Williamstown, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2579950, place: Williamstown CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,579 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 41 (1.59%)
Kindergarten: 27 (1.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 318 (12.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 127 (4.92%)
College or graduate school: 2,066 (80.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,041 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 60 (2.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 99 (4.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 378 (18.52%)
Some college, no degree: 178 (8.72%)
Associate degree: 100 (4.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 492 (24.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 734 (35.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 60.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,232 (100%)
Never married: 2,142 (50.61%)
Now married, except separated: 1,507 (35.61%)
Separated: 25 (0.59%)
Total Widowed: 338 (7.99%)
Widowed Female: 256 (6.05%)
Total Divorced: 220 (5.2%)
Divorced Female: 116 (2.74%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (23.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,140 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 349 (8.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,748 (100%)
--With a disability: 100 (5.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,147 (100%)
--With a disability: 185 (8.62%)
----Percent employed: 54.6%
--No disability: 1,962 (91.38%)
----Percent employed: 67%
Population 65 years and over: 710 (100%)
--With a disability: 277 (39.01%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,605 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,711 (37.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,617 (56.83%)
--Same county: 606 (13.16%)
--Different county: 2,011 (43.67%)
----Same state: 231 (5.02%)
----Different state: 1,780 (38.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 277 (6.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,685 (100%)
Native: 4,361 (93.08%)
--Born in United States: 4,298 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,600 (34.15%)
----Different state: 2,698 (57.59%)
--Born outside United States: 63 (1.34%)
Foreign born: 324 (6.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 179 (3.82%)
--Naturalized citizen: 85 (1.81%)
--Not a citizen: 239 (5.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 324 (100%)
Europe: 70 (21.6%)
Asia: 130 (40.12%)
Africa: 34 (10.49%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 55 (16.98%)
Northern America: 35 (10.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,605 (100%)
English only: 4,142 (89.95%)
Language other than English: 463 (10.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (1.09%)
--Spanish: 84 (1.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 214 (4.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 154 (3.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.69%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,685 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,789% (123.56%)
Arab: 16 (0.34%)
Czech: 29 (0.62%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 93 (1.99%)
English: 814 (17.37%)
French (except Basque): 298 (6.36%)
French Canadian: 147 (3.14%)
German: 625 (13.34%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 27 (0.58%)
Irish: 824 (17.59%)
Italian: 408 (8.71%)
Lithuanian: 57 (1.22%)
Norwegian: 52 (1.11%)
Polish: 279 (5.96%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.75%)
Russian: 159 (3.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 72 (1.54%)
Scottish: 205 (4.38%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.45%)
Swedish: 104 (2.22%)
Swiss: 32 (0.68%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.83%)
United States or American: 217 (4.63%)
Welsh: 77 (1.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 52 (1.11%)
Other ancestries: 1,107 (23.63%)

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