Augusta, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2302100, place: Augusta city, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,963 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 327 (8.25%)
Kindergarten: 266 (6.71%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,808 (45.62%)
High school (grades 9-12): 849 (21.42%)
College or graduate school: 713 (17.99%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,153 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,121 (8.52%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,327 (10.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,918 (37.39%)
Some college, no degree: 2,361 (17.95%)
Associate degree: 907 (6.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,650 (12.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 869 (6.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,404 (100%)
Never married: 4,006 (26.01%)
Now married, except separated: 7,353 (47.73%)
Separated: 241 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 1,389 (9.02%)
Widowed Female: 1,137 (7.38%)
Total Divorced: 2,415 (15.68%)
Divorced Female: 1,516 (9.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 109 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (21.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,727 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,288 (15.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,454 (100%)
--With a disability: 355 (10.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,552 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,591 (24.55%)
----Percent employed: 50.1%
--No disability: 7,961 (75.45%)
----Percent employed: 82.8%
Population 65 years and over: 3,125 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,198 (38.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,629 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,595 (54.43%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,929 (44.98%)
--Same county: 5,072 (28.77%)
--Different county: 2,857 (16.21%)
----Same state: 1,502 (8.52%)
----Different state: 1,355 (7.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 105 (0.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,560 (100%)
Native: 17,926 (96.58%)
--Born in United States: 17,758 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,058 (75.74%)
----Different state: 3,700 (19.94%)
--Born outside United States: 168 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 634 (3.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 130 (0.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 430 (2.32%)
--Not a citizen: 204 (1.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 634 (100%)
Europe: 180 (28.39%)
Asia: 139 (21.92%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 43 (6.78%)
Northern America: 272 (42.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,629 (100%)
English only: 15,406 (87.39%)
Language other than English: 2,223 (12.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 588 (3.34%)
--Spanish: 121 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 34 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,005 (11.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 499 (2.83%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 90 (0.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,560 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,326% (109.52%)
Arab: 30 (0.16%)
Czech: 45 (0.24%)
Danish: 57 (0.31%)
Dutch: 163 (0.88%)
English: 3,301 (17.79%)
French (except Basque): 3,296 (17.76%)
French Canadian: 2,680 (14.44%)
German: 1,357 (7.31%)
Greek: 57 (0.31%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.11%)
Irish: 2,630 (14.17%)
Italian: 429 (2.31%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 184 (0.99%)
Polish: 444 (2.39%)
Portuguese: 105 (0.57%)
Russian: 35 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 431 (2.32%)
Scottish: 681 (3.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 175 (0.94%)
Swiss: 17 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 33 (0.18%)
United States or American: 1,517 (8.17%)
Welsh: 181 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 2,424 (13.06%)

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