Orono, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2355575, place: Orono CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,186 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 56 (1.08%)
Kindergarten: 39 (0.75%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 406 (7.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 298 (5.75%)
College or graduate school: 4,387 (84.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,132 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 84 (2.68%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 153 (4.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 714 (22.8%)
Some college, no degree: 457 (14.59%)
Associate degree: 145 (4.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 661 (21.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 918 (29.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 50.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,577 (100%)
Never married: 4,539 (59.9%)
Now married, except separated: 2,219 (29.29%)
Separated: 42 (0.55%)
Total Widowed: 330 (4.36%)
Widowed Female: 257 (3.39%)
Total Divorced: 447 (5.9%)
Divorced Female: 286 (3.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 34 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (29.41%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,324 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 490 (6.69%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,273 (100%)
--With a disability: 300 (9.17%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,044 (100%)
--With a disability: 567 (14.02%)
----Percent employed: 45.9%
--No disability: 3,477 (85.98%)
----Percent employed: 71.3%
Population 65 years and over: 607 (100%)
--With a disability: 186 (30.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,052 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,326 (28.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,320 (66.07%)
--Same county: 1,511 (18.77%)
--Different county: 3,809 (47.31%)
----Same state: 2,559 (31.78%)
----Different state: 1,250 (15.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 406 (5.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,276 (100%)
Native: 7,735 (93.46%)
--Born in United States: 7,619 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,935 (59.63%)
----Different state: 2,684 (32.43%)
--Born outside United States: 116 (1.4%)
Foreign born: 541 (6.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 344 (4.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 193 (2.33%)
--Not a citizen: 348 (4.2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 541 (100%)
Europe: 179 (33.09%)
Asia: 172 (31.79%)
Africa: 18 (3.33%)
Oceania: 10 (1.85%)
Latin America: 22 (4.07%)
Northern America: 140 (25.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,052 (100%)
English only: 7,321 (90.92%)
Language other than English: 731 (9.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 173 (2.15%)
--Spanish: 140 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (0.56%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 414 (5.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (0.72%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 120 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.52%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,276 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,821% (106.59%)
Arab: 65 (0.79%)
Czech: 32 (0.39%)
Danish: 31 (0.37%)
Dutch: 74 (0.89%)
English: 1,249 (15.09%)
French (except Basque): 1,029 (12.43%)
French Canadian: 552 (6.67%)
German: 738 (8.92%)
Greek: 46 (0.56%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.14%)
Irish: 1,266 (15.3%)
Italian: 488 (5.9%)
Lithuanian: 43 (0.52%)
Norwegian: 108 (1.3%)
Polish: 204 (2.46%)
Portuguese: 55 (0.66%)
Russian: 46 (0.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 223 (2.69%)
Scottish: 435 (5.26%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (0.4%)
Swedish: 116 (1.4%)
Swiss: 40 (0.48%)
Ukrainian: 59 (0.71%)
United States or American: 554 (6.69%)
Welsh: 68 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 14 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 1,241 (15%)

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