DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Granby 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 7,009 100.0
      enrolled in school 1,831 100.0   Native 6,960 99.3
Nursery school, preschool 128 7.0       Born in United States 6,882 98.2
Kindergarten 133 7.3           State of residence 6,184 88.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 880 48.1           Different state 698 10.0
High school (grades 9-12) 498 27.2       Born outside United States 78 1.1
College or graduate school 192 10.5   Foreign born 49 0.7
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 0 0.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 19 0.3
  Population 25 years and over 4,471 100.0       Not a citizen 30 0.4
Less than 9th grade 206 4.6        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 766 17.1   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 2,009 44.9     Total (excluding born at sea) 49 100.0
Some college, no degree 694 15.5   Europe 30 61.2
Associate degree 344 7.7   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 267 6.0   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 185 4.1   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 19 38.8
Percent high school graduate or higher 78.3 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 10.1 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 6,521 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 5,400 100.0   English only 6,222 95.4
Never married 1,318 24.4   Language other than English 299 4.6
Now married, except separated 3,092 57.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 87 1.3
Separated 241 4.5   Spanish 145 2.2
Widowed 307 5.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 44 0.7
 Female 234 4.3   Other Indo-European languages 154 2.4
Divorced 442 8.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 43 0.7
 Female 240 4.4   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 7,009 100.0
           under 18 years 105 100.0     Total ancestries reported 7,880 112.4
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 34 32.4   Arab 34 0.5
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 5,011 100.0   Dutch 322 4.6
Civilian veterans 778 15.5   English 1,238 17.7
        French (except Basque)¹ 770 11.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 193 2.8
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 1,407 20.1
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,750 100.0   Greek 9 0.1
With a disability 212 12.1   Hungarian 9 0.1
     Population 21 to 64 years 4,048 100.0   Irish¹ 1,115 15.9
With a disability 779 19.2   Italian 766 10.9
 Percent employed 50.7 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 3,269 80.8   Norwegian 21 0.3
 Percent employed 78.3 (X)   Polish 440 6.3
     Population 65 years and over 714 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 286 40.1   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 85 1.2
        Scottish 127 1.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 5 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 6,521 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 3,998 61.3   Swedish 71 1.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 2,500 38.3   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 1,994 30.6   Ukrainian 71 1.0
 Different county 506 7.8   United States or American 595 8.5
  Same state 326 5.0   Welsh 33 0.5
  Different state 180 2.8   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 19 0.3
Elsewhere in 1995 23 0.4   Other ancestries 550 7.8
 
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.