Sanford, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2365725, place: Sanford CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,798 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 116 (4.15%)
Kindergarten: 102 (3.65%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,450 (51.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 746 (26.66%)
College or graduate school: 384 (13.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,615 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 748 (11.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 850 (12.85%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,874 (43.45%)
Some college, no degree: 1,150 (17.38%)
Associate degree: 346 (5.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 486 (7.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 161 (2.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,022 (100%)
Never married: 2,187 (27.26%)
Now married, except separated: 3,781 (47.13%)
Separated: 185 (2.31%)
Total Widowed: 814 (10.15%)
Widowed Female: 628 (7.83%)
Total Divorced: 1,055 (13.15%)
Divorced Female: 628 (7.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 143 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (10.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,443 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,308 (17.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,620 (100%)
--With a disability: 229 (8.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,400 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,258 (23.3%)
----Percent employed: 50.6%
--No disability: 4,142 (76.7%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,460 (100%)
--With a disability: 698 (47.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,691 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,246 (54.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,421 (45.62%)
--Same county: 3,306 (34.11%)
--Different county: 1,115 (11.51%)
----Same state: 336 (3.47%)
----Different state: 779 (8.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 24 (0.25%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,418 (100%)
Native: 10,009 (96.07%)
--Born in United States: 9,925 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,025 (67.43%)
----Different state: 2,900 (27.84%)
--Born outside United States: 84 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 409 (3.93%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 60 (0.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 312 (2.99%)
--Not a citizen: 97 (0.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 409 (100%)
Europe: 50 (12.22%)
Asia: 115 (28.12%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 72 (17.6%)
Northern America: 172 (42.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,691 (100%)
English only: 8,259 (85.22%)
Language other than English: 1,432 (14.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 380 (3.92%)
--Spanish: 166 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (0.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,152 (11.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 297 (3.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 105 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,418 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,028% (105.86%)
Arab: 23 (0.22%)
Czech: 9 (0.09%)
Danish: 45 (0.43%)
Dutch: 89 (0.85%)
English: 1,482 (14.23%)
French (except Basque): 2,452 (23.54%)
French Canadian: 1,723 (16.54%)
German: 422 (4.05%)
Greek: 18 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.24%)
Irish: 1,261 (12.1%)
Italian: 404 (3.88%)
Lithuanian: 23 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.12%)
Polish: 107 (1.03%)
Portuguese: 136 (1.31%)
Russian: 140 (1.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 115 (1.1%)
Scottish: 337 (3.23%)
Slovak: 6 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 63 (0.6%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 8 (0.08%)
United States or American: 964 (9.25%)
Welsh: 25 (0.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 1,131 (10.86%)

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