Massachusetts Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school1,726,111100.0
Nursery school, preschool122,9307.1
Kindergarten86,4795.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)703,09440.7
High school (grades 9-12)340,20519.7
College or graduate school473,40327.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over4,273,275100.0
Less than 9th grade247,5565.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma403,5379.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)1,165,48927.3
Some college, no degree730,13517.1
Associate degree308,2637.2
Bachelor's degree834,55419.5
Graduate or professional degree583,74113.7
Percent high school graduate or higher84.8(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher33.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over5,091,369100.0
Never married1,581,45231.1
Now married, except separated2,631,64351.7
Separated100,8392.0
Widowed354,4857.0
Female
288,7345.7
Divorced422,9508.3
Female
254,4195.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years98,325100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren27,91528.4
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over4,847,708100.0
Civilian veterans558,93311.5
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years1,355,512100.0
With a disability116,1518.6
Population 21 to 64 years3,698,327100.0
With a disability663,35417.9
Percent employed
60.0(X)
No disability3,034,97382.1
Percent employed
80.6(X)
Population 65 years and over807,006100.0
With a disability305,24137.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over5,954,249100.0
Same house in 19953,481,59758.5
Different house in the U.S. in 19952,266,93038.1
Same county
1,356,29722.8
Different county
910,63315.3
Same state
463,7847.8
Different state
446,8497.5
Elsewhere in 1995205,7223.5
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population6,349,097100.0
Native5,576,11487.8
Born in United States
5,432,76485.6
State of residence
4,196,70266.1
Different state
1,236,06219.5
Born outside United States
143,3502.3
Foreign born772,98312.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000
312,2884.9
Naturalized citizen
337,6175.3
Not a citizen
435,3666.9
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)772,972100.0
Europe248,61432.2
Asia201,59826.1
Africa47,7706.2
Oceania2,5170.3
Latin America231,75930.0
Northern America40,7145.3
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over5,954,249100.0
English only4,838,67981.3
Language other than English1,115,57018.7
Speak English less than 'very well
459,0737.7
Spanish
370,0116.2
Speak English less than "very well"
162,9082.7
Other Indo-European languages
529,7848.9
Speak English less than "very well"
194,2563.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages
171,2532.9
Speak English less than "very well"
89,9311.5
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population6,349,097100.0

Total ancestries reported

7,309,014115.1
Arab53,5110.8
Czech115,5620.2
Danish16,3350.3
Dutch43,7270.7
English721,90511.4
French (except Basque)1508,7848.0
French Canadian1310,5724.9
German377,1525.9
Greek78,1721.2
Hungarian18,4270.3
Irish11,428,47222.5
Italian860,07913.5
Lithuanian51,0540.8
Norwegian36,1060.6
Polish323,2105.1
Portuguese279,7224.4
Russian110,0331.7
Scotch-Irish99,7591.6
Scottish162,3572.6
Slovak6,6900.1
Subsaharan African80,2741.3
Swedish119,2671.9
Swiss10,1910.2
Ukrainian22,6160.4
United States or American244,5723.9
Welsh23,7190.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)81,4511.3
Other ancestries1,225,29519.3
(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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