DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Spafford town
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 1,661 100.0
      enrolled in school 435 100.0   Native 1,626 97.9
Nursery school, preschool 34 7.8       Born in United States 1,626 97.9
Kindergarten 13 3.0           State of residence 1,340 80.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 203 46.7           Different state 286 17.2
High school (grades 9-12) 132 30.3       Born outside United States 0 0.0
College or graduate school 53 12.2   Foreign born 35 2.1
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 15 0.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 15 0.9
  Population 25 years and over 1,124 100.0       Not a citizen 20 1.2
Less than 9th grade 20 1.8        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 95 8.5   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 252 22.4     Total (excluding born at sea) 35 100.0
Some college, no degree 162 14.4   Europe 14 40.0
Associate degree 147 13.1   Asia 8 22.9
Bachelor's degree 265 23.6   Africa 6 17.1
Graduate or professional degree 183 16.3   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 2 5.7
Percent high school graduate or higher 89.8 (X)   Northern America 5 14.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 39.9 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 1,558 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 1,322 100.0   English only 1,517 97.4
Never married 294 22.2   Language other than English 41 2.6
Now married, except separated 822 62.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 11 0.7
Separated 33 2.5   Spanish 10 0.6
Widowed 69 5.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 4 0.3
 Female 47 3.6   Other Indo-European languages 27 1.7
Divorced 104 7.9           Speak English less than '"very well"' 7 0.4
 Female 61 4.6   Asian and Pacific Island languages 2 0.1
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 1,661 100.0
           under 18 years 35 100.0     Total ancestries reported 2,044 123.1
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 16 45.7   Arab 6 0.4
        Czech¹ 25 1.5
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 7 0.4
          Civilian population 18 years and over 1,229 100.0   Dutch 93 5.6
Civilian veterans 160 13.0   English 436 26.2
        French (except Basque)¹ 90 5.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 23 1.4
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 386 23.2
     Population 5 to 20 years 383 100.0   Greek 5 0.3
With a disability 24 6.3   Hungarian 15 0.9
     Population 21 to 64 years 991 100.0   Irish¹ 357 21.5
With a disability 108 10.9   Italian 166 10.0
 Percent employed 68.5 (X)   Lithuanian 2 0.1
No disability 883 89.1   Norwegian 9 0.5
 Percent employed 83.1 (X)   Polish 71 4.3
     Population 65 years and over 180 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 37 20.6   Russian 13 0.8
        Scotch-Irish 33 2.0
        Scottish 52 3.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 7 0.4
  Population 5 years and over 1,558 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 1,073 68.9   Swedish 38 2.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 481 30.9   Swiss 12 0.7
 Same county 281 18.0   Ukrainian 24 1.4
 Different county 200 12.8   United States or American 42 2.5
  Same state 102 6.5   Welsh 22 1.3
  Different state 98 6.3   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 4 0.3   Other ancestries 110 6.6
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (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. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.