General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2301360, place: Anson CDP, Maine)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 221 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 19 (8.6%)
Kindergarten: 11 (4.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 122 (55.2%)
High school (grades 9-12): 37 (16.74%)
College or graduate school: 32 (14.48%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 545 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 45 (8.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 105 (19.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 209 (38.35%)
Some college, no degree: 94 (17.25%)
Associate degree: 39 (7.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 36 (6.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 17 (3.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 627 (100%)
Never married: 133 (21.21%)
Now married, except separated: 347 (55.34%)
Separated: 8 (1.28%)
Total Widowed: 66 (10.53%)
Widowed Female: 49 (7.81%)
Total Divorced: 73 (11.64%)
Divorced Female: 39 (6.22%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 607 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 102 (16.8%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 202 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (18.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 457 (100%)
--With a disability: 139 (30.42%)
----Percent employed: 54%
--No disability: 318 (69.58%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
Population 65 years and over: 122 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (50%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 781 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 473 (60.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 281 (35.98%)
--Same county: 183 (23.43%)
--Different county: 98 (12.55%)
----Same state: 71 (9.09%)
----Different state: 27 (3.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 27 (3.46%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 827 (100%)
Native: 818 (98.91%)
--Born in United States: 808 (100%)
----State of residence: 631 (76.3%)
----Different state: 177 (21.4%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (1.21%)
Foreign born: 9 (1.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (1.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (1.09%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 9 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 9 (100%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 781 (100%)
English only: 744 (95.26%)
Language other than English: 37 (4.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.51%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 20 (2.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.51%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 827 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 780% (94.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.6%)
Danish: 3 (0.36%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 177 (21.4%)
French (except Basque): 109 (13.18%)
French Canadian: 26 (3.14%)
German: 29 (3.51%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 197 (23.82%)
Italian: 19 (2.3%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 43 (5.2%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.24%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (2.18%)
Scottish: 20 (2.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.36%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 30 (3.63%)
Welsh: 9 (1.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 90 (10.88%)
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