Brunswick, Maine

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

6,422

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

317

4.9

Kindergarten

204

3.2

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

2,383

37.1

High school (grades 9-12)

1,088

16.9

College or graduate school

2,430

37.8

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Population 25 years and over

13,274

100.0

Less than 9th grade

608

4.6

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

995

7.5

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

3,602

27.1

Some college, no degree

2,693

20.3

Associate degree

731

5.5

Bachelor's degree

2,671

20.1

Graduate or professional degree

1,974

14.9

Percent high school graduate or higher

87.9

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

35.0

(X)

MARITAL STATUS

Population 15 years and over

17,132

100.0

Never married

4,744

27.7

Now married, except separated

9,035

52.7

Separated

301

1.8

Widowed

1,255

7.3

Female

994

5.8

Divorced

1,797

10.5

Female

1,120

6.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years

188

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

109

58.0

VETERAN STATUS

Civilian population 18 years and over

15,318

100.0

Civilian veterans

2,410

15.7

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

Population 5 to 20 years

5,114

100.0

With a disability

401

7.8

Population 21 to 64 years

10,463

100.0

With a disability

1,740

16.6

Percent employed

58.7

(X)

No disability

8,723

83.4

Percent employed

79.4

(X)

Population 65 years and over

3,302

100.0

With a disability

1,270

38.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Population 5 years and over

19,903

100.0

Same house in 1995

9,440

47.4

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

10,144

51.0

Same county

3,512

17.6

Different county

6,632

33.3

Same state

2,268

11.4

Different state

4,364

21.9

Elsewhere in 1995

319

1.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Total population

21,172

100.0

Native

20,418

96.4

Born in United States

20,067

94.8

State of residence

10,408

49.2

Different state

9,659

45.6

Born outside United States

351

1.7

Foreign born

754

3.6

Entered 1990 to March 2000

221

1.0

Naturalized citizen

383

1.8

Not a citizen

371

1.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

Total (excluding born at sea)

754

100.0

Europe

235

31.2

Asia

211

28.0

Africa

38

5.0

Oceania

0

0.0

Latin America

92

12.2

Northern America

178

23.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

Population 5 years and over

19,903

100.0

English only

18,264

91.8

Language other than English

1,639

8.2

Speak English less than "very well"

309

1.6

Spanish

257

1.3

Speak English less than "very well"

55

0.3

Other Indo-European languages

1,125

5.7

Speak English less than "very well"

207

1.0

Asian and Pacific Island languages

201

1.0

Speak English less than "very well"

47

0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

Total population

21,172

100.0

Total ancestries reported

23,594

111.4

Arab

39

0.2

Czech1

42

0.2

Danish

97

0.5

Dutch

444

2.1

English

4,089

19.3

French (except Basque)1

2,106

9.9

French Canadian1

1,816

8.6

German

2,510

11.9

Greek

106

0.5

Hungarian

139

0.7

Irish1

3,107

14.7

Italian

1,018

4.8

Lithuanian

106

0.5

Norwegian

251

1.2

Polish

576

2.7

Portuguese

140

0.7

Russian

197

0.9

Scotch-Irish

547

2.6

Scottish

953

4.5

Slovak

52

0.2

Subsaharan African

54

0.3

Swedish

529

2.5

Swiss

73

0.3

Ukrainian

56

0.3

United States or American

1,584

7.5

Welsh

231

1.1

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

31

0.1

Other ancestries

2,701

12.8