Nashua, NH Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school22,700100.0
Nursery school, preschool1,4906.6
Kindergarten1,0654.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)10,65046.9
High school (grades 9-12)4,48619.8
College or graduate school5,00922.1
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over58,267100.0
Less than 9th grade2,3644.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma5,4609.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)15,40026.4
Some college, no degree11,41119.6
Associate degree5,3039.1
Bachelor's degree11,82120.3
Graduate or professional degree6,50811.2
Percent high school graduate or higher86.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher31.5(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over68,474100.0
Never married19,00827.8
Now married, except separated36,90353.9
Separated1,4242.1
Widowed4,0145.9
Female
3,2054.7
Divorced7,12510.4
Female
3,9605.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years1,186100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren41835.2
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over65,129100.0
Civilian veterans9,46814.5
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years18,811100.0
With a disability1,4367.6
Population 21 to 64 years52,028100.0
With a disability9,04817.4
Percent employed
65.8(X)
No disability42,98082.6
Percent employed
82.4(X)
Population 65 years and over9,508100.0
With a disability3,68038.7
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over81,071100.0
Same house in 199540,47249.9
Different house in the U.S. in 199537,41646.2
Same county
21,96227.1
Different county
15,45419.1
Same state
2,3072.8
Different state
13,14716.2
Elsewhere in 19953,1833.9
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population86,605100.0
Native77,82789.9
Born in United States
76,40888.2
State of residence
31,64036.5
Different state
44,76851.7
Born outside United States
1,4191.6
Foreign born8,77810.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000
4,1804.8
Naturalized citizen
3,0133.5
Not a citizen
5,7656.7
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)8,778100.0
Europe1,65718.9
Asia3,02134.4
Africa2793.2
Oceania110.1
Latin America2,57129.3
Northern America1,23914.1
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over81,071100.0
English only67,41383.2
Language other than English13,65816.8
Speak English less than 'very well
4,9856.1
Spanish
4,0945.0
Speak English less than "very well"
2,0852.6
Other Indo-European languages
7,1118.8
Speak English less than "very well"
1,8402.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1,9842.4
Speak English less than "very well"
8941.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population86,605100.0

Total ancestries reported

103,742119.8
Arab5010.6
Czech12460.3
Danish2290.3
Dutch7740.9
English10,83612.5
French (except Basque)111,65813.5
French Canadian111,04912.8
German6,8457.9
Greek1,4221.6
Hungarian2560.3
Irish118,02120.8
Italian7,7969.0
Lithuanian8120.9
Norwegian5490.6
Polish3,9784.6
Portuguese1,3651.6
Russian9501.1
Scotch-Irish1,5391.8
Scottish2,2982.7
Slovak950.1
Subsaharan African3800.4
Swedish1,1231.3
Swiss2640.3
Ukrainian2060.2
United States or American4,1204.8
Welsh4760.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)2240.3
Other ancestries15,73018.2
(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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