Chisholm, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2312770, place: Chisholm CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 321 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (2.18%)
Kindergarten: 11 (3.43%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 188 (58.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 81 (25.23%)
College or graduate school: 34 (10.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,051 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 68 (6.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 53 (5.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 501 (47.67%)
Some college, no degree: 208 (19.79%)
Associate degree: 74 (7.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 122 (11.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (2.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,173 (100%)
Never married: 229 (19.52%)
Now married, except separated: 715 (60.95%)
Separated: 11 (0.94%)
Total Widowed: 125 (10.66%)
Widowed Female: 108 (9.21%)
Total Divorced: 93 (7.93%)
Divorced Female: 75 (6.39%)

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: 1,126 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 219 (19.45%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 279 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (9.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 757 (100%)
--With a disability: 163 (21.53%)
----Percent employed: 44.8%
--No disability: 594 (78.47%)
----Percent employed: 83.5%
Population 65 years and over: 323 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (43.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,364 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 871 (63.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 486 (35.63%)
--Same county: 149 (10.92%)
--Different county: 337 (24.71%)
----Same state: 300 (21.99%)
----Different state: 37 (2.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,413 (100%)
Native: 1,392 (98.51%)
--Born in United States: 1,387 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,235 (87.4%)
----Different state: 152 (10.76%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 21 (1.49%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (0.99%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 21 (100%)
Europe: 7 (33.33%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 14 (66.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,364 (100%)
English only: 1,103 (80.87%)
Language other than English: 261 (19.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (2.64%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 257 (18.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (2.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,413 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,467% (103.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 14 (0.99%)
English: 237 (16.77%)
French (except Basque): 330 (23.35%)
French Canadian: 401 (28.38%)
German: 18 (1.27%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 104 (7.36%)
Italian: 133 (9.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 24 (1.7%)
Polish: 18 (1.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 34 (2.41%)
Scottish: 37 (2.62%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 63 (4.46%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 54 (3.82%)

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