Barrington, RI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4404960, place: Barrington CDP, Rhode Island)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,088 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 379 (7.45%)
Kindergarten: 285 (5.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,415 (47.46%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,093 (21.48%)
College or graduate school: 916 (18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,195 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 222 (1.98%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 633 (5.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,836 (16.4%)
Some college, no degree: 1,788 (15.97%)
Associate degree: 759 (6.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,306 (29.53%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,651 (23.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 53.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,945 (100%)
Never married: 2,685 (20.74%)
Now married, except separated: 8,569 (66.2%)
Separated: 49 (0.38%)
Total Widowed: 795 (6.14%)
Widowed Female: 645 (4.98%)
Total Divorced: 847 (6.54%)
Divorced Female: 545 (4.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 176 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 59 (33.52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,073 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,716 (14.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,223 (100%)
--With a disability: 173 (4.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,124 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,204 (13.2%)
----Percent employed: 68.9%
--No disability: 7,920 (86.8%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,471 (100%)
--With a disability: 810 (32.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,836 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 10,486 (66.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,093 (32.16%)
--Same county: 1,557 (9.83%)
--Different county: 3,536 (22.33%)
----Same state: 1,604 (10.13%)
----Different state: 1,932 (12.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 257 (1.62%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,819 (100%)
Native: 15,874 (94.38%)
--Born in United States: 15,787 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,711 (51.79%)
----Different state: 7,076 (42.07%)
--Born outside United States: 87 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 945 (5.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 253 (1.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 581 (3.45%)
--Not a citizen: 364 (2.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 945 (100%)
Europe: 481 (50.9%)
Asia: 178 (18.84%)
Africa: 41 (4.34%)
Oceania: 4 (0.42%)
Latin America: 141 (14.92%)
Northern America: 100 (10.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,836 (100%)
English only: 14,447 (91.23%)
Language other than English: 1,389 (8.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 321 (2.03%)
--Spanish: 282 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 883 (5.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 233 (1.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 162 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,819 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,922% (130.34%)
Arab: 85 (0.51%)
Czech: 15 (0.09%)
Danish: 129 (0.77%)
Dutch: 135 (0.8%)
English: 3,587 (21.33%)
French (except Basque): 1,182 (7.03%)
French Canadian: 602 (3.58%)
German: 1,687 (10.03%)
Greek: 164 (0.98%)
Hungarian: 96 (0.57%)
Irish: 4,028 (23.95%)
Italian: 3,284 (19.53%)
Lithuanian: 86 (0.51%)
Norwegian: 176 (1.05%)
Polish: 746 (4.44%)
Portuguese: 1,291 (7.68%)
Russian: 432 (2.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 467 (2.78%)
Scottish: 634 (3.77%)
Slovak: 32 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 91 (0.54%)
Swedish: 368 (2.19%)
Swiss: 46 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 65 (0.39%)
United States or American: 561 (3.34%)
Welsh: 105 (0.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 40 (0.24%)
Other ancestries: 1,788 (10.63%)

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