Derry, NH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3317860, place: Derry CDP, New Hampshire)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,388 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 443 (6.93%)
Kindergarten: 351 (5.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,159 (49.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,362 (21.32%)
College or graduate school: 1,073 (16.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 14,318 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 317 (2.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,109 (7.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,561 (31.86%)
Some college, no degree: 3,377 (23.59%)
Associate degree: 1,452 (10.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,427 (16.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,075 (7.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,172 (100%)
Never married: 4,782 (27.85%)
Now married, except separated: 8,925 (51.97%)
Separated: 404 (2.35%)
Total Widowed: 756 (4.4%)
Widowed Female: 579 (3.37%)
Total Divorced: 2,305 (13.42%)
Divorced Female: 1,213 (7.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 190 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (16.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,075 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,217 (13.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,604 (100%)
--With a disability: 493 (8.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,713 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,843 (13.44%)
----Percent employed: 65.5%
--No disability: 11,870 (86.56%)
----Percent employed: 84.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,466 (100%)
--With a disability: 573 (39.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 20,957 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,902 (47.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,708 (51.1%)
--Same county: 5,044 (24.07%)
--Different county: 5,664 (27.03%)
----Same state: 1,458 (6.96%)
----Different state: 4,206 (20.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 347 (1.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,470 (100%)
Native: 21,377 (95.14%)
--Born in United States: 21,114 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,542 (24.66%)
----Different state: 15,572 (69.3%)
--Born outside United States: 263 (1.17%)
Foreign born: 1,093 (4.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 399 (1.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 506 (2.25%)
--Not a citizen: 587 (2.61%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,093 (100%)
Europe: 327 (29.92%)
Asia: 333 (30.47%)
Africa: 16 (1.46%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 239 (21.87%)
Northern America: 178 (16.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 20,957 (100%)
English only: 19,580 (93.43%)
Language other than English: 1,377 (6.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 402 (1.92%)
--Spanish: 408 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 177 (0.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 769 (3.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 146 (0.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 136 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 57 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,470 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,428% (122.06%)
Arab: 212 (0.94%)
Czech: 29 (0.13%)
Danish: 23 (0.1%)
Dutch: 42 (0.19%)
English: 3,575 (15.91%)
French (except Basque): 3,119 (13.88%)
French Canadian: 1,934 (8.61%)
German: 2,170 (9.66%)
Greek: 282 (1.26%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.16%)
Irish: 5,525 (24.59%)
Italian: 3,237 (14.41%)
Lithuanian: 164 (0.73%)
Norwegian: 138 (0.61%)
Polish: 1,005 (4.47%)
Portuguese: 351 (1.56%)
Russian: 163 (0.73%)
Scotch-Irish: 457 (2.03%)
Scottish: 933 (4.15%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 94 (0.42%)
Swedish: 388 (1.73%)
Swiss: 18 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 100 (0.45%)
United States or American: 806 (3.59%)
Welsh: 62 (0.28%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 40 (0.18%)
Other ancestries: 2,526 (11.24%)

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