Hancock County, Maine Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Hancock county maine dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,336	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	604	4.9
Kindergarten	472	3.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,650	45.8
High school (grades 9-12)	3,051	24.7
College or graduate school	2,559	20.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	36,416	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,335	3.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,121	8.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,539	34.4
Some college, no degree	7,099	19.5
Associate degree	2,444	6.7
Bachelor's degree	6,213	17.1
Graduate or professional degree	3,665	10.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	27.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	42,504	100.0
Never married	9,631	22.7
Now married, except separated	24,478	57.6
Separated	502	1.2
Widowed	2,996	7.0
Female	2,504	5.9
Divorced	4,897	11.5
Female	2,686	6.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	537	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	279	52.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	39,850	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,761	17.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,866	100.0
With a disability	970	8.9

Population 21 to 64 years	29,716	100.0
With a disability	5,313	17.9
Percent employed	57.2	(X)
No disability	24,403	82.1
Percent employed	79.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,920	100.0
With a disability	3,004	37.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	49,291	100.0
Same house in 1995	30,428	61.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	18,325	37.2
Same county	9,658	19.6
Different county	8,667	17.6
Same state	3,597	7.3
Different state	5,070	10.3
Elsewhere in 1995	538	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	51,791	100.0
Native	50,613	97.7
Born in United States	50,089	96.7
State of residence	32,364	62.5
Different state	17,725	34.2
Born outside United States	524	1.0
Foreign born	1,178	2.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	371	0.7
Naturalized citizen	598	1.2
Not a citizen	580	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,178	100.0
Europe	526	44.7
Asia	174	14.8
Africa	18	1.5
Oceania	20	1.7
Latin America	115	9.8
Northern America	325	27.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	49,291	100.0
English only	47,524	96.4
Language other than English	1,767	3.6
Speak English less than 'very well	420	0.9
Spanish	470	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	133	0.3
Other Indo-European languages	1,112	2.3
Speak English less than "very well"	216	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	102	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	64	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	51,791	100.0
Total ancestries reported	53,821	103.9
Arab	106	0.2
Czech¹	146	0.3
Danish	188	0.4
Dutch	760	1.5
English	12,813	24.7
French (except Basque)¹	4,137	8.0
French Canadian¹	1,594	3.1
German	4,074	7.9
Greek	95	0.2
Hungarian	166	0.3
Irish¹	7,364	14.2
Italian	1,968	3.8
Lithuanian	210	0.4
Norwegian	505	1.0
Polish	1,022	2.0
Portuguese	223	0.4
Russian	523	1.0
Scotch-Irish	1,681	3.2
Scottish	2,934	5.7
Slovak	38	0.1
Subsaharan African	36	0.1
Swedish	790	1.5
Swiss	116	0.2
Ukrainian	74	0.1
United States or American	6,607	12.8
Welsh	473	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	45	0.1
Other ancestries	5,133	9.9

(X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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