Tiverton, RI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4470700, place: Tiverton CDP, Rhode Island)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,611 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 99 (6.15%)
Kindergarten: 47 (2.92%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 767 (47.61%)
High school (grades 9-12): 377 (23.4%)
College or graduate school: 321 (19.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,356 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 433 (8.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 720 (13.44%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,720 (32.11%)
Some college, no degree: 950 (17.74%)
Associate degree: 363 (6.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 743 (13.87%)
Graduate or professional degree: 427 (7.97%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,082 (100%)
Never married: 1,310 (21.54%)
Now married, except separated: 3,683 (60.56%)
Separated: 94 (1.55%)
Total Widowed: 576 (9.47%)
Widowed Female: 460 (7.56%)
Total Divorced: 419 (6.89%)
Divorced Female: 262 (4.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 140 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 54 (38.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,802 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,032 (17.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,305 (100%)
--With a disability: 137 (10.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,156 (100%)
--With a disability: 685 (16.48%)
----Percent employed: 68.3%
--No disability: 3,471 (83.52%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,459 (100%)
--With a disability: 658 (45.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,940 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,868 (70.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,053 (29.58%)
--Same county: 1,020 (14.7%)
--Different county: 1,033 (14.88%)
----Same state: 141 (2.03%)
----Different state: 892 (12.85%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (0.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,282 (100%)
Native: 6,938 (95.28%)
--Born in United States: 6,913 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,259 (17.29%)
----Different state: 5,654 (77.64%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (0.34%)
Foreign born: 344 (4.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 237 (3.25%)
--Not a citizen: 107 (1.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 344 (100%)
Europe: 306 (88.95%)
Asia: 34 (9.88%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 4 (1.16%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,940 (100%)
English only: 6,153 (88.66%)
Language other than English: 787 (11.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 185 (2.67%)
--Spanish: 75 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 673 (9.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 173 (2.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,282 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,302% (114.01%)
Arab: 49 (0.67%)
Czech: 6 (0.08%)
Danish: 6 (0.08%)
Dutch: 23 (0.32%)
English: 995 (13.66%)
French (except Basque): 974 (13.38%)
French Canadian: 616 (8.46%)
German: 403 (5.53%)
Greek: 61 (0.84%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.08%)
Irish: 1,346 (18.48%)
Italian: 419 (5.75%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.07%)
Polish: 329 (4.52%)
Portuguese: 2,266 (31.12%)
Russian: 31 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 116 (1.59%)
Scottish: 76 (1.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.07%)
Swedish: 50 (0.69%)
Swiss: 11 (0.15%)
Ukrainian: 22 (0.3%)
United States or American: 277 (3.8%)
Welsh: 4 (0.05%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 206 (2.83%)

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