Rockland, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2363590, place: Rockland city, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,550 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 62 (4%)
Kindergarten: 72 (4.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 855 (55.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 317 (20.45%)
College or graduate school: 244 (15.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,360 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 250 (4.66%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 645 (12.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,051 (38.26%)
Some college, no degree: 1,071 (19.98%)
Associate degree: 249 (4.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 724 (13.51%)
Graduate or professional degree: 370 (6.9%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,248 (100%)
Never married: 1,504 (24.07%)
Now married, except separated: 3,042 (48.69%)
Separated: 104 (1.66%)
Total Widowed: 682 (10.92%)
Widowed Female: 544 (8.71%)
Total Divorced: 916 (14.66%)
Divorced Female: 549 (8.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 87 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 43 (49.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,926 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,026 (17.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,389 (100%)
--With a disability: 103 (7.42%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,196 (100%)
--With a disability: 887 (21.14%)
----Percent employed: 52.5%
--No disability: 3,309 (78.86%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,392 (100%)
--With a disability: 586 (42.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,210 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,672 (50.93%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,530 (48.96%)
--Same county: 2,226 (30.87%)
--Different county: 1,304 (18.09%)
----Same state: 628 (8.71%)
----Different state: 676 (9.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,609 (100%)
Native: 7,487 (98.4%)
--Born in United States: 7,426 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,553 (72.98%)
----Different state: 1,873 (24.62%)
--Born outside United States: 61 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 122 (1.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 30 (0.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 65 (0.85%)
--Not a citizen: 57 (0.75%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 122 (100%)
Europe: 75 (61.48%)
Asia: 21 (17.21%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 26 (21.31%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,210 (100%)
English only: 6,946 (96.34%)
Language other than English: 264 (3.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.29%)
--Spanish: 52 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.1%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 176 (2.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,609 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,305% (96%)
Arab: 18 (0.24%)
Czech: 13 (0.17%)
Danish: 28 (0.37%)
Dutch: 110 (1.45%)
English: 1,660 (21.82%)
French (except Basque): 447 (5.87%)
French Canadian: 177 (2.33%)
German: 436 (5.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.22%)
Irish: 1,036 (13.62%)
Italian: 411 (5.4%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.34%)
Norwegian: 47 (0.62%)
Polish: 133 (1.75%)
Portuguese: 39 (0.51%)
Russian: 69 (0.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 147 (1.93%)
Scottish: 407 (5.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 95 (1.25%)
Swiss: 9 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 780 (10.25%)
Welsh: 59 (0.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 1,131 (14.86%)

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