Damariscotta-newcastle, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2316322, place: Damariscotta-Newcastle CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 318 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (0.94%)
Kindergarten: 26 (8.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 178 (55.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 66 (20.75%)
College or graduate school: 45 (14.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,399 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 34 (2.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 68 (4.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 337 (24.09%)
Some college, no degree: 316 (22.59%)
Associate degree: 91 (6.5%)
Bachelor's degree: 355 (25.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 198 (14.15%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,539 (100%)
Never married: 248 (16.11%)
Now married, except separated: 786 (51.07%)
Separated: 24 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 241 (15.66%)
Widowed Female: 209 (13.58%)
Total Divorced: 240 (15.59%)
Divorced Female: 158 (10.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,487 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 292 (19.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 300 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (6.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 821 (100%)
--With a disability: 149 (18.15%)
----Percent employed: 59.1%
--No disability: 672 (81.85%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 631 (100%)
--With a disability: 364 (57.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,752 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 910 (51.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 822 (46.92%)
--Same county: 452 (25.8%)
--Different county: 370 (21.12%)
----Same state: 107 (6.11%)
----Different state: 263 (15.01%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 20 (1.14%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,793 (100%)
Native: 1,711 (95.43%)
--Born in United States: 1,703 (100%)
----State of residence: 795 (44.34%)
----Different state: 908 (50.64%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.45%)
Foreign born: 82 (4.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 18 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 63 (3.51%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (1.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 82 (100%)
Europe: 45 (54.88%)
Asia: 7 (8.54%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 30 (36.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,752 (100%)
English only: 1,694 (96.69%)
Language other than English: 58 (3.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.29%)
--Spanish: 24 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.17%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,793 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,067% (115.28%)
Arab: 2 (0.11%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 18 (1%)
Dutch: 46 (2.57%)
English: 492 (27.44%)
French (except Basque): 154 (8.59%)
French Canadian: 101 (5.63%)
German: 231 (12.88%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.11%)
Irish: 312 (17.4%)
Italian: 52 (2.9%)
Lithuanian: 18 (1%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.84%)
Polish: 22 (1.23%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.39%)
Russian: 19 (1.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 77 (4.29%)
Scottish: 108 (6.02%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 18 (1%)
Swiss: 13 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.17%)
United States or American: 174 (9.7%)
Welsh: 29 (1.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 154 (8.59%)

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