Topsham, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2376925, place: Topsham CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,835 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 147 (8.01%)
Kindergarten: 81 (4.41%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 813 (44.31%)
High school (grades 9-12): 413 (22.51%)
College or graduate school: 381 (20.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,168 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 150 (3.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 235 (5.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,253 (30.06%)
Some college, no degree: 847 (20.32%)
Associate degree: 313 (7.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 948 (22.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 422 (10.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,774 (100%)
Never married: 981 (20.55%)
Now married, except separated: 2,805 (58.76%)
Separated: 66 (1.38%)
Total Widowed: 419 (8.78%)
Widowed Female: 386 (8.09%)
Total Divorced: 503 (10.54%)
Divorced Female: 333 (6.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,268 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 889 (20.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,514 (100%)
--With a disability: 193 (12.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,208 (100%)
--With a disability: 458 (14.28%)
----Percent employed: 64.2%
--No disability: 2,750 (85.72%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 772 (100%)
--With a disability: 378 (48.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,835 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,840 (48.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,849 (48.83%)
--Same county: 802 (13.74%)
--Different county: 2,047 (35.08%)
----Same state: 916 (15.7%)
----Different state: 1,131 (19.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 146 (2.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,335 (100%)
Native: 6,190 (97.71%)
--Born in United States: 6,095 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,149 (49.71%)
----Different state: 2,946 (46.5%)
--Born outside United States: 95 (1.5%)
Foreign born: 145 (2.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 38 (0.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 68 (1.07%)
--Not a citizen: 77 (1.22%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 145 (100%)
Europe: 55 (37.93%)
Asia: 9 (6.21%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 27 (18.62%)
Northern America: 54 (37.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,835 (100%)
English only: 5,498 (94.22%)
Language other than English: 337 (5.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 84 (1.44%)
--Spanish: 96 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 241 (4.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (1.05%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,335 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 7,429% (117.27%)
Arab: 34 (0.54%)
Czech: 31 (0.49%)
Danish: 10 (0.16%)
Dutch: 79 (1.25%)
English: 1,434 (22.64%)
French (except Basque): 659 (10.4%)
French Canadian: 630 (9.94%)
German: 714 (11.27%)
Greek: 35 (0.55%)
Hungarian: 31 (0.49%)
Irish: 1,049 (16.56%)
Italian: 342 (5.4%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 70 (1.1%)
Polish: 256 (4.04%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.32%)
Russian: 27 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 145 (2.29%)
Scottish: 299 (4.72%)
Slovak: 16 (0.25%)
Subsaharan African: 15 (0.24%)
Swedish: 149 (2.35%)
Swiss: 15 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 431 (6.8%)
Welsh: 95 (1.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 824 (13.01%)

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