Oakland, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2354525, place: Oakland CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 743 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 70 (9.42%)
Kindergarten: 31 (4.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 314 (42.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 186 (25.03%)
College or graduate school: 142 (19.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,866 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 55 (2.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 145 (7.77%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 740 (39.66%)
Some college, no degree: 342 (18.33%)
Associate degree: 226 (12.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 204 (10.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 154 (8.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,290 (100%)
Never married: 567 (24.76%)
Now married, except separated: 1,291 (56.38%)
Separated: 8 (0.35%)
Total Widowed: 130 (5.68%)
Widowed Female: 125 (5.46%)
Total Divorced: 294 (12.84%)
Divorced Female: 121 (5.28%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 33 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,158 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 387 (17.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 623 (100%)
--With a disability: 47 (7.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,700 (100%)
--With a disability: 448 (26.35%)
----Percent employed: 60%
--No disability: 1,252 (73.65%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 342 (100%)
--With a disability: 172 (50.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,665 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,825 (68.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 840 (31.52%)
--Same county: 350 (13.13%)
--Different county: 490 (18.39%)
----Same state: 362 (13.58%)
----Different state: 128 (4.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,848 (100%)
Native: 2,814 (98.81%)
--Born in United States: 2,808 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,338 (82.09%)
----Different state: 470 (16.5%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 34 (1.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 20 (0.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (0.49%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (0.7%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 34 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 34 (100%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,665 (100%)
English only: 2,551 (95.72%)
Language other than English: 114 (4.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.75%)
--Spanish: 8 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 95 (3.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.75%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,848 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,295% (115.7%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 15 (0.53%)
Danish: 7 (0.25%)
Dutch: 63 (2.21%)
English: 620 (21.77%)
French (except Basque): 498 (17.49%)
French Canadian: 459 (16.12%)
German: 204 (7.16%)
Greek: 9 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 700 (24.58%)
Italian: 85 (2.98%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.35%)
Norwegian: 11 (0.39%)
Polish: 61 (2.14%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.63%)
Russian: 9 (0.32%)
Scotch-Irish: 63 (2.21%)
Scottish: 93 (3.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.28%)
Swedish: 19 (0.67%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 120 (4.21%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.35%)
Other ancestries: 213 (7.48%)

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