Dover, NH

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3318820, place: Dover city, New Hampshire)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,794 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 410 (6.03%)
Kindergarten: 325 (4.78%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,508 (36.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,261 (18.56%)
College or graduate school: 2,290 (33.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 18,267 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 821 (4.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,360 (7.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,578 (25.06%)
Some college, no degree: 3,915 (21.43%)
Associate degree: 1,669 (9.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,023 (22.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,901 (10.41%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,237 (100%)
Never married: 7,159 (32.19%)
Now married, except separated: 10,716 (48.19%)
Separated: 433 (1.95%)
Total Widowed: 1,437 (6.46%)
Widowed Female: 1,223 (5.5%)
Total Divorced: 2,492 (11.21%)
Divorced Female: 1,397 (6.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 180 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 82 (45.56%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 21,282 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,167 (14.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,869 (100%)
--With a disability: 411 (8.44%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,570 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,250 (13.58%)
----Percent employed: 59.5%
--No disability: 14,320 (86.42%)
----Percent employed: 86.8%
Population 65 years and over: 3,219 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,175 (36.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 25,347 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,568 (45.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,411 (52.91%)
--Same county: 6,000 (23.67%)
--Different county: 7,411 (29.24%)
----Same state: 3,409 (13.45%)
----Different state: 4,002 (15.79%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 368 (1.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 26,884 (100%)
Native: 25,530 (94.96%)
--Born in United States: 25,115 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,388 (46.08%)
----Different state: 12,727 (47.34%)
--Born outside United States: 415 (1.54%)
Foreign born: 1,354 (5.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 544 (2.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 714 (2.66%)
--Not a citizen: 640 (2.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,354 (100%)
Europe: 432 (31.91%)
Asia: 600 (44.31%)
Africa: 30 (2.22%)
Oceania: 12 (0.89%)
Latin America: 60 (4.43%)
Northern America: 220 (16.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 25,347 (100%)
English only: 23,146 (91.32%)
Language other than English: 2,201 (8.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 647 (2.55%)
--Spanish: 215 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,341 (5.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 246 (0.97%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 529 (2.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 342 (1.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 26,884 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 31,994% (119.01%)
Arab: 393 (1.46%)
Czech: 97 (0.36%)
Danish: 58 (0.22%)
Dutch: 346 (1.29%)
English: 5,041 (18.75%)
French (except Basque): 4,031 (14.99%)
French Canadian: 2,270 (8.44%)
German: 2,346 (8.73%)
Greek: 528 (1.96%)
Hungarian: 30 (0.11%)
Irish: 5,773 (21.47%)
Italian: 1,980 (7.36%)
Lithuanian: 76 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 256 (0.95%)
Polish: 1,012 (3.76%)
Portuguese: 199 (0.74%)
Russian: 249 (0.93%)
Scotch-Irish: 716 (2.66%)
Scottish: 1,225 (4.56%)
Slovak: 17 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 53 (0.2%)
Swedish: 575 (2.14%)
Swiss: 22 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 61 (0.23%)
United States or American: 1,432 (5.33%)
Welsh: 151 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 38 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 3,019 (11.23%)

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