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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

205

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 17 8.3
Kindergarten 16 7.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 101 49.3
High school (grades 9-12) 43 21.0
College or graduate school 28 13.7
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

1,068

100.0

Less than 9th grade 238 22.3
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 167 15.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 300 28.1
Some college, no degree 184 17.2
Associate degree 54 5.1
Bachelor's degree 97 9.1
Graduate or professional degree 28 2.6
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 62.1  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 11.7  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

1,182

100.0

Never married 219 18.5
Now married, except separated 650 55.0
Separated 27 2.3
Widowed 164 13.9

Female

151 12.8
Divorced 122 10.3

Female

56 4.7
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

14

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 8 57.1
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

1,149

100.0

Civilian veterans 165 14.4
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

202

100.0

With a disability 21 10.4
     

Population 21 to 64 years

606

100.0

With a disability 171 28.2

Percent employed

43.3  
No disability 435 71.8

Percent employed

84.1  
     

Population 65 years and over

280

100.0

With a disability 141 50.4
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

1,316

100.0

Same house in 1995 739 56.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 553 42.0

Same county

334 25.4

Different county

219 16.6

Same state

145 11.0

Different state

74 5.6
Elsewhere in 1995 24 1.8
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

1,372

100.0

Native 1,328 96.8

Born in United States

1,322 96.4

State of residence

1,018 74.2

Different state

304 22.2

Born outside United States

6 0.4
Foreign born 44 3.2

Entered 1990 to March 2000

25 1.8

Naturalized citizen

2 0.1

Not a citizen

42 3.1
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

44

100.0

Europe 10 22.7
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 2 4.5
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 32 72.7
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

1,316

100.0

English only 1,257 95.5
Language other than English 59 4.5

Speak English less than "very well"

33 2.5

Spanish

48 3.6

Speak English less than "very well"

31 2.4

Other Indo-European languages

11 0.8

Speak English less than "very well"

2 0.2

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

1,372

100.0

Total ancestries reported

860 62.7
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 37 2.7
English 155 11.3
French (except Basque)1 14 1.0
French Canadian1 3 0.2
German 171 12.5
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 101 7.4
Italian 16 1.2
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 3 0.2
Polish 0 0.0
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 32 2.3
Scottish 36 2.6
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 12 0.9
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 160 11.7
Welsh 6 0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 114 8.3
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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