Barre, VT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5003175, place: Barre city, Vermont)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,052 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 104 (5.07%)
Kindergarten: 106 (5.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,013 (49.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 452 (22.03%)
College or graduate school: 377 (18.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,447 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 546 (8.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 648 (10.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,658 (41.23%)
Some college, no degree: 1,031 (15.99%)
Associate degree: 446 (6.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 827 (12.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 291 (4.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,558 (100%)
Never married: 1,938 (25.64%)
Now married, except separated: 3,493 (46.22%)
Separated: 181 (2.39%)
Total Widowed: 857 (11.34%)
Widowed Female: 707 (9.35%)
Total Divorced: 1,089 (14.41%)
Divorced Female: 673 (8.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 62 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (43.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,187 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,080 (15.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,740 (100%)
--With a disability: 226 (12.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,269 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,103 (20.93%)
----Percent employed: 56.7%
--No disability: 4,166 (79.07%)
----Percent employed: 83.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,444 (100%)
--With a disability: 732 (50.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,730 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,485 (51.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,041 (46.29%)
--Same county: 2,599 (29.77%)
--Different county: 1,442 (16.52%)
----Same state: 688 (7.88%)
----Different state: 754 (8.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 204 (2.34%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,291 (100%)
Native: 8,678 (93.4%)
--Born in United States: 8,568 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,320 (68.02%)
----Different state: 2,248 (24.2%)
--Born outside United States: 110 (1.18%)
Foreign born: 613 (6.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 234 (2.52%)
--Naturalized citizen: 302 (3.25%)
--Not a citizen: 311 (3.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 613 (100%)
Europe: 283 (46.17%)
Asia: 34 (5.55%)
Africa: 10 (1.63%)
Oceania: 15 (2.45%)
Latin America: 12 (1.96%)
Northern America: 259 (42.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,730 (100%)
English only: 7,797 (89.31%)
Language other than English: 933 (10.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 432 (4.95%)
--Spanish: 109 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 790 (9.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 389 (4.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 34 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,291 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,981% (107.43%)
Arab: 83 (0.89%)
Czech: 7 (0.08%)
Danish: 50 (0.54%)
Dutch: 85 (0.91%)
English: 1,219 (13.12%)
French (except Basque): 1,639 (17.64%)
French Canadian: 1,064 (11.45%)
German: 473 (5.09%)
Greek: 25 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 27 (0.29%)
Irish: 1,113 (11.98%)
Italian: 887 (9.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (0.19%)
Polish: 174 (1.87%)
Portuguese: 23 (0.25%)
Russian: 101 (1.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 267 (2.87%)
Scottish: 681 (7.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.11%)
Swedish: 50 (0.54%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 611 (6.58%)
Welsh: 49 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,325 (14.26%)

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