Westerly, RI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4476820, place: Westerly CDP, Rhode Island)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,361 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 395 (9.06%)
Kindergarten: 283 (6.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,847 (42.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 952 (21.83%)
College or graduate school: 884 (20.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,409 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 845 (6.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,648 (13.28%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,814 (30.74%)
Some college, no degree: 2,414 (19.45%)
Associate degree: 865 (6.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,815 (14.63%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,008 (8.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,319 (100%)
Never married: 3,647 (25.47%)
Now married, except separated: 7,767 (54.24%)
Separated: 303 (2.12%)
Total Widowed: 1,351 (9.44%)
Widowed Female: 1,167 (8.15%)
Total Divorced: 1,251 (8.74%)
Divorced Female: 686 (4.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 173 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 68 (39.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,638 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,194 (16.09%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,586 (100%)
--With a disability: 294 (8.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,912 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,473 (14.86%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 8,439 (85.14%)
----Percent employed: 81.3%
Population 65 years and over: 2,852 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,154 (40.46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,680 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,871 (59.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,700 (40.17%)
--Same county: 4,034 (24.18%)
--Different county: 2,666 (15.98%)
----Same state: 448 (2.69%)
----Different state: 2,218 (13.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 109 (0.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,698 (100%)
Native: 16,424 (92.8%)
--Born in United States: 16,327 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,725 (60.6%)
----Different state: 5,602 (31.65%)
--Born outside United States: 97 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 1,274 (7.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 209 (1.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 744 (4.2%)
--Not a citizen: 530 (2.99%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,274 (100%)
Europe: 835 (65.54%)
Asia: 325 (25.51%)
Africa: 50 (3.92%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 49 (3.85%)
Northern America: 15 (1.18%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,680 (100%)
English only: 14,392 (86.28%)
Language other than English: 2,288 (13.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 812 (4.87%)
--Spanish: 175 (1.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (0.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,660 (9.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 518 (3.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 339 (2.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 207 (1.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,698 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,710% (122.67%)
Arab: 74 (0.42%)
Czech: 66 (0.37%)
Danish: 35 (0.2%)
Dutch: 89 (0.5%)
English: 2,339 (13.22%)
French (except Basque): 1,750 (9.89%)
French Canadian: 616 (3.48%)
German: 1,587 (8.97%)
Greek: 129 (0.73%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.11%)
Irish: 3,031 (17.13%)
Italian: 6,481 (36.62%)
Lithuanian: 79 (0.45%)
Norwegian: 112 (0.63%)
Polish: 723 (4.09%)
Portuguese: 577 (3.26%)
Russian: 116 (0.66%)
Scotch-Irish: 223 (1.26%)
Scottish: 852 (4.81%)
Slovak: 16 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 79 (0.45%)
Swedish: 294 (1.66%)
Swiss: 37 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 56 (0.32%)
United States or American: 469 (2.65%)
Welsh: 59 (0.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 25 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 1,776 (10.04%)

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