Essex Junction, VT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5024400, place: Essex Junction village, Vermont)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,547 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 191 (7.5%)
Kindergarten: 136 (5.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,023 (40.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 564 (22.14%)
College or graduate school: 633 (24.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,655 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 116 (2.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 306 (5.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,147 (20.28%)
Some college, no degree: 1,194 (21.11%)
Associate degree: 682 (12.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,423 (25.16%)
Graduate or professional degree: 787 (13.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,762 (100%)
Never married: 1,641 (24.27%)
Now married, except separated: 3,992 (59.04%)
Separated: 96 (1.42%)
Total Widowed: 313 (4.63%)
Widowed Female: 267 (3.95%)
Total Divorced: 720 (10.65%)
Divorced Female: 427 (6.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (20.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,353 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 810 (12.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,001 (100%)
--With a disability: 115 (5.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,187 (100%)
--With a disability: 532 (10.26%)
----Percent employed: 76.9%
--No disability: 4,655 (89.74%)
----Percent employed: 86.6%
Population 65 years and over: 855 (100%)
--With a disability: 291 (34.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,052 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,964 (49.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,909 (48.55%)
--Same county: 2,593 (32.2%)
--Different county: 1,316 (16.34%)
----Same state: 493 (6.12%)
----Different state: 823 (10.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 179 (2.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,591 (100%)
Native: 7,979 (92.88%)
--Born in United States: 7,903 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,597 (53.51%)
----Different state: 3,306 (38.48%)
--Born outside United States: 76 (0.88%)
Foreign born: 612 (7.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 293 (3.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 328 (3.82%)
--Not a citizen: 284 (3.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 612 (100%)
Europe: 208 (33.99%)
Asia: 174 (28.43%)
Africa: 10 (1.63%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (3.43%)
Northern America: 199 (32.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,052 (100%)
English only: 7,242 (89.94%)
Language other than English: 810 (10.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 265 (3.29%)
--Spanish: 92 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.36%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 604 (7.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 174 (2.16%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 93 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (0.77%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,591 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,990% (116.28%)
Arab: 25 (0.29%)
Czech: 39 (0.45%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 144 (1.68%)
English: 1,303 (15.17%)
French (except Basque): 1,369 (15.94%)
French Canadian: 821 (9.56%)
German: 774 (9.01%)
Greek: 16 (0.19%)
Hungarian: 63 (0.73%)
Irish: 1,779 (20.71%)
Italian: 595 (6.93%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 54 (0.63%)
Polish: 383 (4.46%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 93 (1.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 238 (2.77%)
Scottish: 305 (3.55%)
Slovak: 35 (0.41%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 187 (2.18%)
Swiss: 7 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.1%)
United States or American: 428 (4.98%)
Welsh: 99 (1.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,214 (14.13%)

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