Bingham, ME

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2304965, place: Bingham CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 179 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (6.15%)
Kindergarten: 16 (8.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 79 (44.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 51 (28.49%)
College or graduate school: 22 (12.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 597 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 45 (7.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 82 (13.74%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 276 (46.23%)
Some college, no degree: 96 (16.08%)
Associate degree: 28 (4.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 50 (8.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 20 (3.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 698 (100%)
Never married: 174 (24.93%)
Now married, except separated: 350 (50.14%)
Separated: 10 (1.43%)
Total Widowed: 88 (12.61%)
Widowed Female: 63 (9.03%)
Total Divorced: 76 (10.89%)
Divorced Female: 31 (4.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 651 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 129 (19.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 172 (100%)
--With a disability: 14 (8.14%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 436 (100%)
--With a disability: 118 (27.06%)
----Percent employed: 43.2%
--No disability: 318 (72.94%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 162 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (43.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 791 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 510 (64.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 281 (35.52%)
--Same county: 187 (23.64%)
--Different county: 94 (11.88%)
----Same state: 54 (6.83%)
----Different state: 40 (5.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 838 (100%)
Native: 825 (98.45%)
--Born in United States: 822 (100%)
----State of residence: 693 (82.7%)
----Different state: 129 (15.39%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.36%)
Foreign born: 13 (1.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.72%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 13 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (15.38%)
Northern America: 11 (84.62%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 791 (100%)
English only: 733 (92.67%)
Language other than English: 58 (7.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.64%)
--Spanish: 8 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 50 (6.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (1.01%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 838 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,134% (135.32%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 7 (0.84%)
Dutch: 2 (0.24%)
English: 308 (36.75%)
French (except Basque): 277 (33.05%)
French Canadian: 26 (3.1%)
German: 38 (4.53%)
Greek: 2 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 199 (23.75%)
Italian: 13 (1.55%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.6%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.95%)
Polish: 16 (1.91%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.24%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (3.58%)
Scottish: 59 (7.04%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 9 (1.07%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 56 (6.68%)
Welsh: 2 (0.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.24%)
Other ancestries: 73 (8.71%)

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