Berwick, ME

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2304685, place: Berwick CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 438 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (3.65%)
Kindergarten: 33 (7.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 249 (56.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 104 (23.74%)
College or graduate school: 36 (8.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,233 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 80 (6.49%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 121 (9.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 624 (50.61%)
Some college, no degree: 249 (20.19%)
Associate degree: 90 (7.3%)
Bachelor's degree: 41 (3.33%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (2.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,463 (100%)
Never married: 405 (27.68%)
Now married, except separated: 751 (51.33%)
Separated: 29 (1.98%)
Total Widowed: 102 (6.97%)
Widowed Female: 74 (5.06%)
Total Divorced: 176 (12.03%)
Divorced Female: 81 (5.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 54 (85.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,367 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 235 (17.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 495 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (5.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,006 (100%)
--With a disability: 302 (30.02%)
----Percent employed: 60.3%
--No disability: 704 (69.98%)
----Percent employed: 75.1%
Population 65 years and over: 254 (100%)
--With a disability: 122 (48.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,773 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 811 (45.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 948 (53.47%)
--Same county: 468 (26.4%)
--Different county: 480 (27.07%)
----Same state: 37 (2.09%)
----Different state: 443 (24.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (0.79%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,940 (100%)
Native: 1,940 (100%)
--Born in United States: 1,933 (100%)
----State of residence: 488 (25.15%)
----Different state: 1,445 (74.48%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 0
Europe: 0
Asia: 0
Africa: 0
Oceania: 0
Latin America: 0
Northern America: 0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,773 (100%)
English only: 1,726 (97.35%)
Language other than English: 47 (2.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (1.02%)
--Spanish: 13 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.34%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.68%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,940 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,171% (111.91%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 40 (2.06%)
English: 329 (16.96%)
French (except Basque): 351 (18.09%)
French Canadian: 181 (9.33%)
German: 143 (7.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 309 (15.93%)
Italian: 88 (4.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 52 (2.68%)
Portuguese: 33 (1.7%)
Russian: 24 (1.24%)
Scotch-Irish: 16 (0.82%)
Scottish: 49 (2.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 114 (5.88%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 245 (12.63%)
Welsh: 18 (0.93%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 179 (9.23%)

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