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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

171

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 18 10.5
Kindergarten 8 4.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 66 38.6
High school (grades 9-12) 42 24.6
College or graduate school 37 21.6
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

770

100.0

Less than 9th grade 116 15.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 114 14.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 269 34.9
Some college, no degree 132 17.1
Associate degree 36 4.7
Bachelor's degree 79 10.3
Graduate or professional degree 24 3.1
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 70.1  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 13.4  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

901

100.0

Never married 193 21.4
Now married, except separated 473 52.5
Separated 36 4.0
Widowed 102 11.3

Female

94 10.4
Divorced 97 10.8

Female

51 5.7
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

13

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 7 53.8
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

860

100.0

Civilian veterans 107 12.4
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

163

100.0

With a disability 15 9.2
     

Population 21 to 64 years

553

100.0

With a disability 158 28.6

Percent employed

45.6  
No disability 395 71.4

Percent employed

78.7  
     

Population 65 years and over

266

100.0

With a disability 136 51.1
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

982

100.0

Same house in 1995 561 57.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 388 39.5

Same county

212 21.6

Different county

176 17.9

Same state

95 9.7

Different state

81 8.2
Elsewhere in 1995 33 3.4
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

1,052

100.0

Native 1,006 95.6

Born in United States

998 94.9

State of residence

687 65.3

Different state

311 29.6

Born outside United States

8 0.8
Foreign born 46 4.4

Entered 1990 to March 2000

35 3.3

Naturalized citizen

13 1.2

Not a citizen

33 3.1
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

46

100.0

Europe 2 4.3
Asia 8 17.4
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 27 58.7
Northern America 9 19.6
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

982

100.0

English only 919 93.6
Language other than English 63 6.4

Speak English less than "very well"

41 4.2

Spanish

51 5.2

Speak English less than "very well"

29 3.0

Other Indo-European languages

4 0.4

Speak English less than "very well"

4 0.4

Asian and Pacific Island languages

8 0.8

Speak English less than "very well"

8 0.8
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

1,052

100.0

Total ancestries reported

892 84.8
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 1 0.1
Dutch 10 1.0
English 117 11.1
French (except Basque)1 21 2.0
French Canadian1 11 1.0
German 125 11.9
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 1 0.1
Irish1 93 8.8
Italian 23 2.2
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 2 0.2
Polish 5 0.5
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 7 0.7
Scotch-Irish 38 3.6
Scottish 23 2.2
Slovak 1 0.1
Subsaharan African 4 0.4
Swedish 10 1.0
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 249 23.7
Welsh 0 0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 151 14.4
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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