Piscataquis County, Maine Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Piscataquis county maine dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,892	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	239	6.1
Kindergarten	186	4.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,906	49.0
High school (grades 9-12)	1,129	29.0
College or graduate school	432	11.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,240	100.0
Less than 9th grade	838	6.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,575	12.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,347	43.7
Some college, no degree	2,029	16.6
Associate degree	820	6.7
Bachelor's degree	1,153	9.4
Graduate or professional degree	478	3.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,075	100.0
Never married	2,709	19.2
Now married, except separated	8,199	58.3
Separated	204	1.4
Widowed	1,255	8.9
Female	1,013	7.2
Divorced	1,708	12.1
Female	836	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	152	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	50	32.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,206	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,494	18.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,679	100.0
With a disability	314	8.5

Population 21 to 64 years	9,709	100.0
With a disability	2,653	27.3
Percent employed	56.5	(X)
No disability	7,056	72.7
Percent employed	73.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,858	100.0
With a disability	1,304	45.6

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	16,408	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,016	67.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,220	31.8
Same county	2,892	17.6
Different county	2,328	14.2
Same state	1,322	8.1
Different state	1,006	6.1
Elsewhere in 1995	172	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	17,235	100.0
Native	16,909	98.1
Born in United States	16,837	97.7
State of residence	12,455	72.3
Different state	4,382	25.4
Born outside United States	72	0.4
Foreign born	326	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	48	0.3
Naturalized citizen	172	1.0
Not a citizen	154	0.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	326	100.0
Europe	94	28.8
Asia	25	7.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	26	8.0
Northern America	181	55.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	16,408	100.0
English only	15,842	96.6
Language other than English	566	3.4
Speak English less than 'very well	121	0.7
Spanish	105	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	31	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	434	2.6
Speak English less than "very well"	76	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	23	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	14	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	17,235	100.0
Total ancestries reported	19,796	114.9
Arab	14	0.1
Czech¹	19	0.1
Danish	48	0.3
Dutch	137	0.8
English	4,532	26.3
French (except Basque)¹	3,247	18.8
French Canadian¹	424	2.5
German	961	5.6
Greek	13	0.1
Hungarian	32	0.2
Irish¹	2,628	15.2
Italian	529	3.1
Lithuanian	83	0.5
Norwegian	60	0.3
Polish	347	2.0
Portuguese	75	0.4
Russian	123	0.7
Scotch-Irish	439	2.5
Scottish	1,007	5.8
Slovak	24	0.1
Subsaharan African	7	0.0
Swedish	442	2.6
Swiss	18	0.1
Ukrainian	4	0.0
United States or American	2,284	13.3
Welsh	258	1.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	2,039	11.8

(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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