Somerset County, Maine Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,942	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	577	4.8
Kindergarten	615	5.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	6,008	50.3
High school (grades 9-12)	3,297	27.6
College or graduate school	1,445	12.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	34,750	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,380	6.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,287	12.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	15,737	45.3
Some college, no degree	6,016	17.3
Associate degree	2,236	6.4
Bachelor's degree	2,904	8.4
Graduate or professional degree	1,190	3.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.8	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	11.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	40,776	100.0
Never married	8,831	21.7
Now married, except separated	23,593	57.9
Separated	609	1.5
Widowed	2,952	7.2
Female	2,371	5.8
Divorced	4,791	11.7
Female	2,461	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	518	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	169	32.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	38,322	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,135	16.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	11,235	100.0
With a disability	1,042	9.3

Population 21 to 64 years	29,294	100.0
With a disability	6,620	22.6
Percent employed	47.3	(X)
No disability	22,674	77.4
Percent employed	79.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,007	100.0
With a disability	2,928	41.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	47,991	100.0
Same house in 1995	31,525	65.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,240	33.8
Same county	9,453	19.7
Different county	6,787	14.1
Same state	4,320	9.0
Different state	2,467	5.1
Elsewhere in 1995	226	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	50,888	100.0
Native	50,009	98.3
Born in United States	49,689	97.6
State of residence	38,921	76.5
Different state	10,768	21.2
Born outside United States	320	0.6
Foreign born	879	1.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	189	0.4
Naturalized citizen	525	1.0
Not a citizen	354	0.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	879	100.0
Europe	292	33.2
Asia	74	8.4
Africa	13	1.5
Oceania	42	4.8
Latin America	31	3.5
Northern America	427	48.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	47,991	100.0
English only	45,911	95.7
Language other than English	2,080	4.3
Speak English less than 'very well	496	1.0
Spanish	256	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	94	0.2
Other Indo-European languages	1,632	3.4
Speak English less than "very well"	332	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	125	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	52	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	50,888	100.0
Total ancestries reported	53,339	104.8
Arab	184	0.4
Czech¹	70	0.1
Danish	99	0.2
Dutch	479	0.9
English	11,149	21.9
French (except Basque)¹	8,709	17.1
French Canadian¹	3,762	7.4
German	2,479	4.9
Greek	92	0.2
Hungarian	90	0.2
Irish¹	7,465	14.7
Italian	1,659	3.3
Lithuanian	63	0.1
Norwegian	229	0.5
Polish	905	1.8
Portuguese	293	0.6
Russian	164	0.3
Scotch-Irish	1,117	2.2
Scottish	2,083	4.1
Slovak	80	0.2
Subsaharan African	21	0.0
Swedish	684	1.3
Swiss	53	0.1
Ukrainian	23	0.0
United States or American	5,955	11.7
Welsh	250	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	17	0.0
Other ancestries	5,165	10.1

(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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