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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

357

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 18 5.0
Kindergarten 29 8.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 141 39.5
High school (grades 9-12) 110 30.8
College or graduate school 59 16.5
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

1,400

100.0

Less than 9th grade 261 18.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 296 21.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 401 28.6
Some college, no degree 253 18.1
Associate degree 71 5.1
Bachelor's degree 78 5.6
Graduate or professional degree 40 2.9
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 60.2  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 8.4  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

1,641

100.0

Never married 331 20.2
Now married, except separated 787 48.0
Separated 69 4.2
Widowed 239 14.6

Female

188 11.5
Divorced 215 13.1

Female

125 7.6
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

9

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 9 100.0
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

1,554

100.0

Civilian veterans 198 12.7
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

339

100.0

With a disability 18 5.3
     

Population 21 to 64 years

997

100.0

With a disability 225 22.6

Percent employed

52.0  
No disability 772 77.4

Percent employed

82.0  
     

Population 65 years and over

336

100.0

With a disability 210 62.5
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

1,822

100.0

Same house in 1995 996 54.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 782 42.9

Same county

409 22.4

Different county

373 20.5

Same state

177 9.7

Different state

196 10.8
Elsewhere in 1995 44 2.4
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

1,911

100.0

Native 1,772 92.7

Born in United States

1,767 92.5

State of residence

1,223 64.0

Different state

544 28.5

Born outside United States

5 0.3
Foreign born 139 7.3

Entered 1990 to March 2000

109 5.7

Naturalized citizen

47 2.5

Not a citizen

92 4.8
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

139

100.0

Europe 4 2.9
Asia 23 16.5
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 112 80.6
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

1,822

100.0

English only 1,631 89.5
Language other than English 191 10.5

Speak English less than "very well"

107 5.9

Spanish

149 8.2

Speak English less than "very well"

82 4.5

Other Indo-European languages

19 1.0

Speak English less than "very well"

7 0.4

Asian and Pacific Island languages

23 1.3

Speak English less than "very well"

18 1.0
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

1,911

100.0

Total ancestries reported

1,386 72.5
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 15 0.8
English 245 12.8
French (except Basque)1 13 0.7
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 143 7.5
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 12 0.6
Irish1 136 7.1
Italian 7 0.4
Lithuanian 4 0.2
Norwegian 0 0.0
Polish 20 1.0
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 96 5.0
Scottish 21 1.1
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 429 22.4
Welsh 12 0.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 233 12.2
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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