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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

897

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 65 7.2
Kindergarten 55 6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 513 57.2
High school (grades 9-12) 132 14.7
College or graduate school 132 14.7
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

2,615

100.0

Less than 9th grade 452 17.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 508 19.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 657 25.1
Some college, no degree 395 15.1
Associate degree 120 4.6
Bachelor's degree 286 10.9
Graduate or professional degree 197 7.5
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 63.3  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 18.5  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

3,177

100.0

Never married 699 22.0
Now married, except separated 1,545 48.6
Separated 67 2.1
Widowed 461 14.5

Female

382 12.0
Divorced 405 12.7

Female

215 6.8
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

51

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 10 19.6
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

3,077

100.0

Civilian veterans 434 14.1
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

875

100.0

With a disability 57 6.5
     

Population 21 to 64 years

1,965

100.0

With a disability 525 26.7

Percent employed

44.2  
No disability 1,440 73.3

Percent employed

78.5  
     

Population 65 years and over

595

100.0

With a disability 265 44.5
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

3,829

100.0

Same house in 1995 1,916 50.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,670 43.6

Same county

897 23.4

Different county

773 20.2

Same state

463 12.1

Different state

310 8.1
Elsewhere in 1995 243 6.3
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

4,115

100.0

Native 3,742 90.9

Born in United States

3,742 90.9

State of residence

2,852 69.3

Different state

890 21.6

Born outside United States

0 0.0
Foreign born 373 9.1

Entered 1990 to March 2000

303 7.4

Naturalized citizen

27 0.7

Not a citizen

346 8.4
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

373

100.0

Europe 0 0.0
Asia 49 13.1
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 324 86.9
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

3,829

100.0

English only 3,316 86.6
Language other than English 513 13.4

Speak English less than "very well"

300 7.8

Spanish

454 11.9

Speak English less than "very well"

295 7.7

Other Indo-European languages

17 0.4

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0

Asian and Pacific Island languages

42 1.1

Speak English less than "very well"

5 0.1
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

4,115

100.0

Total ancestries reported

3,221 78.3
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 18 0.4
Dutch 64 1.6
English 344 8.4
French (except Basque)1 25 0.6
French Canadian1 8 0.2
German 278 6.8
Greek 13 0.3
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 276 6.7
Italian 98 2.4
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 21 0.5
Polish 53 1.3
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 154 3.7
Scottish 89 2.2
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 39 0.9
Swedish 46 1.1
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 616 15.0
Welsh 14 0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 1,065 25.9
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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