DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Waterford 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 8,515 100.0
      enrolled in school 2,038 100.0   Native 8,326 97.8
Nursery school, preschool 133 6.5       Born in United States 8,279 97.2
Kindergarten 83 4.1           State of residence 7,415 87.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 1,045 51.3           Different state 864 10.1
High school (grades 9-12) 454 22.3       Born outside United States 47 0.6
College or graduate school 323 15.8   Foreign born 189 2.2
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 19 0.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 145 1.7
  Population 25 years and over 5,821 100.0       Not a citizen 44 0.5
Less than 9th grade 293 5.0        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 709 12.2   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,917 32.9     Total (excluding born at sea) 189 100.0
Some college, no degree 1,205 20.7   Europe 83 43.9
Associate degree 595 10.2   Asia 17 9.0
Bachelor's degree 699 12.0   Africa 8 4.2
Graduate or professional degree 403 6.9   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 22 11.6
Percent high school graduate or higher 82.8 (X)   Northern America 59 31.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 18.9 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 8,009 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 6,807 100.0   English only 7,548 94.2
Never married 1,813 26.6   Language other than English 461 5.8
Now married, except separated 3,715 54.6           Speak English less than '"very well"' 124 1.5
Separated 269 4.0   Spanish 129 1.6
Widowed 439 6.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 24 0.3
 Female 367 5.4   Other Indo-European languages 317 4.0
Divorced 571 8.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 91 1.1
 Female 345 5.1   Asian and Pacific Island languages 6 0.1
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 8,515 100.0
           under 18 years 49 100.0     Total ancestries reported 11,052 129.8
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 9 18.4   Arab 19 0.2
        Czech¹ 37 0.4
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 86 1.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 6,501 100.0   Dutch 378 4.4
Civilian veterans 983 15.1   English 867 10.2
        French (except Basque)¹ 1,621 19.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 566 6.6
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 1,381 16.2
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,767 100.0   Greek 32 0.4
With a disability 186 10.5   Hungarian 16 0.2
     Population 21 to 64 years 5,013 100.0   Irish¹ 2,426 28.5
With a disability 629 12.5   Italian 1,717 20.2
 Percent employed 57.2 (X)   Lithuanian 47 0.6
No disability 4,384 87.5   Norwegian 55 0.6
 Percent employed 84.1 (X)   Polish 604 7.1
     Population 65 years and over 1,212 100.0   Portuguese 24 0.3
With a disability 329 27.1   Russian 47 0.6
        Scotch-Irish 94 1.1
        Scottish 140 1.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 11 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 8,009 100.0   Subsaharan African 20 0.2
Same house in 1995 5,009 62.5   Swedish 46 0.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 2,975 37.1   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 1,520 19.0   Ukrainian 163 1.9
 Different county 1,455 18.2   United States or American 75 0.9
  Same state 1,255 15.7   Welsh 24 0.3
  Different state 200 2.5   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 6 0.1
Elsewhere in 1995 25 0.3   Other ancestries 550 6.5
 
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.