Caribou, ME

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2310565, place: Caribou city, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,812 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 122 (6.73%)
Kindergarten: 83 (4.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 855 (47.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 463 (25.55%)
College or graduate school: 289 (15.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,930 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 743 (12.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 718 (12.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,986 (33.49%)
Some college, no degree: 1,004 (16.93%)
Associate degree: 419 (7.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 769 (12.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 291 (4.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,779 (100%)
Never married: 1,398 (20.62%)
Now married, except separated: 3,931 (57.99%)
Separated: 82 (1.21%)
Total Widowed: 649 (9.57%)
Widowed Female: 557 (8.22%)
Total Divorced: 719 (10.61%)
Divorced Female: 422 (6.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 123 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 53 (43.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,447 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,112 (17.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,561 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (8.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,735 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,430 (30.2%)
----Percent employed: 53.1%
--No disability: 3,305 (69.8%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,367 (100%)
--With a disability: 590 (43.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,821 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,186 (66.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,564 (32.78%)
--Same county: 1,876 (23.99%)
--Different county: 688 (8.8%)
----Same state: 214 (2.74%)
----Different state: 474 (6.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 71 (0.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,299 (100%)
Native: 7,949 (95.78%)
--Born in United States: 7,738 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,430 (77.48%)
----Different state: 1,308 (15.76%)
--Born outside United States: 211 (2.54%)
Foreign born: 350 (4.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 60 (0.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 197 (2.37%)
--Not a citizen: 153 (1.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 350 (100%)
Europe: 70 (20%)
Asia: 14 (4%)
Africa: 10 (2.86%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 256 (73.14%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,821 (100%)
English only: 6,474 (82.78%)
Language other than English: 1,347 (17.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 294 (3.76%)
--Spanish: 26 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,275 (16.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 271 (3.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 25 (0.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,299 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,117% (109.86%)
Arab: 70 (0.84%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 22 (0.27%)
Dutch: 67 (0.81%)
English: 1,360 (16.39%)
French (except Basque): 2,539 (30.59%)
French Canadian: 988 (11.91%)
German: 288 (3.47%)
Greek: 4 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.06%)
Irish: 1,009 (12.16%)
Italian: 242 (2.92%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 45 (0.54%)
Polish: 77 (0.93%)
Portuguese: 44 (0.53%)
Russian: 36 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 191 (2.3%)
Scottish: 276 (3.33%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 316 (3.81%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.18%)
United States or American: 784 (9.45%)
Welsh: 43 (0.52%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 685 (8.25%)

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