Waldo County, Maine Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Waldo county maine dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,692	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	513	5.9
Kindergarten	470	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,272	49.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,131	24.5
College or graduate school	1,306	15.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	24,818	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,295	5.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,529	10.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	9,630	38.8
Some college, no degree	4,210	17.0
Associate degree	1,609	6.5
Bachelor's degree	3,599	14.5
Graduate or professional degree	1,946	7.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	84.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	22.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	29,055	100.0
Never married	6,312	21.7
Now married, except separated	16,957	58.4
Separated	319	1.1
Widowed	1,964	6.8
Female	1,612	5.5
Divorced	3,503	12.1
Female	1,841	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	399	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	154	38.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	27,434	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,383	16.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	7,843	100.0
With a disability	658	8.4

Population 21 to 64 years	21,387	100.0
With a disability	4,154	19.4
Percent employed	50.3	(X)
No disability	17,233	80.6
Percent employed	80.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,774	100.0
With a disability	1,929	40.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	34,234	100.0
Same house in 1995	21,713	63.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,407	36.2
Same county	5,855	17.1
Different county	6,552	19.1
Same state	3,314	9.7
Different state	3,238	9.5
Elsewhere in 1995	114	0.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	36,280	100.0
Native	35,661	98.3
Born in United States	35,440	97.7
State of residence	24,112	66.5
Different state	11,328	31.2
Born outside United States	221	0.6
Foreign born	619	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	123	0.3
Naturalized citizen	332	0.9
Not a citizen	287	0.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	617	100.0
Europe	286	46.4
Asia	72	11.7
Africa	5	0.8
Oceania	12	1.9
Latin America	26	4.2
Northern America	216	35.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	34,234	100.0
English only	33,102	96.7
Language other than English	1,132	3.3
Speak English less than 'very well	247	0.7
Spanish	202	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	43	0.1
Other Indo-European languages	864	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	182	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	42	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	18	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	36,280	100.0
Total ancestries reported	35,681	98.3
Arab	63	0.2
Czech¹	69	0.2
Danish	76	0.2
Dutch	419	1.2
English	8,497	23.4
French (except Basque)¹	3,186	8.8
French Canadian¹	1,389	3.8
German	2,348	6.5
Greek	88	0.2
Hungarian	80	0.2
Irish¹	5,062	14.0
Italian	1,242	3.4
Lithuanian	138	0.4
Norwegian	263	0.7
Polish	673	1.9
Portuguese	150	0.4
Russian	217	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,041	2.9
Scottish	1,905	5.3
Slovak	21	0.1
Subsaharan African	12	0.0
Swedish	620	1.7
Swiss	35	0.1
Ukrainian	76	0.2
United States or American	3,858	10.6
Welsh	290	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	39	0.1
Other ancestries	3,824	10.5

(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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