U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Whitinsville, MA

Worcester County, Massachusetts

Latitude: 42.112208     Longitude: -71.672890
Population 6,340 (2000)
Elevation of Whitinsville, Massachusetts: 303 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2579495, place: Whitinsville CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,688 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 135 (8%)
Kindergarten: 120 (7.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 854 (50.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 412 (24.41%)
College or graduate school: 167 (9.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,083 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 244 (5.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 465 (11.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,395 (34.17%)
Some college, no degree: 761 (18.64%)
Associate degree: 245 (6%)
Bachelor's degree: 675 (16.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 298 (7.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,760 (100%)
Never married: 1,270 (26.68%)
Now married, except separated: 2,574 (54.08%)
Separated: 67 (1.41%)
Total Widowed: 348 (7.31%)
Widowed Female: 302 (6.34%)
Total Divorced: 501 (10.53%)
Divorced Female: 309 (6.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,477 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 709 (15.84%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,495 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (3.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,543 (100%)
--With a disability: 687 (19.39%)
----Percent employed: 63%
--No disability: 2,856 (80.61%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 656 (100%)
--With a disability: 291 (44.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,825 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,037 (52.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,781 (47.74%)
--Same county: 2,046 (35.12%)
--Different county: 735 (12.62%)
----Same state: 387 (6.64%)
----Different state: 348 (5.97%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,394 (100%)
Native: 6,223 (97.33%)
--Born in United States: 6,141 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,986 (77.98%)
----Different state: 1,155 (18.06%)
--Born outside United States: 82 (1.28%)
Foreign born: 171 (2.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 27 (0.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 140 (2.19%)
--Not a citizen: 31 (0.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 171 (100%)
Europe: 86 (50.29%)
Asia: 26 (15.2%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (15.79%)
Northern America: 32 (18.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,825 (100%)
English only: 5,468 (93.87%)
Language other than English: 357 (6.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148 (2.54%)
--Spanish: 140 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (1.65%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 217 (3.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (0.89%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,394 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,241% (113.25%)
Arab: 18 (0.28%)
Czech: 19 (0.3%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 475 (7.43%)
English: 728 (11.39%)
French (except Basque): 930 (14.54%)
French Canadian: 510 (7.98%)
German: 217 (3.39%)
Greek: 113 (1.77%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.39%)
Irish: 1,355 (21.19%)
Italian: 649 (10.15%)
Lithuanian: 60 (0.94%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.23%)
Polish: 347 (5.43%)
Portuguese: 119 (1.86%)
Russian: 9 (0.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 110 (1.72%)
Scottish: 206 (3.22%)
Slovak: 9 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 242 (3.78%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.13%)
United States or American: 325 (5.08%)
Welsh: 35 (0.55%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 717 (11.21%)

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