DEMOGRAPHICS

NEWCASTLE, MAINE
TOWN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WEB SITE
P.O. Box 386 (4 Pump Street)
Newcastle, ME 04553
207-563-3441
207-563-6995 (Fax)

TOWN GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL WEB SITE

DEMOGRAPHICS

QUICK FACTS

Newcastle composed of Newcastle, Sheepscot, North Newcastle, part of Damariscotta Mills and South Newcastle
Located in Lincoln County
Wiscasset is County Seat of Lincoln County
Area: 31.2 Square Miles
Population: 1,748
Population Density: 60 Persons Per Square Mile
Latitude: 44.035N
Longitude: 69.537W
Eastern Standard Time Zone
Elevation: 112 feet in Village Central
Median Household Income $43,000
Median National Median Income: $41,994
School District: 9
Senate District 20
House District: 51
Congressional District: 1

AIR DISTANCE FROM

NEWCASTLE TO:

CITY	MILES
Anchorage	3,325
Atlanta	1,065
Augusta	23
Bangor	65
Boston	139
Chicago	926
Denver	1,832
Honolulu	5,124
Jacksonville	1,155
Las Angeles	2,660
Las Vegas	2,436
Miami	1,395
New Orleans	1,485
New York	323
Portland	41
Presque Isle	197
Seattle	2,503
Springfield	204
St. Louis	1,131
Williamsburg	599

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2000

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS

Subject	Number	Percent

Total population	1,748	100.0

SEX AND AGE
Male	818	46.8
Female	930	53.2

Under 5 years	74	4.2
5 to 9 years	86	4.9
10 to 14 years	150	8.6
15 to 19 years	118	6.8
20 to 24 years	56	3.2
25 to 34 years	139	8.0
35 to 44 years	257	14.7
45 to 54 years	327	18.7
55 to 59 years	123	7.0
60 to 64 years	89	5.1
65 to 74 years	151	8.6
75 to 84 years	123	7.0
85 years and over	55	3.1

Median age (years)	44.8	(X)

18 years and over	1,351	77.3
Male	624	35.7
Female	727	41.6
21 years and over	1,309	74.9
62 years and over	383	21.9
65 years and over	329	18.8
Male	141	8.1
Female	188	10.8

RACE
One race	1,736	99.3
White	1,726	98.7
Black or African American	2	0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native	2	0.1
Asian	5	0.3
Asian Indian	1	0.1
Chinese	3	0.2
Filipino	0	0.0
Japanese	0	0.0
Korean	1	0.1
Vietnamese	0	0.0
Other Asian ¹	0	0.0
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0
Native Hawaiian	0	0.0
Guamanian or Chamorro	0	0.0
Samoan	0	0.0
Other Pacific Islander ²	0	0.0
Some other race	1	0.1
Two or more races	12	0.7

*Race alone or in combination with one or more other races ³*
White	1,738	99.4
Black or African American	4	0.2
American Indian and Alaska Native	7	0.4
Asian	9	0.5
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander	0	0.0
Some other race	2	0.1

HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population	1,748	100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race)	12	0.7
Mexican	9	0.5
Puerto Rican	1	0.1
Cuban	0	0.0
Other Hispanic or Latino	2	0.1
Not Hispanic or Latino	1,736	99.3
White alone	1,714	98.1

RELATIONSHIP
Total population	1,748	100.0
In households	1,718	98.3
Householder	724	41.4
Spouse	409	23.4
Child	450	25.7
Own child under 18 years	370	21.2
Other relatives	58	3.3
Under 18 years	19	1.1
Nonrelatives	77	4.4
Unmarried partner	38	2.2
In group quarters	30	1.7
Institutionalized population	0	0.0
Noninstitutionalized population	30	1.7

HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE
Total households	724	100.0
Family households (families)	493	68.1
With own children under 18 years	207	28.6
Married-couple family	409	56.5
With own children under 18 years	158	21.8
Female householder, no husband present	58	8.0
With own children under 18 years	33	4.6
Nonfamily households	231	31.9
Householder living alone	191	26.4
Householder 65 years and over	89	12.3

Households with individuals under 18 years	223	30.8
Households with individuals 65 years and over	225	31.1

Average household size	2.37	(X)
Average family size	2.86	(X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units	880	100.0
Occupied housing units	724	82.3
Vacant housing units	156	17.7
For seasonal, recreational, or occasional use	121	13.8

Homeowner vacancy rate (percent)	1.5	(X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent)	6.2	(X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units	724	100.0
Owner-occupied housing units	603	83.3
Renter-occupied housing units	121	16.7

Average household size of owner-occupied unit	2.44	(X)
Average household size of renter-occupied unit	2.06	(X)

SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS

Subject	Number	Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	399	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	22	5.5
Kindergarten	32	8.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	191	47.9
High school (grades 9-12)	112	28.1
College or graduate school	42	10.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	1,264	100.0
Less than 9th grade	24	1.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	90	7.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	383	30.3
Some college, no degree	190	15.0
Associate degree	87	6.9
Bachelor's degree	272	21.5
Graduate or professional degree	218	17.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	91.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	38.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	1,433	100.0
Never married	264	18.4
Now married, except separated	881	61.5
Separated	14	1.0
Widowed	105	7.3
Female	83	5.8
Divorced	169	11.8
Female	103	7.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	12	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	4	33.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	1,346	100.0
Civilian veterans	214	15.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	355	100.0
With a disability	12	3.4

Population 21 to 64 years	989	100.0
With a disability	145	14.7
Percent employed	68.3	(X)
No disability	844	85.3
Percent employed	85.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	328	100.0
With a disability	128	39.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	1,672	100.0
Same house in 1995	1,044	62.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	620	37.1
Same county	286	17.1
Different county	334	20.0
Same state	92	5.5
Different state	242	14.5
Elsewhere in 1995	8	0.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	1,740	100.0
Native	1,687	97.0
Born in United States	1,684	96.8
State of residence	892	51.3
Different state	792	45.5
Born outside United States	3	0.2
Foreign born	53	3.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	6	0.3
Naturalized citizen	35	2.0
Not a citizen	18	1.0

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	53	100.0
Europe	27	50.9
Asia	7	13.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	0	0.0
Northern America	19	35.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	1,672	100.0
English only	1,642	98.2
Language other than English	30	1.8
Speak English less than 'very well	8	0.5
Spanish	4	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	2	0.1
Other Indo-European languages	26	1.6
Speak English less than "very well"	6	0.4
Asian and PacificIsland languages	0	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	1,740	100.0
Total ancestries reported	1,900	109.2
Arab	2	0.1
Czech¹	0	0.0
Danish	8	0.5
Dutch	27	1.6
English	514	29.5
French (except Basque)¹	96	5.5
French Canadian¹	81	4.7
German	208	12.0
Greek	4	0.2
Hungarian	2	0.1
Irish¹	225	12.9
Italian	67	3.9
Lithuanian	11	0.6
Norwegian	27	1.6
Polish	20	1.1
Portuguese	4	0.2
Russian	17	1.0
Scotch-Irish	49	2.8
Scottish	140	8.0
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	42	2.4
Swiss	19	1.1
Ukrainian	6	0.3
United States or American	152	8.7
Welsh	17	1.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	162	9.3

ECONOMIC CHARACTERISTICS

Subject	Number	Percent

EMPLOYMENT STATUS
Population 16 years and over	1,399	100.0
In labor force	911	65.1
Civilian labor force	911	65.1
Employed	891	63.7
Unemployed	20	1.4
Percent of civilian labor force	2.2	(X)
Armed Forces	0	0.0
Not in labor force	488	34.9

Females 16 years and over	743	100.0
In labor force	449	60.4
Civilian labor force	449	60.4
Employed	435	58.5

Own children under 6 years	88	100.0
All parents in family in labor force	62	70.5

COMMUTING TO WORK
Workers 16 years and over	876	100.0
Car, truck, or van -- drove alone	659	75.2
Car, truck, or van -- carpooled	73	8.3
Public transportation (including taxicab)	0	0.0
Walked	54	6.2
Other means	8	0.9
Worked at home	82	9.4
Mean travel time to work (minutes)	22.2	(X)

Employed civilian population 16 years and over	891	100.0
OCCUPATION
Management, professional, and related occupations	351	39.4
Service occupations	108	12.1
Sales and office occupations	218	24.5
Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	12	1.3
Construction, extraction, and maintenance occupations	100	11.2
Production, transportation, and material moving occupations	102	11.4

INDUSTRY
Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hunting, and mining	35	3.9
Construction	65	7.3
Manufacturing	117	13.1
Wholesale trade	16	1.8
Retail trade	102	11.4
Transportation and warehousing, and utilities	22	2.5
Information	42	4.7
Finance, insurance, real estate, and rental and leasing	52	5.8
Professional, scientific, management, administrative, and waste management services	85	9.5
Educational, health and social services	218	24.5
Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services	49	5.5
Other services (except public administration)	53	5.9
Public administration	35	3.9

CLASS OF WORKER
Private wage and salary workers	640	71.8
Government workers	135	15.2
Self-employed workers in own not incorporated business	111	12.5
Unpaid family workers	5	0.6

INCOME IN 1999
Households	726	100.0
Less than $10,000	58	8.0
$10,000 to $14,999	25	3.4
$15,000 to $24,999	101	13.9
$25,000 to $34,999	104	14.3
$35,000 to $49,999	137	18.9
$50,000 to $74,999	147	20.2
$75,000 to $99,999	67	9.2
$100,000 to $149,999	61	8.4
$150,000 to $199,999	6	0.8
$200,000 or more	20	2.8
Median household income (dollars)	43,000	(X)

With earnings	595	82.0
Mean earnings (dollars)	46,896	(X)
With Social Security income	226	31.1
Mean Social Security income (dollars)	10,139	(X)
With Supplemental Security Income	28	3.9
Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	5,971	(X)
With public assistance income	31	4.3
Mean public assistance income (dollars)	1,135