Limestone, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2339265, place: Limestone CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 602 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 0 (0%)
Kindergarten: 22 (3.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 125 (20.76%)
High school (grades 9-12): 201 (33.39%)
College or graduate school: 254 (42.19%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 627 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 65 (10.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 88 (14.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 214 (34.13%)
Some college, no degree: 89 (14.19%)
Associate degree: 30 (4.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 109 (17.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 32 (5.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,198 (100%)
Never married: 553 (46.16%)
Now married, except separated: 443 (36.98%)
Separated: 24 (2%)
Total Widowed: 99 (8.26%)
Widowed Female: 61 (5.09%)
Total Divorced: 79 (6.59%)
Divorced Female: 36 (3.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 995 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 155 (15.58%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 586 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (10.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 656 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (22.26%)
----Percent employed: 40.4%
--No disability: 510 (77.74%)
----Percent employed: 66.1%
Population 65 years and over: 83 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (43.37%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,378 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 552 (40.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 803 (58.27%)
--Same county: 296 (21.48%)
--Different county: 507 (36.79%)
----Same state: 159 (11.54%)
----Different state: 348 (25.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (1.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,421 (100%)
Native: 1,291 (90.85%)
--Born in United States: 1,264 (100%)
----State of residence: 739 (52.01%)
----Different state: 525 (36.95%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (1.9%)
Foreign born: 130 (9.15%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 49 (3.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 43 (3.03%)
--Not a citizen: 87 (6.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 130 (100%)
Europe: 5 (3.85%)
Asia: 35 (26.92%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 9 (6.92%)
Latin America: 49 (37.69%)
Northern America: 32 (24.62%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,378 (100%)
English only: 1,101 (79.9%)
Language other than English: 277 (20.1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 104 (7.55%)
--Spanish: 70 (5.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (1.16%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 156 (11.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (3.77%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 48 (3.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (2.61%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,421 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,527% (107.46%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.35%)
Danish: 11 (0.77%)
Dutch: 11 (0.77%)
English: 144 (10.13%)
French (except Basque): 312 (21.96%)
French Canadian: 77 (5.42%)
German: 85 (5.98%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.63%)
Irish: 207 (14.57%)
Italian: 53 (3.73%)
Lithuanian: 12 (0.84%)
Norwegian: 18 (1.27%)
Polish: 17 (1.2%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (2.6%)
Scottish: 8 (0.56%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.42%)
Swedish: 40 (2.81%)
Swiss: 6 (0.42%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 96 (6.76%)
Welsh: 5 (0.35%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 41 (2.89%)
Other ancestries: 319 (22.45%)

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