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This section provides a summary of social characteristics for Boston School District, MA based on the 2009 American Community Survey. See related sections General Demographics, Economic Characteristics and Housing Characteristics. See usage notes located at the bottom of the report.

    -- Table/Item --ValuePercent
Total households 237,397 100.0
    Family households (families) 110,919 46.7
        With own children under 18 years 49,758 21.0
    Married-couple family 62,684 26.4
        With own children under 18 years 24,442 10.3
    Male householder, no wife present, family 10,414 4.4
        With own children under 18 years 3,329 1.4
    Female householder, no husband present, family 37,821 15.9
        With own children under 18 years 21,987 9.3
    Nonfamily households 126,478 53.3
    Householder living alone 94,124 39.6
        65 years and over 23,229 9.8
 
Households with one or more people under 18 years 55,597 23.4
Households with one or more people 65 years and over 44,916 18.9
 
Average household size 2.47
Average family size 3.41
 
RELATIONSHIP
Population in households 585,464 100.0
    Householder 237,397 40.5
        Spouse 62,771 10.7
        Child 154,381 26.4
        Other relatives 50,458 8.6
    Nonrelatives 80,457 13.7
        Unmarried partner 16,071 2.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over 255,239 100.0
    Never married 149,492 58.6
    Now married, except separated 78,203 30.6
    Separated 6,302 2.5
    Widowed 4,711 1.8
    Divorced 16,531 6.5
 
Females 15 years and over 278,252 100.0
    Never married 147,640 53.1
    Now married, except separated 75,103 27.0
    Separated 10,303 3.7
    Widowed 21,623 7.8
    Divorced 23,583 8.5
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in past 12 mo 8,869 100.0
    Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) 3,569 40.2
        Per 1,000 unmarried women 25
    Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old 45
        Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old 19
        Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old 60
        Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old 32
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years 11,001 100.0
    Responsible for grandchildren 3,536 32.1
Years responsible for grandchildren
        Less than 1 year 626 5.7
        1 or 2 years 648 5.9
        3 or 4 years 662 6.0
        5 or more years 1,600 14.5
 
    Number of grandparents resp for own grandchildren under 18 yrs 3,536 32.1
        Who are female 2,675 24.3
        Who are married 1,912 17.4
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 177,297 100.0
        Nursery school, preschool 7,631 4.3
        Kindergarten 7,137 4.0
        Elementary school (grades 1-8) 46,499 26.2
        High school (grades 9-12) 27,714 15.6
        College or graduate school 88,316 49.8
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over 427,435 100.0
        Less than 9th grade 34,975 8.2
        9th to 12th grade, no diploma 32,649 7.6
        High school graduate (includes equivalency) 99,580 23.3
        Some college, no degree 56,147 13.1
        Associate's degree 20,647 4.8
        Bachelor's degree 103,372 24.2
        Graduate or professional degree 80,065 18.7
 
Percent high school graduate or higher 84.2
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 42.9
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over 513,496 100.0
    Civilian veterans 22,810 4.4
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over 617,170 100.0
    Same house 473,270 76.7
    Different house in the U.S. 132,072 21.4
        Same county 76,189 12.3
        Different county 55,883 9.1
            Same state 28,923 4.7
            Different state 26,960 4.4
    Abroad 11,828 1.9
 
PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population 625,304 100.0
    Native 458,147 73.3
        Born in United States 441,804 70.7
            State of residence 290,984 46.5
            Different state 150,820 24.1
        Born in P.R, U.S. Island areas, or abroad to American parent(s) 16,343 2.6
    Foreign born 167,157 26.7
 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Foreign-born population 167,157 100.0
    Naturalized U.S. citizen 70,394 42.1
    Not a U.S. citizen 96,763 57.9
 
YEAR OF ENTRY
Population born outside the United States 183,500 100.0
 
    Native 16,343 8.9
        Entered 2000 or later 3,054 1.7
        Entered before 2000 13,289 7.2
 
    Foreign born 167,157 91.1
        Entered 2000 or later 55,929 30.5
        Entered before 2000 111,228 60.6
 
WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea 167,157 100.0
    Europe 27,442 16.4
    Asia 39,243 23.5
    Africa 17,202 10.3
    Oceania 242 0.1
    Latin America 80,388 48.1
    Northern America 2,640 1.6
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over 589,801 100.0
    English only 385,454 65.4
    Language other than English 204,347 34.6
            Speak English less than "very well" 100,149 17.0
        Spanish 84,836 14.4
            Speak English less than "very well" 41,761 7.1
        Other Indo-European languages 71,688 12.2
            Speak English less than "very well" 33,128 5.6
        Asian and Pacific Islander languages 36,926 6.3
            Speak English less than "very well" 21,519 3.6
        Other languages 10,897 1.8
            Speak English less than "very well" 3,741 0.6
 
ANCESTRY
Total population 625,304 100.0
    American 14,067 2.2
    Arab 6,999 1.1
    Czech 1,389 0.2
    Danish 975 0.2
    Dutch 2,771 0.4
    English 36,133 5.8
    French (except Basque) 15,658 2.5
    French Canadian 7,851 1.3
    German 30,793 4.9
    Greek 5,772 0.9
    Hungarian 1,729 0.3
    Irish 108,853 17.4
    Italian 54,889 8.8
    Lithuanian 3,141 0.5
    Norwegian 2,095 0.3
    Polish 16,188 2.6
    Portuguese 6,812 1.1
    Russian 11,661 1.9
    Scotch-Irish 6,887 1.1
    Scottish 8,817 1.4
    Slovak 505 0.1
    Subsaharan African 24,843 4.0
    Swedish 5,423 0.9
    Swiss 1,379 0.2
    Ukrainian 2,231 0.4
    Welsh 2,168 0.3
    West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) 35,602 5.7
Developed by ProximityOne; Census Bureau ACS 2009 Estimates

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