Bennington, VT

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5004750, place: Bennington CDP, Vermont)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,166 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 132 (6.09%)
Kindergarten: 84 (3.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,066 (49.22%)
High school (grades 9-12): 498 (22.99%)
College or graduate school: 386 (17.82%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,478 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 498 (7.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 807 (12.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,395 (36.97%)
Some college, no degree: 1,232 (19.02%)
Associate degree: 360 (5.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 789 (12.18%)
Graduate or professional degree: 397 (6.13%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,581 (100%)
Never married: 2,046 (26.99%)
Now married, except separated: 3,823 (50.43%)
Separated: 124 (1.64%)
Total Widowed: 754 (9.95%)
Widowed Female: 657 (8.67%)
Total Divorced: 834 (11%)
Divorced Female: 496 (6.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 57 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 29 (50.88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,152 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,374 (19.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,925 (100%)
--With a disability: 150 (7.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,913 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,024 (20.84%)
----Percent employed: 58.4%
--No disability: 3,889 (79.16%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,444 (100%)
--With a disability: 587 (40.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,776 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,855 (55.32%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,860 (43.98%)
--Same county: 2,748 (31.31%)
--Different county: 1,112 (12.67%)
----Same state: 230 (2.62%)
----Different state: 882 (10.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 61 (0.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,340 (100%)
Native: 9,049 (96.88%)
--Born in United States: 9,023 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,500 (58.89%)
----Different state: 3,523 (37.72%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 291 (3.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 63 (0.67%)
--Naturalized citizen: 189 (2.02%)
--Not a citizen: 102 (1.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 291 (100%)
Europe: 110 (37.8%)
Asia: 65 (22.34%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (5.5%)
Northern America: 100 (34.36%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,776 (100%)
English only: 8,372 (95.4%)
Language other than English: 404 (4.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (1.38%)
--Spanish: 95 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 250 (2.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 60 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 59 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,340 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,234% (109.57%)
Arab: 38 (0.41%)
Czech: 44 (0.47%)
Danish: 16 (0.17%)
Dutch: 189 (2.02%)
English: 1,543 (16.52%)
French (except Basque): 1,332 (14.26%)
French Canadian: 743 (7.96%)
German: 829 (8.88%)
Greek: 18 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.13%)
Irish: 1,865 (19.97%)
Italian: 679 (7.27%)
Lithuanian: 59 (0.63%)
Norwegian: 33 (0.35%)
Polish: 381 (4.08%)
Portuguese: 29 (0.31%)
Russian: 37 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 94 (1.01%)
Scottish: 359 (3.84%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.22%)
Swedish: 65 (0.7%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.07%)
United States or American: 724 (7.75%)
Welsh: 91 (0.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,026 (10.99%)

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