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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

22

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 0 0.0
Kindergarten 5 22.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 7 31.8
High school (grades 9-12) 3 13.6
College or graduate school 7 31.8
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

118

100.0

Less than 9th grade 26 22.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 33 28.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 44 37.3
Some college, no degree 6 5.1
Associate degree 4 3.4
Bachelor's degree 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 5 4.2
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 50.0  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 4.2  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

134

100.0

Never married 26 19.4
Now married, except separated 46 34.3
Separated 5 3.7
Widowed 41 30.6

Female

39 29.1
Divorced 16 11.9

Female

13 9.7
     

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

127

100.0

Civilian veterans 7 5.5
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

24

100.0

With a disability 5 20.8
     

Population 21 to 64 years

76

100.0

With a disability 24 31.6

Percent employed

79.2  
No disability 52 68.4

Percent employed

63.5  
     

Population 65 years and over

46

100.0

With a disability 30 65.2
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

146

100.0

Same house in 1995 71 48.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 75 51.4

Same county

45 30.8

Different county

30 20.5

Same state

2 1.4

Different state

28 19.2
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

156

100.0

Native 156 100.0

Born in United States

156 100.0

State of residence

128 82.1

Different state

28 17.9

Born outside United States

0 0.0
Foreign born 0 0.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

0 0.0

Naturalized citizen

0 0.0

Not a citizen

0 0.0
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

0

 

Europe 0  
Asia 0  
Africa 0  
Oceania 0  
Latin America 0  
Northern America 0  
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

146

100.0

English only 146 100.0
Language other than English 0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0

Spanish

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0

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

156

100.0

Total ancestries reported

114 73.1
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 3 1.9
English 14 9.0
French (except Basque)1 5 3.2
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 5 3.2
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 8 5.1
Italian 6 3.8
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0.0
Polish 0 0.0
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 7 4.5
Scottish 4 2.6
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 3 1.9
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 39 25.0
Welsh 0 0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 20 12.8
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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