Auburn, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2302060, place: Auburn city, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,361 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 270 (5.04%)
Kindergarten: 339 (6.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,485 (46.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,350 (25.18%)
College or graduate school: 917 (17.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,939 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,312 (8.23%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,690 (10.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,916 (37.12%)
Some college, no degree: 2,897 (18.18%)
Associate degree: 1,115 (7%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,969 (12.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,040 (6.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,790 (100%)
Never married: 4,703 (25.03%)
Now married, except separated: 9,592 (51.05%)
Separated: 379 (2.02%)
Total Widowed: 1,719 (9.15%)
Widowed Female: 1,377 (7.33%)
Total Divorced: 2,397 (12.76%)
Divorced Female: 1,379 (7.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 210 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 75 (35.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,838 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,720 (15.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,859 (100%)
--With a disability: 683 (14.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,905 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,707 (20.98%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 10,198 (79.02%)
----Percent employed: 86.5%
Population 65 years and over: 3,431 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,674 (48.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,862 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,213 (55.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,511 (43.5%)
--Same county: 6,361 (29.1%)
--Different county: 3,150 (14.41%)
----Same state: 1,617 (7.4%)
----Different state: 1,533 (7.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 138 (0.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,203 (100%)
Native: 22,680 (97.75%)
--Born in United States: 22,498 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,506 (75.45%)
----Different state: 4,992 (21.51%)
--Born outside United States: 182 (0.78%)
Foreign born: 523 (2.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 213 (0.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 329 (1.42%)
--Not a citizen: 194 (0.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 523 (100%)
Europe: 191 (36.52%)
Asia: 93 (17.78%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 58 (11.09%)
Northern America: 181 (34.61%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,862 (100%)
English only: 19,152 (87.6%)
Language other than English: 2,710 (12.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 712 (3.26%)
--Spanish: 202 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,400 (10.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 622 (2.85%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 102 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,203 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 25,145% (108.37%)
Arab: 16 (0.07%)
Czech: 35 (0.15%)
Danish: 218 (0.94%)
Dutch: 106 (0.46%)
English: 4,215 (18.17%)
French (except Basque): 4,707 (20.29%)
French Canadian: 3,971 (17.11%)
German: 1,325 (5.71%)
Greek: 62 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 84 (0.36%)
Irish: 3,243 (13.98%)
Italian: 706 (3.04%)
Lithuanian: 168 (0.72%)
Norwegian: 91 (0.39%)
Polish: 484 (2.09%)
Portuguese: 77 (0.33%)
Russian: 112 (0.48%)
Scotch-Irish: 359 (1.55%)
Scottish: 967 (4.17%)
Slovak: 37 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.03%)
Swedish: 180 (0.78%)
Swiss: 29 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.1%)
United States or American: 1,571 (6.77%)
Welsh: 100 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 26 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 2,224 (9.58%)

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