Calais, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2309585, place: Calais city, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 803 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 63 (7.85%)
Kindergarten: 16 (1.99%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 381 (47.45%)
High school (grades 9-12): 189 (23.54%)
College or graduate school: 154 (19.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,401 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 133 (5.54%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 237 (9.87%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,080 (44.98%)
Some college, no degree: 533 (22.2%)
Associate degree: 142 (5.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 180 (7.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 96 (4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,826 (100%)
Never married: 611 (21.62%)
Now married, except separated: 1,521 (53.82%)
Separated: 46 (1.63%)
Total Widowed: 330 (11.68%)
Widowed Female: 246 (8.7%)
Total Divorced: 318 (11.25%)
Divorced Female: 200 (7.08%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 62 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 56 (90.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,653 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 474 (17.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 702 (100%)
--With a disability: 138 (19.66%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,848 (100%)
--With a disability: 626 (33.87%)
----Percent employed: 47.4%
--No disability: 1,222 (66.13%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 627 (100%)
--With a disability: 318 (50.72%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,274 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,184 (66.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,008 (30.79%)
--Same county: 510 (15.58%)
--Different county: 498 (15.21%)
----Same state: 116 (3.54%)
----Different state: 382 (11.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 82 (2.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,447 (100%)
Native: 3,067 (88.98%)
--Born in United States: 2,889 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,202 (63.88%)
----Different state: 687 (19.93%)
--Born outside United States: 178 (5.16%)
Foreign born: 380 (11.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 55 (1.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 191 (5.54%)
--Not a citizen: 189 (5.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 380 (100%)
Europe: 16 (4.21%)
Asia: 40 (10.53%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 324 (85.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,274 (100%)
English only: 3,084 (94.2%)
Language other than English: 190 (5.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 65 (1.99%)
--Spanish: 46 (1.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.24%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 81 (2.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 53 (1.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (1.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,447 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,619% (104.99%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 12 (0.35%)
Danish: 23 (0.67%)
Dutch: 47 (1.36%)
English: 1,137 (32.99%)
French (except Basque): 343 (9.95%)
French Canadian: 63 (1.83%)
German: 128 (3.71%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 609 (17.67%)
Italian: 96 (2.79%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 8 (0.23%)
Polish: 27 (0.78%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 134 (3.89%)
Scottish: 332 (9.63%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 35 (1.02%)
Swiss: 4 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 141 (4.09%)
Welsh: 26 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 454 (13.17%)

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