Bangor, ME

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2302795, place: Bangor city, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,221 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 481 (5.85%)
Kindergarten: 335 (4.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,127 (38.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,603 (19.5%)
College or graduate school: 2,675 (32.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 20,847 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 835 (4.01%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,882 (9.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,508 (31.22%)
Some college, no degree: 4,214 (20.21%)
Associate degree: 1,875 (8.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,409 (16.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,124 (10.19%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 26,013 (100%)
Never married: 8,435 (32.43%)
Now married, except separated: 11,477 (44.12%)
Separated: 441 (1.7%)
Total Widowed: 2,135 (8.21%)
Widowed Female: 1,764 (6.78%)
Total Divorced: 3,525 (13.55%)
Divorced Female: 2,124 (8.17%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 301 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 89 (29.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 24,814 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,521 (14.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,603 (100%)
--With a disability: 853 (12.92%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,374 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,045 (22.01%)
----Percent employed: 49.7%
--No disability: 14,329 (77.99%)
----Percent employed: 83%
Population 65 years and over: 3,897 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,619 (41.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 29,712 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,003 (47.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,173 (51.07%)
--Same county: 9,609 (32.34%)
--Different county: 5,564 (18.73%)
----Same state: 3,160 (10.64%)
----Different state: 2,404 (8.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 536 (1.8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 31,473 (100%)
Native: 30,411 (96.63%)
--Born in United States: 29,937 (100%)
----State of residence: 21,907 (69.61%)
----Different state: 8,030 (25.51%)
--Born outside United States: 474 (1.51%)
Foreign born: 1,062 (3.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 461 (1.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 560 (1.78%)
--Not a citizen: 502 (1.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,062 (100%)
Europe: 264 (24.86%)
Asia: 344 (32.39%)
Africa: 48 (4.52%)
Oceania: 6 (0.56%)
Latin America: 69 (6.5%)
Northern America: 331 (31.17%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 29,712 (100%)
English only: 28,104 (94.59%)
Language other than English: 1,608 (5.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 432 (1.45%)
--Spanish: 264 (0.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,012 (3.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 241 (0.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 208 (0.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (0.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 31,473 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 32,656% (103.76%)
Arab: 133 (0.42%)
Czech: 36 (0.11%)
Danish: 71 (0.23%)
Dutch: 341 (1.08%)
English: 5,872 (18.66%)
French (except Basque): 3,944 (12.53%)
French Canadian: 1,643 (5.22%)
German: 1,945 (6.18%)
Greek: 166 (0.53%)
Hungarian: 92 (0.29%)
Irish: 5,538 (17.6%)
Italian: 1,297 (4.12%)
Lithuanian: 129 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 270 (0.86%)
Polish: 489 (1.55%)
Portuguese: 158 (0.5%)
Russian: 206 (0.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,021 (3.24%)
Scottish: 1,332 (4.23%)
Slovak: 19 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.03%)
Swedish: 532 (1.69%)
Swiss: 42 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 81 (0.26%)
United States or American: 3,477 (11.05%)
Welsh: 168 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.02%)
Other ancestries: 3,639 (11.56%)

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