United States or American: 341 (5.39%)
Welsh: 19 (0.3%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,073 (16.97%)

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