Bucksport, ME

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2308780, place: Bucksport CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 723 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (4.98%)
Kindergarten: 34 (4.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 354 (48.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 229 (31.67%)
College or graduate school: 70 (9.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,924 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 104 (5.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 226 (11.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 634 (32.95%)
Some college, no degree: 400 (20.79%)
Associate degree: 214 (11.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 236 (12.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 110 (5.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,387 (100%)
Never married: 625 (26.18%)
Now married, except separated: 1,278 (53.54%)
Separated: 64 (2.68%)
Total Widowed: 205 (8.59%)
Widowed Female: 189 (7.92%)
Total Divorced: 215 (9.01%)
Divorced Female: 125 (5.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 40 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (27.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,168 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 344 (15.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 749 (100%)
--With a disability: 114 (15.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,619 (100%)
--With a disability: 437 (26.99%)
----Percent employed: 60.2%
--No disability: 1,182 (73.01%)
----Percent employed: 78.1%
Population 65 years and over: 422 (100%)
--With a disability: 183 (43.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,810 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,645 (58.54%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,123 (39.96%)
--Same county: 635 (22.6%)
--Different county: 488 (17.37%)
----Same state: 338 (12.03%)
----Different state: 150 (5.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 42 (1.49%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,995 (100%)
Native: 2,938 (98.1%)
--Born in United States: 2,896 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,177 (72.69%)
----Different state: 719 (24.01%)
--Born outside United States: 42 (1.4%)
Foreign born: 57 (1.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (1.07%)
--Not a citizen: 25 (0.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 57 (100%)
Europe: 31 (54.39%)
Asia: 7 (12.28%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 5 (8.77%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 14 (24.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,810 (100%)
English only: 2,711 (96.48%)
Language other than English: 99 (3.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (1%)
--Spanish: 28 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.64%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 71 (2.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,995 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,078% (102.77%)
Arab: 12 (0.4%)
Czech: 11 (0.37%)
Danish: 18 (0.6%)
Dutch: 45 (1.5%)
English: 524 (17.5%)
French (except Basque): 335 (11.19%)
French Canadian: 126 (4.21%)
German: 127 (4.24%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.2%)
Irish: 464 (15.49%)
Italian: 66 (2.2%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.87%)
Norwegian: 30 (1%)
Polish: 28 (0.93%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.57%)
Russian: 40 (1.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 64 (2.14%)
Scottish: 123 (4.11%)
Slovak: 17 (0.57%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 47 (1.57%)
Swiss: 15 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 574 (19.17%)
Welsh: 12 (0.4%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 344 (11.49%)

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