Central Falls, RI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4414140, place: Central Falls city, Rhode Island)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,041 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 215 (4.27%)
Kindergarten: 296 (5.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,651 (52.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,201 (23.82%)
College or graduate school: 678 (13.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,282 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,738 (24.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,003 (26.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,160 (28.01%)
Some college, no degree: 1,345 (11.92%)
Associate degree: 392 (3.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 428 (3.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 216 (1.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 49.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,313 (100%)
Never married: 4,916 (34.35%)
Now married, except separated: 6,133 (42.85%)
Separated: 695 (4.86%)
Total Widowed: 1,102 (7.7%)
Widowed Female: 922 (6.44%)
Total Divorced: 1,467 (10.25%)
Divorced Female: 864 (6.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 313 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 81 (25.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,448 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,041 (7.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,861 (100%)
--With a disability: 655 (13.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,053 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,259 (32.42%)
----Percent employed: 52.3%
--No disability: 6,794 (67.58%)
----Percent employed: 68.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,921 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,091 (56.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,388 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,702 (44.29%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,768 (44.67%)
--Same county: 5,563 (31.99%)
--Different county: 2,205 (12.68%)
----Same state: 229 (1.32%)
----Different state: 1,976 (11.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,918 (11.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,928 (100%)
Native: 12,283 (64.89%)
--Born in United States: 10,687 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,596 (40.13%)
----Different state: 3,091 (16.33%)
--Born outside United States: 1,596 (8.43%)
Foreign born: 6,645 (35.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,249 (17.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,062 (10.89%)
--Not a citizen: 4,583 (24.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,645 (100%)
Europe: 1,080 (16.25%)
Asia: 66 (0.99%)
Africa: 669 (10.07%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4,721 (71.05%)
Northern America: 109 (1.64%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,388 (100%)
English only: 6,145 (35.34%)
Language other than English: 11,243 (64.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,206 (35.69%)
--Spanish: 8,188 (47.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,853 (27.91%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,924 (16.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,325 (7.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 45 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,928 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,795% (94.01%)
Arab: 172 (0.91%)
Czech: 7 (0.04%)
Danish: 6 (0.03%)
Dutch: 29 (0.15%)
English: 446 (2.36%)
French (except Basque): 1,310 (6.92%)
French Canadian: 1,305 (6.89%)
German: 80 (0.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 981 (5.18%)
Italian: 458 (2.42%)
Lithuanian: 9 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 533 (2.82%)
Portuguese: 1,633 (8.63%)
Russian: 7 (0.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (0.14%)
Scottish: 58 (0.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1,034 (5.46%)
Swedish: 12 (0.06%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 48 (0.25%)
United States or American: 895 (4.73%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 22 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 8,724 (46.09%)

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