East Providence, RI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4422960, place: East Providence city, Rhode Island)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,294 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 704 (6.23%)
Kindergarten: 558 (4.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,964 (43.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,612 (23.13%)
College or graduate school: 2,456 (21.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 34,489 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,077 (11.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 5,907 (17.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,125 (29.36%)
Some college, no degree: 6,138 (17.8%)
Associate degree: 2,017 (5.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,265 (12.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,960 (5.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 40,008 (100%)
Never married: 11,014 (27.53%)
Now married, except separated: 20,191 (50.47%)
Separated: 708 (1.77%)
Total Widowed: 3,983 (9.96%)
Widowed Female: 3,238 (8.09%)
Total Divorced: 4,112 (10.28%)
Divorced Female: 2,488 (6.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 839 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 189 (22.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 38,131 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,921 (12.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,358 (100%)
--With a disability: 684 (7.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 27,487 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,843 (21.26%)
----Percent employed: 56.2%
--No disability: 21,644 (78.74%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 8,565 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,443 (40.2%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 46,095 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 29,859 (64.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,641 (33.93%)
--Same county: 10,776 (23.38%)
--Different county: 4,865 (10.55%)
----Same state: 1,956 (4.24%)
----Different state: 2,909 (6.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 595 (1.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 48,688 (100%)
Native: 40,919 (84.04%)
--Born in United States: 40,409 (100%)
----State of residence: 31,527 (64.75%)
----Different state: 8,882 (18.24%)
--Born outside United States: 510 (1.05%)
Foreign born: 7,769 (15.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,528 (3.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,676 (9.6%)
--Not a citizen: 3,093 (6.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7,769 (100%)
Europe: 5,823 (74.95%)
Asia: 580 (7.47%)
Africa: 737 (9.49%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 503 (6.47%)
Northern America: 126 (1.62%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 46,095 (100%)
English only: 35,067 (76.08%)
Language other than English: 11,028 (23.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,012 (10.87%)
--Spanish: 700 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 289 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9,586 (20.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,413 (9.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 467 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 213 (0.46%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 48,688 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 55,936% (114.89%)
Arab: 561 (1.15%)
Czech: 55 (0.11%)
Danish: 50 (0.1%)
Dutch: 226 (0.46%)
English: 5,289 (10.86%)
French (except Basque): 3,590 (7.37%)
French Canadian: 1,648 (3.38%)
German: 1,952 (4.01%)
Greek: 195 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 100 (0.21%)
Irish: 8,417 (17.29%)
Italian: 5,627 (11.56%)
Lithuanian: 57 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 169 (0.35%)
Polish: 1,400 (2.88%)
Portuguese: 15,032 (30.87%)
Russian: 264 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 446 (0.92%)
Scottish: 854 (1.75%)
Slovak: 8 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 2,682 (5.51%)
Swedish: 1,013 (2.08%)
Swiss: 39 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 184 (0.38%)
United States or American: 1,104 (2.27%)
Welsh: 106 (0.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 85 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 4,783 (9.82%)

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