Northfield, VT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5050200, place: Northfield village, Vermont)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,688 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (2.07%)
Kindergarten: 9 (0.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 243 (14.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 101 (5.98%)
College or graduate school: 1,300 (77.01%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,364 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 106 (7.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 118 (8.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 503 (36.88%)
Some college, no degree: 201 (14.74%)
Associate degree: 88 (6.45%)
Bachelor's degree: 152 (11.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 196 (14.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,820 (100%)
Never married: 1,582 (56.1%)
Now married, except separated: 780 (27.66%)
Separated: 19 (0.67%)
Total Widowed: 214 (7.59%)
Widowed Female: 190 (6.74%)
Total Divorced: 225 (7.98%)
Divorced Female: 130 (4.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (41.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,702 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 318 (11.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,203 (100%)
--With a disability: 122 (10.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,448 (100%)
--With a disability: 292 (20.17%)
----Percent employed: 59.9%
--No disability: 1,156 (79.83%)
----Percent employed: 72%
Population 65 years and over: 290 (100%)
--With a disability: 118 (40.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,097 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,245 (40.2%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,772 (57.22%)
--Same county: 619 (19.99%)
--Different county: 1,153 (37.23%)
----Same state: 193 (6.23%)
----Different state: 960 (31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 80 (2.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,217 (100%)
Native: 3,095 (96.21%)
--Born in United States: 3,037 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,359 (42.24%)
----Different state: 1,678 (52.16%)
--Born outside United States: 58 (1.8%)
Foreign born: 122 (3.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 74 (2.3%)
--Naturalized citizen: 37 (1.15%)
--Not a citizen: 85 (2.64%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 122 (100%)
Europe: 18 (14.75%)
Asia: 57 (46.72%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 29 (23.77%)
Northern America: 18 (14.75%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,097 (100%)
English only: 2,855 (92.19%)
Language other than English: 242 (7.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (2.13%)
--Spanish: 99 (3.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 86 (2.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.52%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 41 (1.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.74%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,217 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,448% (107.18%)
Arab: 3 (0.09%)
Czech: 12 (0.37%)
Danish: 7 (0.22%)
Dutch: 60 (1.87%)
English: 489 (15.2%)
French (except Basque): 411 (12.78%)
French Canadian: 145 (4.51%)
German: 299 (9.29%)
Greek: 39 (1.21%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.44%)
Irish: 586 (18.22%)
Italian: 308 (9.57%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 40 (1.24%)
Polish: 92 (2.86%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.44%)
Russian: 33 (1.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 57 (1.77%)
Scottish: 165 (5.13%)
Slovak: 2 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 9 (0.28%)
Swedish: 48 (1.49%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.37%)
United States or American: 117 (3.64%)
Welsh: 4 (0.12%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.31%)
Other ancestries: 472 (14.67%)

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