Woburn, MA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2581035, place: Woburn city, Massachusetts)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,210 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 576 (7.02%)
Kindergarten: 415 (5.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,754 (45.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,677 (20.43%)
College or graduate school: 1,788 (21.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26,829 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 767 (2.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,437 (9.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,672 (32.32%)
Some college, no degree: 5,206 (19.4%)
Associate degree: 1,843 (6.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,080 (18.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,824 (10.53%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 30,772 (100%)
Never married: 9,404 (30.56%)
Now married, except separated: 16,549 (53.78%)
Separated: 485 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 2,179 (7.08%)
Widowed Female: 1,742 (5.66%)
Total Divorced: 2,155 (7%)
Divorced Female: 1,170 (3.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 657 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 142 (21.61%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 29,381 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,886 (13.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,781 (100%)
--With a disability: 486 (7.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 22,696 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,630 (15.99%)
----Percent employed: 68.9%
--No disability: 19,066 (84.01%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 5,585 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,831 (32.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 35,237 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 22,187 (62.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,898 (33.77%)
--Same county: 8,149 (23.13%)
--Different county: 3,749 (10.64%)
----Same state: 1,727 (4.9%)
----Different state: 2,022 (5.74%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,152 (3.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 37,258 (100%)
Native: 33,669 (90.37%)
--Born in United States: 33,245 (100%)
----State of residence: 29,415 (78.95%)
----Different state: 3,830 (10.28%)
--Born outside United States: 424 (1.14%)
Foreign born: 3,589 (9.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,642 (4.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,561 (4.19%)
--Not a citizen: 2,028 (5.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,589 (100%)
Europe: 1,021 (28.45%)
Asia: 1,680 (46.81%)
Africa: 86 (2.4%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 615 (17.14%)
Northern America: 187 (5.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 35,237 (100%)
English only: 30,308 (86.01%)
Language other than English: 4,929 (13.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,615 (4.58%)
--Spanish: 1,134 (3.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 437 (1.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,758 (7.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 783 (2.22%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 903 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 341 (0.97%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 37,258 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 45,084% (121%)
Arab: 119 (0.32%)
Czech: 27 (0.07%)
Danish: 174 (0.47%)
Dutch: 183 (0.49%)
English: 3,726 (10%)
French (except Basque): 1,779 (4.77%)
French Canadian: 1,258 (3.38%)
German: 1,806 (4.85%)
Greek: 592 (1.59%)
Hungarian: 79 (0.21%)
Irish: 13,438 (36.07%)
Italian: 9,532 (25.58%)
Lithuanian: 202 (0.54%)
Norwegian: 303 (0.81%)
Polish: 1,013 (2.72%)
Portuguese: 1,009 (2.71%)
Russian: 318 (0.85%)
Scotch-Irish: 868 (2.33%)
Scottish: 867 (2.33%)
Slovak: 27 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 105 (0.28%)
Swedish: 999 (2.68%)
Swiss: 53 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 107 (0.29%)
United States or American: 1,072 (2.88%)
Welsh: 35 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 121 (0.32%)
Other ancestries: 5,272 (14.15%)

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