Keene, NH

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3339300, place: Keene city, New Hampshire)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,574 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 317 (4.19%)
Kindergarten: 298 (3.93%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,009 (26.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,126 (14.87%)
College or graduate school: 3,824 (50.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,950 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 601 (4.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,176 (8.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,212 (30.19%)
Some college, no degree: 2,714 (19.46%)
Associate degree: 791 (5.67%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,816 (20.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,640 (11.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,070 (100%)
Never married: 6,721 (35.24%)
Now married, except separated: 8,618 (45.19%)
Separated: 316 (1.66%)
Total Widowed: 1,418 (7.44%)
Widowed Female: 1,143 (5.99%)
Total Divorced: 1,997 (10.47%)
Divorced Female: 1,279 (6.71%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 186 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (6.99%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,255 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,198 (12.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,662 (100%)
--With a disability: 434 (7.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,465 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,034 (16.32%)
----Percent employed: 55.9%
--No disability: 10,431 (83.68%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 3,171 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,309 (41.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,609 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,367 (47.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,994 (50.88%)
--Same county: 5,897 (27.29%)
--Different county: 5,097 (23.59%)
----Same state: 1,833 (8.48%)
----Different state: 3,264 (15.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 248 (1.15%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 22,563 (100%)
Native: 21,954 (97.3%)
--Born in United States: 21,748 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,754 (47.66%)
----Different state: 10,994 (48.73%)
--Born outside United States: 206 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 609 (2.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 210 (0.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 280 (1.24%)
--Not a citizen: 329 (1.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 609 (100%)
Europe: 235 (38.59%)
Asia: 209 (34.32%)
Africa: 57 (9.36%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 23 (3.78%)
Northern America: 85 (13.96%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,609 (100%)
English only: 20,233 (93.63%)
Language other than English: 1,376 (6.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 402 (1.86%)
--Spanish: 198 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 831 (3.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 123 (0.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 231 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 155 (0.72%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 22,563 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 24,225% (107.37%)
Arab: 95 (0.42%)
Czech: 45 (0.2%)
Danish: 105 (0.47%)
Dutch: 209 (0.93%)
English: 3,794 (16.82%)
French (except Basque): 2,991 (13.26%)
French Canadian: 1,839 (8.15%)
German: 2,157 (9.56%)
Greek: 292 (1.29%)
Hungarian: 103 (0.46%)
Irish: 3,749 (16.62%)
Italian: 1,938 (8.59%)
Lithuanian: 131 (0.58%)
Norwegian: 120 (0.53%)
Polish: 675 (2.99%)
Portuguese: 135 (0.6%)
Russian: 147 (0.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 380 (1.68%)
Scottish: 860 (3.81%)
Slovak: 8 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 34 (0.15%)
Swedish: 538 (2.38%)
Swiss: 54 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 67 (0.3%)
United States or American: 1,524 (6.75%)
Welsh: 266 (1.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,969 (8.73%)

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