Ellsworth, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2323200, place: Ellsworth city, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,506 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 112 (7.44%)
Kindergarten: 46 (3.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 657 (43.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 362 (24.04%)
College or graduate school: 329 (21.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,574 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 218 (4.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 393 (8.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,436 (31.39%)
Some college, no degree: 1,008 (22.04%)
Associate degree: 384 (8.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 738 (16.13%)
Graduate or professional degree: 397 (8.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,289 (100%)
Never married: 1,185 (22.4%)
Now married, except separated: 2,980 (56.34%)
Separated: 93 (1.76%)
Total Widowed: 364 (6.88%)
Widowed Female: 345 (6.52%)
Total Divorced: 667 (12.61%)
Divorced Female: 360 (6.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 61 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 44 (72.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,976 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 911 (18.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,246 (100%)
--With a disability: 119 (9.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,666 (100%)
--With a disability: 862 (23.51%)
----Percent employed: 52.7%
--No disability: 2,804 (76.49%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 999 (100%)
--With a disability: 493 (49.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,132 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,382 (55.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,703 (44.08%)
--Same county: 1,649 (26.89%)
--Different county: 1,054 (17.19%)
----Same state: 497 (8.11%)
----Different state: 557 (9.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 47 (0.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,456 (100%)
Native: 6,316 (97.83%)
--Born in United States: 6,270 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,186 (64.84%)
----Different state: 2,084 (32.28%)
--Born outside United States: 46 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 140 (2.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 52 (0.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 69 (1.07%)
--Not a citizen: 71 (1.1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 140 (100%)
Europe: 70 (50%)
Asia: 8 (5.71%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (15%)
Northern America: 41 (29.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,132 (100%)
English only: 5,894 (96.12%)
Language other than English: 238 (3.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.42%)
--Spanish: 118 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 103 (1.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,456 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,556% (101.55%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 39 (0.6%)
Dutch: 158 (2.45%)
English: 1,661 (25.73%)
French (except Basque): 613 (9.5%)
French Canadian: 237 (3.67%)
German: 435 (6.74%)
Greek: 18 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 31 (0.48%)
Irish: 882 (13.66%)
Italian: 279 (4.32%)
Lithuanian: 32 (0.5%)
Norwegian: 95 (1.47%)
Polish: 125 (1.94%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 33 (0.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 180 (2.79%)
Scottish: 429 (6.64%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.11%)
Swedish: 51 (0.79%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 18 (0.28%)
United States or American: 557 (8.63%)
Welsh: 30 (0.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 639 (9.9%)

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