Wilton, ME

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2385815, place: Wilton CDP, Maine)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 540 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (5.74%)
Kindergarten: 27 (5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 245 (45.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 115 (21.3%)
College or graduate school: 122 (22.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,452 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 73 (5.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 138 (9.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 575 (39.6%)
Some college, no degree: 287 (19.77%)
Associate degree: 61 (4.2%)
Bachelor's degree: 168 (11.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 150 (10.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,720 (100%)
Never married: 401 (23.31%)
Now married, except separated: 840 (48.84%)
Separated: 32 (1.86%)
Total Widowed: 141 (8.2%)
Widowed Female: 105 (6.1%)
Total Divorced: 306 (17.79%)
Divorced Female: 184 (10.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 75 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,652 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 252 (15.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 455 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (5.05%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,258 (100%)
--With a disability: 264 (20.99%)
----Percent employed: 41.7%
--No disability: 994 (79.01%)
----Percent employed: 76.8%
Population 65 years and over: 290 (100%)
--With a disability: 131 (45.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,003 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,211 (60.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 788 (39.34%)
--Same county: 502 (25.06%)
--Different county: 286 (14.28%)
----Same state: 201 (10.03%)
----Different state: 85 (4.24%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,114 (100%)
Native: 2,075 (98.16%)
--Born in United States: 2,058 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,495 (70.72%)
----Different state: 563 (26.63%)
--Born outside United States: 17 (0.8%)
Foreign born: 39 (1.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (0.8%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (1.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 39 (100%)
Europe: 17 (43.59%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 22 (56.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,003 (100%)
English only: 1,943 (97%)
Language other than English: 60 (3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.95%)
--Spanish: 28 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.35%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 26 (1.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,114 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,228% (105.39%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 40 (1.89%)
English: 459 (21.71%)
French (except Basque): 174 (8.23%)
French Canadian: 122 (5.77%)
German: 161 (7.62%)
Greek: 13 (0.61%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 253 (11.97%)
Italian: 140 (6.62%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 54 (2.55%)
Portuguese: 19 (0.9%)
Russian: 29 (1.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 74 (3.5%)
Scottish: 162 (7.66%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 203 (9.6%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 319 (15.09%)

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