Belfast, ME

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2303950, place: Belfast city, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,316 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 56 (4.26%)
Kindergarten: 101 (7.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 604 (45.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 373 (28.34%)
College or graduate school: 182 (13.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,553 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 361 (7.93%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 459 (10.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,302 (28.6%)
Some college, no degree: 817 (17.94%)
Associate degree: 290 (6.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 836 (18.36%)
Graduate or professional degree: 488 (10.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,278 (100%)
Never married: 1,129 (21.39%)
Now married, except separated: 2,705 (51.25%)
Separated: 63 (1.19%)
Total Widowed: 606 (11.48%)
Widowed Female: 480 (9.09%)
Total Divorced: 775 (14.68%)
Divorced Female: 477 (9.04%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 91 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 50 (54.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,013 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 804 (16.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,213 (100%)
--With a disability: 153 (12.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,538 (100%)
--With a disability: 775 (21.91%)
----Percent employed: 57.3%
--No disability: 2,763 (78.09%)
----Percent employed: 81.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,129 (100%)
--With a disability: 438 (38.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,062 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,285 (54.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,756 (45.46%)
--Same county: 1,358 (22.4%)
--Different county: 1,398 (23.06%)
----Same state: 493 (8.13%)
----Different state: 905 (14.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 21 (0.35%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,381 (100%)
Native: 6,242 (97.82%)
--Born in United States: 6,209 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,034 (63.22%)
----Different state: 2,175 (34.09%)
--Born outside United States: 33 (0.52%)
Foreign born: 139 (2.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 86 (1.35%)
--Not a citizen: 53 (0.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 139 (100%)
Europe: 75 (53.96%)
Asia: 14 (10.07%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 50 (35.97%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,062 (100%)
English only: 5,892 (97.2%)
Language other than English: 170 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.08%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 170 (2.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,381 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,471% (101.41%)
Arab: 25 (0.39%)
Czech: 7 (0.11%)
Danish: 7 (0.11%)
Dutch: 106 (1.66%)
English: 1,639 (25.69%)
French (except Basque): 424 (6.64%)
French Canadian: 253 (3.96%)
German: 453 (7.1%)
Greek: 9 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.34%)
Irish: 976 (15.3%)
Italian: 164 (2.57%)
Lithuanian: 41 (0.64%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.24%)
Polish: 162 (2.54%)
Portuguese: 14 (0.22%)
Russian: 49 (0.77%)
Scotch-Irish: 214 (3.35%)
Scottish: 420 (6.58%)
Slovak: 13 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 82 (1.29%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.13%)
United States or American: 554 (8.68%)
Welsh: 97 (1.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 32 (0.5%)
Other ancestries: 685 (10.73%)

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