Gloucester, MA Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school6,884100.0
Nursery school, preschool5918.6
Kindergarten4716.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,86141.6
High school (grades 9-12)1,67224.3
College or graduate school1,28918.7
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over21,598100.0
Less than 9th grade1,1155.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma1,9839.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)6,79831.5
Some college, no degree3,87918.0
Associate degree1,8858.7
Bachelor's degree3,72517.2
Graduate or professional degree2,21310.2
Percent high school graduate or higher85.7(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher27.5(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over24,810100.0
Never married7,09928.6
Now married, except separated12,69351.2
Separated5332.1
Widowed2,0118.1
Female
1,7096.9
Divorced2,47410.0
Female
1,4986.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years478100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren9219.2
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over23,599100.0
Civilian veterans3,07913.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years5,747100.0
With a disability3896.8
Population 21 to 64 years18,037100.0
With a disability2,72515.1
Percent employed
54.3(X)
No disability15,31284.9
Percent employed
81.3(X)
Population 65 years and over4,450100.0
With a disability1,65237.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over28,551100.0
Same house in 199518,19063.7
Different house in the U.S. in 199510,03335.1
Same county
7,30025.6
Different county
2,7339.6
Same state
1,3634.8
Different state
1,3704.8
Elsewhere in 19953281.1
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population30,273100.0
Native28,66594.7
Born in United States
28,35393.7
State of residence
23,44077.4
Different state
4,91316.2
Born outside United States
3121.0
Foreign born1,6085.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000
3201.1
Naturalized citizen
8082.7
Not a citizen
8002.6
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,608100.0
Europe95559.4
Asia20412.7
Africa764.7
Oceania00.0
Latin America20712.9
Northern America16610.3
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over28,551100.0
English only25,61189.7
Language other than English2,94010.3
Speak English less than 'very well
1,0223.6
Spanish
4821.7
Speak English less than "very well"
1900.7
Other Indo-European languages
2,2277.8
Speak English less than "very well"
7272.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1260.4
Speak English less than "very well"
740.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population30,273100.0

Total ancestries reported

35,827118.3
Arab3311.1
Czech1560.2
Danish1510.5
Dutch2570.8
English4,56415.1
French (except Basque)11,7895.9
French Canadian11,3164.3
German1,4244.7
Greek3631.2
Hungarian610.2
Irish16,08520.1
Italian6,62421.9
Lithuanian1060.4
Norwegian2981.0
Polish7632.5
Portuguese2,9779.8
Russian1680.6
Scotch-Irish6732.2
Scottish1,1563.8
Slovak320.1
Subsaharan African430.1
Swedish9133.0
Swiss470.2
Ukrainian760.3
United States or American1,8046.0
Welsh1080.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)310.1
Other ancestries3,61111.9
(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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