Brewer, ME

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2306925, place: Brewer city, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,167 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 100 (4.61%)
Kindergarten: 117 (5.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,023 (47.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 475 (21.92%)
College or graduate school: 452 (20.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,289 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 202 (3.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 374 (5.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,057 (32.71%)
Some college, no degree: 1,467 (23.33%)
Associate degree: 587 (9.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,035 (16.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 567 (9.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,293 (100%)
Never married: 1,717 (23.54%)
Now married, except separated: 3,986 (54.66%)
Separated: 136 (1.86%)
Total Widowed: 581 (7.97%)
Widowed Female: 476 (6.53%)
Total Divorced: 873 (11.97%)
Divorced Female: 500 (6.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 106 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (71.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,940 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,195 (17.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,813 (100%)
--With a disability: 131 (7.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,095 (100%)
--With a disability: 998 (19.59%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
--No disability: 4,097 (80.41%)
----Percent employed: 82.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,466 (100%)
--With a disability: 633 (43.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,512 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,634 (54.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,840 (45.11%)
--Same county: 2,185 (25.67%)
--Different county: 1,655 (19.44%)
----Same state: 1,094 (12.85%)
----Different state: 561 (6.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 38 (0.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,951 (100%)
Native: 8,723 (97.45%)
--Born in United States: 8,645 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,758 (75.5%)
----Different state: 1,887 (21.08%)
--Born outside United States: 78 (0.87%)
Foreign born: 228 (2.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 16 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 175 (1.96%)
--Not a citizen: 53 (0.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 228 (100%)
Europe: 98 (42.98%)
Asia: 46 (20.18%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 84 (36.84%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,512 (100%)
English only: 8,136 (95.58%)
Language other than English: 376 (4.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 53 (0.62%)
--Spanish: 59 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.12%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 247 (2.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.38%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 61 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,951 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,786% (109.33%)
Arab: 17 (0.19%)
Czech: 50 (0.56%)
Danish: 10 (0.11%)
Dutch: 69 (0.77%)
English: 2,244 (25.07%)
French (except Basque): 1,206 (13.47%)
French Canadian: 506 (5.65%)
German: 634 (7.08%)
Greek: 25 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 22 (0.25%)
Irish: 1,783 (19.92%)
Italian: 177 (1.98%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 72 (0.8%)
Polish: 207 (2.31%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 81 (0.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 353 (3.94%)
Scottish: 503 (5.62%)
Slovak: 18 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 197 (2.2%)
Swiss: 7 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.09%)
United States or American: 706 (7.89%)
Welsh: 85 (0.95%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 806 (9%)

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