Saco, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2364675, place: Saco city, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,294 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 315 (7.34%)
Kindergarten: 274 (6.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,951 (45.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 961 (22.38%)
College or graduate school: 793 (18.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 11,479 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 736 (6.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 766 (6.67%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,868 (33.7%)
Some college, no degree: 2,423 (21.11%)
Associate degree: 1,015 (8.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,796 (15.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 875 (7.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,347 (100%)
Never married: 3,229 (24.19%)
Now married, except separated: 7,701 (57.7%)
Separated: 159 (1.19%)
Total Widowed: 769 (5.76%)
Widowed Female: 646 (4.84%)
Total Divorced: 1,489 (11.16%)
Divorced Female: 854 (6.4%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 128 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 58 (45.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,641 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,904 (15.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,548 (100%)
--With a disability: 379 (10.68%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,870 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,677 (16.99%)
----Percent employed: 62%
--No disability: 8,193 (83.01%)
----Percent employed: 87.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,240 (100%)
--With a disability: 918 (40.98%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,760 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,334 (52.88%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,375 (46.8%)
--Same county: 4,365 (27.7%)
--Different county: 3,010 (19.1%)
----Same state: 1,517 (9.63%)
----Different state: 1,493 (9.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 51 (0.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,822 (100%)
Native: 16,337 (97.12%)
--Born in United States: 16,149 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,748 (69.84%)
----Different state: 4,401 (26.16%)
--Born outside United States: 188 (1.12%)
Foreign born: 485 (2.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 39 (0.23%)
--Naturalized citizen: 223 (1.33%)
--Not a citizen: 262 (1.56%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 485 (100%)
Europe: 156 (32.16%)
Asia: 48 (9.9%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 36 (7.42%)
Northern America: 245 (50.52%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,760 (100%)
English only: 13,572 (86.12%)
Language other than English: 2,188 (13.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 544 (3.45%)
--Spanish: 101 (0.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,038 (12.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 473 (3%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 42 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,822 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 19,047% (113.23%)
Arab: 75 (0.45%)
Czech: 35 (0.21%)
Danish: 62 (0.37%)
Dutch: 72 (0.43%)
English: 2,801 (16.65%)
French (except Basque): 3,407 (20.25%)
French Canadian: 2,991 (17.78%)
German: 858 (5.1%)
Greek: 381 (2.26%)
Hungarian: 41 (0.24%)
Irish: 2,767 (16.45%)
Italian: 805 (4.79%)
Lithuanian: 49 (0.29%)
Norwegian: 132 (0.78%)
Polish: 511 (3.04%)
Portuguese: 59 (0.35%)
Russian: 69 (0.41%)
Scotch-Irish: 383 (2.28%)
Scottish: 748 (4.45%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 178 (1.06%)
Swiss: 10 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,055 (6.27%)
Welsh: 113 (0.67%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 1,437 (8.54%)

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