DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Orwell 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 1,261 100.0
      enrolled in school 345 100.0   Native 1,246 98.8
Nursery school, preschool 21 6.1       Born in United States 1,229 97.5
Kindergarten 26 7.5           State of residence 1,077 85.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 181 52.5           Different state 152 12.1
High school (grades 9-12) 73 21.2       Born outside United States 17 1.3
College or graduate school 44 12.8   Foreign born 15 1.2
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 6 0.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 7 0.6
  Population 25 years and over 817 100.0       Not a citizen 8 0.6
Less than 9th grade 42 5.1        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 147 18.0   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 355 43.5     Total (excluding born at sea) 15 100.0
Some college, no degree 130 15.9   Europe 11 73.3
Associate degree 47 5.8   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 40 4.9   Africa 2 13.3
Graduate or professional degree 56 6.9   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 76.9 (X)   Northern America 2 13.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 11.8 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 1,178 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 944 100.0   English only 1,147 97.4
Never married 209 22.1   Language other than English 31 2.6
Now married, except separated 565 59.9           Speak English less than '"very well"' 10 0.8
Separated 34 3.6   Spanish 6 0.5
Widowed 66 7.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 41 4.3   Other Indo-European languages 25 2.1
Divorced 70 7.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 10 0.8
 Female 30 3.2   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 1,261 100.0
           under 18 years 11 100.0     Total ancestries reported 1,267 100.5
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 0.0   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 11 0.9
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 889 100.0   Dutch 61 4.8
Civilian veterans 134 15.1   English 190 15.1
        French (except Basque)¹ 82 6.5
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 47 3.7
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 226 17.9
     Population 5 to 20 years 311 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 18 5.8   Hungarian 3 0.2
     Population 21 to 64 years 733 100.0   Irish¹ 144 11.4
With a disability 222 30.3   Italian 84 6.7
 Percent employed 22.5 (X)   Lithuanian 2 0.2
No disability 511 69.7   Norwegian 27 2.1
 Percent employed 72.2 (X)   Polish 18 1.4
     Population 65 years and over 134 100.0   Portuguese 3 0.2
With a disability 69 51.5   Russian 11 0.9
        Scotch-Irish 20 1.6
        Scottish 17 1.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 1 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 1,178 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 747 63.4   Swedish 13 1.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 414 35.1   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 203 17.2   Ukrainian 13 1.0
 Different county 211 17.9   United States or American 87 6.9
  Same state 137 11.6   Welsh 22 1.7
  Different state 74 6.3   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 17 1.4   Other ancestries 185 14.7
 
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.