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Boston Massachusetts Social and demographic information
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Boston Massachusetts Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Boston city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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|
|
Total
poplulation |
589,141 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
185,384 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
437,305 |
74.2 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
6,833 |
3.7 |
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Born in
United States |
418,146 |
71.0 |
| Kindergarten |
7,934 |
4.3 |
|
State
of residence |
279,411 |
47.4 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
55,372 |
29.9 |
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Different state |
138,735 |
23.5 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
29,398 |
15.9 |
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Born
outside United States |
19,159 |
3.3 |
| College or
graduate school |
85,847 |
46.3 |
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Foreign born |
151,836 |
25.8 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
73,670 |
12.5 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
56,681 |
9.6 |
| Population
25 years and over |
377,574 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
95,155 |
16.2 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
34,321 |
9.1 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
45,308 |
12.0 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
90,568 |
24.0 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
151,831 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
54,809 |
14.5 |
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Europe |
26,535 |
17.5 |
| Associate
degree |
18,316 |
4.9 |
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Asia |
36,435 |
24.0 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
76,442 |
20.2 |
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Africa |
13,612 |
9.0 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
57,810 |
15.3 |
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Oceania |
364 |
0.2 |
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Latin America |
72,207 |
47.6 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
78.9 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
2,678 |
1.8 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
35.6 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
557,376 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
490,749 |
100.0 |
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English only |
371,185 |
66.6 |
| Never married |
247,903 |
50.5 |
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Language other
than English |
186,191 |
33.4 |
| Now married,
except separated |
164,959 |
33.6 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
91,062 |
16.3 |
| Separated |
14,823 |
3.0 |
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Spanish |
75,711 |
13.6 |
| Widowed |
28,217 |
5.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
36,310 |
6.5 |
| Female |
22,990 |
4.7 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
67,706 |
12.1 |
| Divorced |
34,847 |
7.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
29,682 |
5.3 |
| Female |
20,899 |
4.3 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
34,765 |
6.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
22,157 |
4.0 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
589,141 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
12,126 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
584,135 |
99.2 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
4,142 |
34.2 |
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Arab |
5,955 |
1.0 |
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Czech¹ |
1,221 |
0.2 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
931 |
0.2 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
472,979 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
2,495 |
0.4 |
| Civilian
veterans |
30,475 |
6.4 |
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English |
26,384 |
4.5 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
10,960 |
1.9 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
7,186 |
1.2 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
24,426 |
4.1 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
122,506 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
5,325 |
0.9 |
| With a
disability |
13,129 |
10.7 |
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Hungarian |
1,236 |
0.2 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
368,831 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
93,360 |
15.8 |
| With a
disability |
80,856 |
21.9 |
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Italian |
49,017 |
8.3 |
| Percent
employed |
54.2 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
2,778 |
0.5 |
| No disability |
287,975 |
78.1 |
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Norwegian |
2,213 |
0.4 |
| Percent
employed |
74.6 |
(X) |
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Polish |
13,704 |
2.3 |
| Population
65 years and over |
57,462 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
4,513 |
0.8 |
| With a
disability |
26,268 |
45.7 |
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Russian |
10,267 |
1.7 |
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Scotch-Irish |
5,138 |
0.9 |
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Scottish |
7,340 |
1.2 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
348 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
557,376 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
21,176 |
3.6 |
| Same house in
1995 |
266,242 |
47.8 |
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Swedish |
4,211 |
0.7 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
249,805 |
44.8 |
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Swiss |
824 |
0.1 |
| Same county |
124,778 |
22.4 |
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Ukrainian |
2,337 |
0.4 |
| Different
county |
125,027 |
22.4 |
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United States
or American |
19,387 |
3.3 |
| Same state |
52,090 |
9.3 |
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Welsh |
1,544 |
0.3 |
| Different
state |
72,937 |
13.1 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
37,614 |
6.4 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
41,329 |
7.4 |
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Other
ancestries |
222,245 |
37.7 |
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| Date: December
29, 2004 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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