DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Boylston 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 547 100.0
      enrolled in school 165 100.0   Native 540 98.7
Nursery school, preschool 0 0.0       Born in United States 538 98.4
Kindergarten 13 7.9           State of residence 458 83.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 75 45.5           Different state 80 14.6
High school (grades 9-12) 61 37.0       Born outside United States 2 0.4
College or graduate school 16 9.7   Foreign born 7 1.3
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 3 0.5
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 4 0.7
  Population 25 years and over 349 100.0       Not a citizen 3 0.5
Less than 9th grade 12 3.4        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 46 13.2   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 133 38.1     Total (excluding born at sea) 7 100.0
Some college, no degree 80 22.9   Europe 4 57.1
Associate degree 16 4.6   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 51 14.6   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 11 3.2   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 3 42.9
Percent high school graduate or higher 83.4 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 17.8 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 533 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 436 100.0   English only 517 97.0
Never married 117 26.8   Language other than English 16 3.0
Now married, except separated 247 56.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 2 0.4
Separated 13 3.0   Spanish 6 1.1
Widowed 22 5.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 17 3.9   Other Indo-European languages 10 1.9
Divorced 37 8.5           Speak English less than '"very well"' 2 0.4
 Female 13 3.0   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 547 100.0
           under 18 years 16 100.0     Total ancestries reported 479 87.6
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 5 31.3   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 10 1.8
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 393 100.0   Dutch 33 6.0
Civilian veterans 64 16.3   English 119 21.8
        French (except Basque)¹ 27 4.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 4 0.7
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 64 11.7
     Population 5 to 20 years 165 100.0   Greek 6 1.1
With a disability 11 6.7   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 299 100.0   Irish¹ 36 6.6
With a disability 40 13.4   Italian 18 3.3
 Percent employed 52.5 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 259 86.6   Norwegian 3 0.5
 Percent employed 76.1 (X)   Polish 25 4.6
     Population 65 years and over 69 100.0   Portuguese 2 0.4
With a disability 35 50.7   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 5 0.9
        Scottish 17 3.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 533 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 410 76.9   Swedish 0 0.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 120 22.5   Swiss 5 0.9
 Same county 80 15.0   Ukrainian 2 0.4
 Different county 40 7.5   United States or American 36 6.6
  Same state 23 4.3   Welsh 4 0.7
  Different state 17 3.2   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 3 0.6   Other ancestries 63 11.5
 
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.