Ashaway, RI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4403520, place: Ashaway CDP, Rhode Island)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 488 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 59 (12.09%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 263 (53.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 101 (20.7%)
College or graduate school: 65 (13.32%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,030 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 20 (1.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 68 (6.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 435 (42.23%)
Some college, no degree: 270 (26.21%)
Associate degree: 24 (2.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 132 (12.82%)
Graduate or professional degree: 81 (7.86%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,196 (100%)
Never married: 240 (20.07%)
Now married, except separated: 727 (60.79%)
Separated: 23 (1.92%)
Total Widowed: 42 (3.51%)
Widowed Female: 30 (2.51%)
Total Divorced: 164 (13.71%)
Divorced Female: 98 (8.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,111 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 206 (18.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 408 (100%)
--With a disability: 41 (10.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 936 (100%)
--With a disability: 198 (21.15%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
--No disability: 738 (78.85%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 135 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (26.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,489 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 945 (63.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 514 (34.52%)
--Same county: 382 (25.65%)
--Different county: 132 (8.87%)
----Same state: 27 (1.81%)
----Different state: 105 (7.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 30 (2.01%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,626 (100%)
Native: 1,605 (98.71%)
--Born in United States: 1,580 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,082 (66.54%)
----Different state: 498 (30.63%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (1.54%)
Foreign born: 21 (1.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 21 (1.29%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21 (100%)
Europe: 21 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,489 (100%)
English only: 1,460 (98.05%)
Language other than English: 29 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.47%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 29 (1.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,626 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,978% (121.65%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.68%)
Danish: 16 (0.98%)
Dutch: 8 (0.49%)
English: 291 (17.9%)
French (except Basque): 211 (12.98%)
French Canadian: 65 (4%)
German: 174 (10.7%)
Greek: 23 (1.41%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 339 (20.85%)
Italian: 291 (17.9%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.92%)
Polish: 70 (4.31%)
Portuguese: 87 (5.35%)
Russian: 6 (0.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 15 (0.92%)
Scottish: 56 (3.44%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (0.37%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 140 (8.61%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 154 (9.47%)

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