DP-2:Selected Social Characteristics of Harpswell
Harpswell, MaineDP-2: Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 From 2000 United States Census Contents of this page were generated from http://factfinder.census.gov Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 2 (SF 2) Sample Data Geographic Area: Harpswell town, Cumberland County, Maine Universe: Total population |
DP -1 General Demographics |
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
|
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| Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
1,065 |
100.0 |
| Nursery school, preschool |
39 |
3.7 |
| Kindergarten |
77 |
7.2 |
| Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
447 |
42.0 |
| High school (grades 9-12) |
287 |
26.9 |
| College or graduate school |
215 |
20.2 |
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|
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| EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
|
|
| Population 25 years and over |
3,932 |
100.0 |
| Less than 9th grade |
155 |
3.9 |
| 9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
283 |
7.2 |
| High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
934 |
23.8 |
| Some college, no degree |
653 |
16.6 |
| Associate degree |
248 |
6.3 |
| Bachelor’s degree |
956 |
24.3 |
| Graduate or professional degree |
703 |
17.9 |
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|
|
| Percent high school graduate or higher |
88.9 |
(X) |
| Percent bachelor’s degree or higher |
42.2 |
(X) |
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| MARITAL STATUS |
|
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| Population 15 years and over |
4,417 |
100.0 |
| Never married |
891 |
20.2 |
| Now married, except separated |
2,675 |
60.6 |
| Separated |
59 |
1.3 |
| Widowed |
249 |
5.6 |
| Female |
216 |
4.9 |
| Divorced |
543 |
12.3 |
| Female |
266 |
6.0 |
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|
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| GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
|
|
| Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
58 |
100.0 |
| Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
44 |
75.9 |
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| VETERAN STATUS |
|
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| Civilian population 18 years and over |
4,173 |
100.0 |
| Civilian veterans |
806 |
19.3 |
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|
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| DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
|
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| Population 5 to 20 years |
914 |
100.0 |
| With a disability |
140 |
15.3 |
|
|
|
|
| Population 21 to 64 years |
3,052 |
100.0 |
| With a disability |
536 |
17.6 |
| Percent employed |
65.3 |
(X) |
| No disability |
2,516 |
82.4 |
| Percent employed |
73.5 |
(X) |
|
|
|
|
| Population 65 years and over |
988 |
100.0 |
| With a disability |
329 |
33.3 |
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|
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| RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
|
|
| Population 5 years and over |
4,989 |
100.0 |
| Same house in 1995 |
3,153 |
63.2 |
| Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
1,730 |
34.7 |
| Same county |
588 |
11.8 |
| Different county |
1,142 |
22.9 |
| Same state |
346 |
6.9 |
| Different state |
796 |
16.0 |
| Elsewhere in 1995 |
106 |
2.1 |
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| NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
|
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| Total population |
5,239 |
100.0 |
| Native |
5,021 |
95.8 |
| Born in United States |
4,946 |
94.4 |
| State of residence |
2,844 |
54.3 |
| Different state |
2,102 |
40.1 |
| Born outside United States |
75 |
1.4 |
| Foreign born |
218 |
4.2 |
| Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
45 |
0.9 |
| Naturalized citizen |
149 |
2.8 |
| Not a citizen |
69 |
1.3 |
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| REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
|
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| Total (excluding born at sea) |
218 |
100.0 |
| Europe |
64 |
29.4 |
| Asia |
61 |
28.0 |
| Africa |
22 |
10.1 |
| Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
| Latin America |
0 |
0.0 |
| Northern America |
71 |
32.6 |
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| LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
|
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| Population 5 years and over |
4,989 |
100.0 |
| English only |
4,643 |
93.1 |
| Language other than English |
346 |
6.9 |
| Speak English less than “very well” |
105 |
2.1 |
| Spanish |
43 |
0.9 |
| Speak English less than “very well” |
26 |
0.5 |
| Other Indo-European languages |
238 |
4.8 |
| Speak English less than “very well” |
64 |
1.3 |
| Asian and Pacific Island languages |
47 |
0.9 |
| Speak English less than “very well” |
15 |
0.3 |
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| ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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| Total population |
5,239 |
100.0 |
| Total ancestries reported |
5,539 |
105.7 |
| Arab |
0 |
0.0 |
| Czech1 |
15 |
0.3 |
| Danish |
17 |
0.3 |
| Dutch |
21 |
0.4 |
| English |
1,388 |
26.5 |
| French (except Basque)1 |
371 |
7.1 |
| French Canadian1 |
331 |
6.3 |
| German |
347 |
6.6 |
| Greek |
43 |
0.8 |
| Hungarian |
3 |
0.1 |
| Irish1 |
675 |
12.9 |
| Italian |
130 |
2.5 |
| Lithuanian |
10 |
0.2 |
| Norwegian |
37 |
0.7 |
| Polish |
62 |
1.2 |
| Portuguese |
2 |
0.0 |
| Russian |
0 |
0.0 |
| Scotch-Irish |
129 |
2.5 |
| Scottish |
407 |
7.8 |
| Slovak |
19 |
0.4 |
| Subsaharan African |
0 |
0.0 |
| Swedish |
193 |
3.7 |
| Swiss |
11 |
0.2 |
| Ukrainian |
3 |
0.1 |
| United States or American |
465 |
8.9 |
| Welsh |
76 |
1.5 |
| West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
0 |
0.0 |
| Other ancestries |
784 |
15.0 |
| (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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) 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 |
