DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Galway town
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 3,589 100.0
      enrolled in school 952 100.0   Native 3,497 97.4
Nursery school, preschool 62 6.5       Born in United States 3,450 96.1
Kindergarten 24 2.5           State of residence 2,790 77.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 475 49.9           Different state 660 18.4
High school (grades 9-12) 194 20.4       Born outside United States 47 1.3
College or graduate school 197 20.7   Foreign born 92 2.6
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 16 0.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 56 1.6
  Population 25 years and over 2,484 100.0       Not a citizen 36 1.0
Less than 9th grade 52 2.1        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 146 5.9   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 758 30.5     Total (excluding born at sea) 92 100.0
Some college, no degree 595 24.0   Europe 48 52.2
Associate degree 342 13.8   Asia 23 25.0
Bachelor's degree 307 12.4   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 284 11.4   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 10 10.9
Percent high school graduate or higher 92.0 (X)   Northern America 11 12.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 23.8 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 3,401 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 2,857 100.0   English only 3,226 94.9
Never married 559 19.6   Language other than English 175 5.1
Now married, except separated 1,863 65.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 56 1.6
Separated 46 1.6   Spanish 54 1.6
Widowed 170 6.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 31 0.9
 Female 129 4.5   Other Indo-European languages 113 3.3
Divorced 219 7.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 17 0.5
 Female 94 3.3   Asian and Pacific Island languages 8 0.2
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 8 0.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 3,589 100.0
           under 18 years 42 100.0     Total ancestries reported 4,651 129.6
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 29 69.0   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 27 0.8
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 6 0.2
          Civilian population 18 years and over 2,646 100.0   Dutch 276 7.7
Civilian veterans 472 17.8   English 626 17.4
        French (except Basque)¹ 326 9.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 140 3.9
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 614 17.1
     Population 5 to 20 years 811 100.0   Greek 6 0.2
With a disability 39 4.8   Hungarian 33 0.9
     Population 21 to 64 years 2,119 100.0   Irish¹ 810 22.6
With a disability 151 7.1   Italian 407 11.3
 Percent employed 58.3 (X)   Lithuanian 19 0.5
No disability 1,968 92.9   Norwegian 58 1.6
 Percent employed 81.4 (X)   Polish 266 7.4
     Population 65 years and over 425 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 164 38.6   Russian 42 1.2
        Scotch-Irish 99 2.8
        Scottish 282 7.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 6 0.2
  Population 5 years and over 3,401 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 2,402 70.6   Swedish 54 1.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 999 29.4   Swiss 23 0.6
 Same county 341 10.0   Ukrainian 27 0.8
 Different county 658 19.3   United States or American 190 5.3
  Same state 419 12.3   Welsh 14 0.4
  Different state 239 7.0   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0   Other ancestries 300 8.4
 
Date: September 10, 2003
 
-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.