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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

87

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 8 9.2
Kindergarten 12 13.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 33 37.9
High school (grades 9-12) 14 16.1
College or graduate school 20 23.0
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

144

100.0

Less than 9th grade 21 14.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 13 9.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 38 26.4
Some college, no degree 26 18.1
Associate degree 13 9.0
Bachelor's degree 20 13.9
Graduate or professional degree 13 9.0
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 76.4  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 22.9  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

165

100.0

Never married 19 11.5
Now married, except separated 98 59.4
Separated 1 0.6
Widowed 25 15.2

Female

24 14.5
Divorced 22 13.3

Female

15 9.1
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

4

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 4 100.0
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

154

100.0

Civilian veterans 17 11.0
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

66

100.0

With a disability 7 10.6
     

Population 21 to 64 years

101

100.0

With a disability 42 41.6

Percent employed

76.2  
No disability 59 58.4

Percent employed

88.1  
     

Population 65 years and over

48

100.0

With a disability 13 27.1
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

215

100.0

Same house in 1995 132 61.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 81 37.7

Same county

34 15.8

Different county

47 21.9

Same state

42 19.5

Different state

5 2.3
Elsewhere in 1995 2 0.9
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

235

100.0

Native 232 98.7

Born in United States

232 98.7

State of residence

176 74.9

Different state

56 23.8

Born outside United States

0 0.0
Foreign born 3 1.3

Entered 1990 to March 2000

3 1.3

Naturalized citizen

0 0.0

Not a citizen

3 1.3
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

3

100.0

Europe 0 0.0
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 2 66.7
Northern America 1 33.3
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

215

100.0

English only 211 98.1
Language other than English 4 1.9

Speak English less than "very well"

2 0.9

Spanish

4 1.9

Speak English less than "very well"

2 0.9

Other Indo-European languages

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

235

100.0

Total ancestries reported

197 83.8
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 3 1.3
English 44 18.7
French (except Basque)1 4 1.7
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 16 6.8
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 27 11.5
Italian 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0.0
Polish 8 3.4
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 41 17.4
Scottish 15 6.4
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 0 0.0
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 24 10.2
Welsh 0 0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 15 6.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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