DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Smithfield 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 1,204 100.0
      enrolled in school 377 100.0   Native 1,185 98.4
Nursery school, preschool 18 4.8       Born in United States 1,185 98.4
Kindergarten 15 4.0           State of residence 1,129 93.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 184 48.8           Different state 56 4.7
High school (grades 9-12) 93 24.7       Born outside United States 0 0.0
College or graduate school 67 17.8   Foreign born 19 1.6
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 7 0.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 6 0.5
  Population 25 years and over 733 100.0       Not a citizen 13 1.1
Less than 9th grade 49 6.7        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 151 20.6   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 273 37.2     Total (excluding born at sea) 19 100.0
Some college, no degree 116 15.8   Europe 12 63.2
Associate degree 56 7.6   Asia 7 36.8
Bachelor's degree 67 9.1   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 21 2.9   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 72.7 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 12.0 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 1,133 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 904 100.0   English only 1,090 96.2
Never married 250 27.7   Language other than English 43 3.6
Now married, except separated 481 53.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 17 1.5
Separated 23 2.5   Spanish 10 0.9
Widowed 50 5.5           Speak English less than '"very well"' 5 0.4
 Female 40 4.4   Other Indo-European languages 26 2.3
Divorced 100 11.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 7 0.6
 Female 43 4.8   Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
                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 1,204 100.0
           under 18 years 15 100.0     Total ancestries reported 1,139 94.6
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 9 60.0   Arab 12 1.0
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 9 0.7
          Civilian population 18 years and over 830 100.0   Dutch 79 6.6
Civilian veterans 81 9.8   English 252 20.9
        French (except Basque)¹ 115 9.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 5 0.4
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 180 15.0
     Population 5 to 20 years 344 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 25 7.3   Hungarian 2 0.2
     Population 21 to 64 years 688 100.0   Irish¹ 136 11.3
With a disability 125 18.2   Italian 37 3.1
 Percent employed 41.6 (X)   Lithuanian 4 0.3
No disability 563 81.8   Norwegian 3 0.2
 Percent employed 77.1 (X)   Polish 33 2.7
     Population 65 years and over 101 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 47 46.5   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 4 0.3
        Scottish 30 2.5
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 1,133 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 769 67.9   Swedish 10 0.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 348 30.7   Swiss 4 0.3
 Same county 261 23.0   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 87 7.7   United States or American 94 7.8
  Same state 61 5.4   Welsh 50 4.2
  Different state 26 2.3   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 16 1.4   Other ancestries 80 6.6
 
Date: May 22, 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.