Androscoggin County, Maine Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Androscoggin county maine dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	25,970	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,289	5.0
Kindergarten	1,401	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,773	45.3
High school (grades 9-12)	5,819	22.4
College or graduate school	5,688	21.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	69,560	100.0
Less than 9th grade	6,248	9.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,775	11.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	27,944	40.2
Some college, no degree	12,962	18.6
Associate degree	4,638	6.7
Bachelor's degree	6,858	9.9
Graduate or professional degree	3,135	4.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	79.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	83,370	100.0
Never married	20,678	24.8
Now married, except separated	45,237	54.3
Separated	1,135	1.4
Widowed	6,327	7.6
Female	5,170	6.2
Divorced	9,993	12.0
Female	5,500	6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,033	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	391	37.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	78,789	100.0
Civilian veterans	12,451	15.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	22,911	100.0
With a disability	2,566	11.2

Population 21 to 64 years	59,315	100.0
With a disability	12,519	21.1
Percent employed	53.3	(X)
No disability	46,796	78.9
Percent employed	83.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	13,885	100.0
With a disability	6,399	46.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	97,643	100.0
Same house in 1995	55,347	56.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	41,626	42.6
Same county	27,148	27.8
Different county	14,478	14.8
Same state	7,066	7.2
Different state	7,412	7.6
Elsewhere in 1995	670	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	103,793	100.0
Native	101,135	97.4
Born in United States	100,382	96.7
State of residence	79,228	76.3
Different state	21,154	20.4
Born outside United States	753	0.7
Foreign born	2,658	2.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	651	0.6
Naturalized citizen	1,601	1.5
Not a citizen	1,057	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,658	100.0
Europe	594	22.3
Asia	390	14.7
Africa	56	2.1
Oceania	14	0.5
Latin America	226	8.5
Northern America	1,378	51.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	97,643	100.0
English only	81,607	83.6
Language other than English	16,036	16.4
Speak English less than 'very well	4,010	4.1
Spanish	801	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	290	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	14,900	15.3
Speak English less than "very well"	3,632	3.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	299	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	83	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	103,793	100.0
Total ancestries reported	107,925	104.0
Arab	51	0.0
Czech¹	262	0.3
Danish	380	0.4
Dutch	656	0.6
English	16,334	15.7
French (except Basque)¹	19,520	18.8
French Canadian¹	21,479	20.7
German	5,143	5.0
Greek	274	0.3
Hungarian	195	0.2
Irish¹	11,854	11.4
Italian	3,401	3.3
Lithuanian	478	0.5
Norwegian	442	0.4
Polish	1,655	1.6
Portuguese	272	0.3
Russian	341	0.3
Scotch-Irish	1,656	1.6
Scottish	3,520	3.4
Slovak	349	0.3
Subsaharan African	155	0.1
Swedish	901	0.9
Swiss	182	0.2
Ukrainian	47	0.0
United States or American	8,134	7.8
Welsh	457	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	115	0.1
Other ancestries	9,672	9.3

(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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