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This section provides a summary of social characteristics for Petersham 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 392 100.0
    Family households (families) 280 71.4
        With own children under 18 years 102 26.0
    Married-couple family 249 63.5
        With own children under 18 years 92 23.5
    Male householder, no wife present, family 9 2.3
        With own children under 18 years 2 0.5
    Female householder, no husband present, family 22 5.6
        With own children under 18 years 8 2.0
    Nonfamily households 112 28.6
    Householder living alone 101 25.8
        65 years and over 59 15.1
 
Households with one or more people under 18 years 115 29.3
Households with one or more people 65 years and over 116 29.6
 
Average household size 2.47
Average family size 2.98
 
RELATIONSHIP
Population in households 970 100.0
    Householder 392 40.4
        Spouse 258 26.6
        Child 264 27.2
        Other relatives 33 3.4
    Nonrelatives 23 2.4
        Unmarried partner 19 2.0
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over 435 100.0
    Never married 134 30.8
    Now married, except separated 259 59.5
    Separated 7 1.6
    Widowed 5 1.1
    Divorced 30 6.9
 
Females 15 years and over 678 100.0
    Never married 341 50.3
    Now married, except separated 258 38.1
    Separated 13 1.9
    Widowed 48 7.1
    Divorced 18 2.7
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in past 12 mo 9 100.0
    Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) 7 77.8
        Per 1,000 unmarried women 103
    Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old 46
        Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old 0
        Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old 134
        Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old 0
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years 12 100.0
    Responsible for grandchildren 0 0.0
Years responsible for grandchildren
        Less than 1 year 0 0.0
        1 or 2 years 0 0.0
        3 or 4 years 0 0.0
        5 or more years 0 0.0
 
    Number of grandparents resp for own grandchildren under 18 yrs 0 0.0
        Who are female 0 0.0
        Who are married 0 0.0
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 203 100.0
        Nursery school, preschool 0 0.0
        Kindergarten 12 5.9
        Elementary school (grades 1-8) 63 31.0
        High school (grades 9-12) 59 29.1
        College or graduate school 69 34.0
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over 988 100.0
        Less than 9th grade 17 1.7
        9th to 12th grade, no diploma 26 2.6
        High school graduate (includes equivalency) 207 21.0
        Some college, no degree 154 15.6
        Associate's degree 70 7.1
        Bachelor's degree 270 27.3
        Graduate or professional degree 244 24.7
 
Percent high school graduate or higher 95.6
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 52.0
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over 1,067 100.0
    Civilian veterans 102 9.6
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over 1,240 100.0
    Same house 1,154 93.1
    Different house in the U.S. 81 6.5
        Same county 41 3.3
        Different county 40 3.2
            Same state 37 3.0
            Different state 3 0.2
    Abroad 5 0.4
 
PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population 1,246 100.0
    Native 1,206 96.8
        Born in United States 1,204 96.6
            State of residence 914 73.4
            Different state 290 23.3
        Born in P.R, U.S. Island areas, or abroad to American parent(s) 2 0.2
    Foreign born 40 3.2
 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Foreign-born population 40 100.0
    Naturalized U.S. citizen 24 60.0
    Not a U.S. citizen 16 40.0
 
YEAR OF ENTRY
Population born outside the United States 42 100.0
 
    Native 2 4.8
        Entered 2000 or later 2 4.8
        Entered before 2000 0 0.0
 
    Foreign born 40 95.2
        Entered 2000 or later 6 14.3
        Entered before 2000 34 81.0
 
WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea 40 100.0
    Europe 7 17.5
    Asia 18 45.0
    Africa 0 0.0
    Oceania 0 0.0
    Latin America 2 5.0
    Northern America 13 32.5
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over 1,199 100.0
    English only 878 73.2
    Language other than English 321 26.8
            Speak English less than "very well" 5 0.4
        Spanish 9 0.8
            Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
        Other Indo-European languages 288 24.0
            Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
        Asian and Pacific Islander languages 17 1.4
            Speak English less than "very well" 5 0.4
        Other languages 7 0.6
            Speak English less than "very well" 0 0.0
 
ANCESTRY
Total population 1,246 100.0
    American 28 2.2
    Arab 0 0.0
    Czech 4 0.3
    Danish 0 0.0
    Dutch 9 0.7
    English 165 13.2
    French (except Basque) 197 15.8
    French Canadian 348 27.9
    German 102 8.2
    Greek 22 1.8
    Hungarian 0 0.0
    Irish 243 19.5
    Italian 71 5.7
    Lithuanian 20 1.6
    Norwegian 8 0.6
    Polish 65 5.2
    Portuguese 4 0.3
    Russian 10 0.8
    Scotch-Irish 28 2.2
    Scottish 83 6.7
    Slovak 0 0.0
    Subsaharan African 0 0.0
    Swedish 67 5.4
    Swiss 11 0.9
    Ukrainian 0 0.0
    Welsh 3 0.2
    West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) 0 0.0
Developed by ProximityOne; Census Bureau ACS 2009 Estimates

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