Kennebec County, Maine Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Kennebec county maine dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	30,287	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,619	5.3
Kindergarten	1,369	4.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	13,934	46.0
High school (grades 9-12)	6,937	22.9
College or graduate school	6,428	21.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	79,362	100.0
Less than 9th grade	4,528	5.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,183	9.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	29,882	37.7
Some college, no degree	15,143	19.1
Associate degree	6,224	7.8
Bachelor's degree	10,397	13.1
Graduate or professional degree	6,005	7.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	20.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	94,322	100.0
Never married	22,285	23.6
Now married, except separated	52,196	55.3
Separated	1,015	1.1
Widowed	6,759	7.2
Female	5,414	5.7
Divorced	12,067	12.8
Female	6,941	7.4

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,087	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	353	32.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	89,003	100.0
Civilian veterans	14,315	16.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	26,202	100.0
With a disability	2,417	9.2

Population 21 to 64 years	67,187	100.0
With a disability	13,668	20.3
Percent employed	53.3	(X)
No disability	53,519	79.7
Percent employed	82.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	15,899	100.0
With a disability	6,838	43.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	110,706	100.0
Same house in 1995	67,318	60.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	42,855	38.7
Same county	25,841	23.3
Different county	17,014	15.4
Same state	9,785	8.8
Different state	7,229	6.5
Elsewhere in 1995	533	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	117,114	100.0
Native	114,524	97.8
Born in United States	113,730	97.1
State of residence	87,879	75.0
Different state	25,851	22.1
Born outside United States	794	0.7
Foreign born	2,590	2.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	529	0.5
Naturalized citizen	1,577	1.3
Not a citizen	1,013	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,590	100.0
Europe	632	24.4
Asia	575	22.2
Africa	34	1.3
Oceania	6	0.2
Latin America	101	3.9
Northern America	1,242	48.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	110,706	100.0
English only	102,051	92.2
Language other than English	8,655	7.8
Speak English less than 'very well	2,290	2.1
Spanish	736	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	218	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	7,337	6.6
Speak English less than "very well"	1,816	1.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	512	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	252	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	117,114	100.0
Total ancestries reported	125,951	107.5
Arab	573	0.5
Czech¹	259	0.2
Danish	378	0.3
Dutch	1,103	0.9
English	25,742	22.0
French (except Basque)¹	20,715	17.7
French Canadian¹	13,435	11.5
German	7,289	6.2
Greek	293	0.3
Hungarian	142	0.1
Irish¹	15,330	13.1
Italian	3,358	2.9
Lithuanian	293	0.3
Norwegian	833	0.7
Polish	2,530	2.2
Portuguese	465	0.4
Russian	469	0.4
Scotch-Irish	3,079	2.6
Scottish	5,152	4.4
Slovak	144	0.1
Subsaharan African	89	0.1
Swedish	1,572	1.3
Swiss	158	0.1
Ukrainian	252	0.2
United States or American	10,244	8.7
Welsh	828	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	88	0.1
Other ancestries	11,138	9.5

(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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