Winthrop, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2580965, place: Winthrop CDP, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,190 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 335 (8%)
Kindergarten: 132 (3.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,652 (39.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 801 (19.12%)
College or graduate school: 1,270 (30.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,610 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 317 (2.33%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,046 (7.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,234 (31.11%)
Some college, no degree: 2,881 (21.17%)
Associate degree: 1,186 (8.71%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,752 (20.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,194 (8.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,451 (100%)
Never married: 4,880 (31.58%)
Now married, except separated: 7,272 (47.06%)
Separated: 310 (2.01%)
Total Widowed: 1,363 (8.82%)
Widowed Female: 1,085 (7.02%)
Total Divorced: 1,626 (10.52%)
Divorced Female: 850 (5.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 145 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (18.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,953 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,871 (12.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,976 (100%)
--With a disability: 171 (5.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,357 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,223 (19.57%)
----Percent employed: 64.6%
--No disability: 9,134 (80.43%)
----Percent employed: 80.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,852 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,143 (40.08%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,397 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,071 (63.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,866 (33.72%)
--Same county: 3,994 (22.96%)
--Different county: 1,872 (10.76%)
----Same state: 893 (5.13%)
----Different state: 979 (5.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 460 (2.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,303 (100%)
Native: 16,718 (91.34%)
--Born in United States: 16,537 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,659 (80.09%)
----Different state: 1,878 (10.26%)
--Born outside United States: 181 (0.99%)
Foreign born: 1,585 (8.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 690 (3.77%)
--Naturalized citizen: 625 (3.41%)
--Not a citizen: 960 (5.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,585 (100%)
Europe: 663 (41.83%)
Asia: 158 (9.97%)
Africa: 92 (5.8%)
Oceania: 7 (0.44%)
Latin America: 547 (34.51%)
Northern America: 118 (7.44%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,397 (100%)
English only: 15,152 (87.1%)
Language other than English: 2,245 (12.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 723 (4.16%)
--Spanish: 628 (3.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 233 (1.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,355 (7.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 392 (2.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 121 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.34%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,303 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,394% (116.89%)
Arab: 183 (1%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 67 (0.37%)
Dutch: 126 (0.69%)
English: 1,974 (10.79%)
French (except Basque): 595 (3.25%)
French Canadian: 603 (3.29%)
German: 845 (4.62%)
Greek: 290 (1.58%)
Hungarian: 48 (0.26%)
Irish: 6,117 (33.42%)
Italian: 5,439 (29.72%)
Lithuanian: 104 (0.57%)
Norwegian: 59 (0.32%)
Polish: 482 (2.63%)
Portuguese: 233 (1.27%)
Russian: 173 (0.95%)
Scotch-Irish: 347 (1.9%)
Scottish: 397 (2.17%)
Slovak: 19 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 55 (0.3%)
Swedish: 211 (1.15%)
Swiss: 36 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.21%)
United States or American: 767 (4.19%)
Welsh: 21 (0.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 64 (0.35%)
Other ancestries: 2,100 (11.47%)

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