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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

310

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 11 3.5
Kindergarten 16 5.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 129 41.6
High school (grades 9-12) 79 25.5
College or graduate school 75 24.2
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

1,109

100.0

Less than 9th grade 75 6.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 52 4.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 152 13.7
Some college, no degree 256 23.1
Associate degree 52 4.7
Bachelor's degree 344 31.0
Graduate or professional degree 178 16.1
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 88.5  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 47.1  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

1,241

100.0

Never married 241 19.4
Now married, except separated 771 62.1
Separated 17 1.4
Widowed 94 7.6

Female

91 7.3
Divorced 118 9.5

Female

71 5.7
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

16

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 3 18.8
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

1,194

100.0

Civilian veterans 200 16.8
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

242

100.0

With a disability 7 2.9
     

Population 21 to 64 years

758

100.0

With a disability 108 14.2

Percent employed

67.6  
No disability 650 85.8

Percent employed

71.4  
     

Population 65 years and over

323

100.0

With a disability 120 37.2
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

1,400

100.0

Same house in 1995 743 53.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 654 46.7

Same county

253 18.1

Different county

401 28.6

Same state

226 16.1

Different state

175 12.5
Elsewhere in 1995 3 0.2
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

1,434

100.0

Native 1,407 98.1

Born in United States

1,398 97.5

State of residence

846 59.0

Different state

552 38.5

Born outside United States

9 0.6
Foreign born 27 1.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

0 0.0

Naturalized citizen

24 1.7

Not a citizen

3 0.2
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

27

100.0

Europe 19 70.4
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 3 11.1
Northern America 5 18.5
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

1,400

100.0

English only 1,340 95.7
Language other than English 60 4.3

Speak English less than "very well"

10 0.7

Spanish

29 2.1

Speak English less than "very well"

5 0.4

Other Indo-European languages

31 2.2

Speak English less than "very well"

5 0.4

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

1,434

100.0

Total ancestries reported

1,376 96.0
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 5 0.3
Danish 2 0.1
Dutch 16 1.1
English 313 21.8
French (except Basque)1 29 2.0
French Canadian1 6 0.4
German 254 17.7
Greek 9 0.6
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 136 9.5
Italian 70 4.9
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 5 0.3
Polish 16 1.1
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 10 0.7
Scotch-Irish 134 9.3
Scottish 82 5.7
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 23 1.6
Swiss 5 0.3
Ukrainian 12 0.8
United States or American 111 7.7
Welsh 3 0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 135 9.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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