Westborough, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2575050, place: Westborough CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 962 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 65 (6.76%)
Kindergarten: 28 (2.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 434 (45.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 181 (18.81%)
College or graduate school: 254 (26.4%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,910 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 160 (5.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 205 (7.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 728 (25.02%)
Some college, no degree: 573 (19.69%)
Associate degree: 214 (7.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 640 (21.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 390 (13.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,256 (100%)
Never married: 980 (30.1%)
Now married, except separated: 1,746 (53.62%)
Separated: 37 (1.14%)
Total Widowed: 154 (4.73%)
Widowed Female: 135 (4.15%)
Total Divorced: 339 (10.41%)
Divorced Female: 211 (6.48%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 65 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (36.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,120 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 365 (11.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 748 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (3.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,354 (100%)
--With a disability: 193 (8.2%)
----Percent employed: 62.2%
--No disability: 2,161 (91.8%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 526 (100%)
--With a disability: 185 (35.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,788 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,086 (55.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,593 (42.05%)
--Same county: 825 (21.78%)
--Different county: 768 (20.27%)
----Same state: 485 (12.8%)
----Different state: 283 (7.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 109 (2.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,983 (100%)
Native: 3,705 (93.02%)
--Born in United States: 3,664 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,727 (68.47%)
----Different state: 937 (23.52%)
--Born outside United States: 41 (1.03%)
Foreign born: 278 (6.98%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 127 (3.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 102 (2.56%)
--Not a citizen: 176 (4.42%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 278 (100%)
Europe: 53 (19.06%)
Asia: 75 (26.98%)
Africa: 43 (15.47%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 95 (34.17%)
Northern America: 12 (4.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,788 (100%)
English only: 3,409 (89.99%)
Language other than English: 379 (10.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 141 (3.72%)
--Spanish: 87 (2.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (1.8%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 226 (5.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (1.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 56 (1.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.48%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,983 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,653% (116.82%)
Arab: 10 (0.25%)
Czech: 28 (0.7%)
Danish: 27 (0.68%)
Dutch: 43 (1.08%)
English: 569 (14.29%)
French (except Basque): 357 (8.96%)
French Canadian: 212 (5.32%)
German: 383 (9.62%)
Greek: 8 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.23%)
Irish: 1,072 (26.91%)
Italian: 415 (10.42%)
Lithuanian: 45 (1.13%)
Norwegian: 45 (1.13%)
Polish: 114 (2.86%)
Portuguese: 87 (2.18%)
Russian: 106 (2.66%)
Scotch-Irish: 159 (3.99%)
Scottish: 202 (5.07%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 25 (0.63%)
Swedish: 75 (1.88%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 32 (0.8%)
United States or American: 198 (4.97%)
Welsh: 22 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.48%)
Other ancestries: 391 (9.82%)

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