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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

458

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 13 2.8
Kindergarten 4 0.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 37 8.1
High school (grades 9-12) 17 3.7
College or graduate school 387 84.5
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

310

100.0

Less than 9th grade 11 3.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 18 5.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 56 18.1
Some college, no degree 52 16.8
Associate degree 29 9.4
Bachelor's degree 87 28.1
Graduate or professional degree 57 18.4
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 90.6  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 46.5  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

701

100.0

Never married 297 42.4
Now married, except separated 319 45.5
Separated 12 1.7
Widowed 11 1.6

Female

9 1.3
Divorced 62 8.8

Female

32 4.6
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

13

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 8 61.5
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

690

100.0

Civilian veterans 46 6.7
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

347

100.0

With a disability 37 10.7
     

Population 21 to 64 years

338

100.0

With a disability 28 8.3

Percent employed

57.1  
No disability 310 91.7

Percent employed

64.8  
     

Population 65 years and over

47

100.0

With a disability 9 19.1
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

746

100.0

Same house in 1995 184 24.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 520 69.7

Same county

66 8.8

Different county

454 60.9

Same state

155 20.8

Different state

299 40.1
Elsewhere in 1995 42 5.6
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

770

100.0

Native 732 95.1

Born in United States

712 92.5

State of residence

284 36.9

Different state

428 55.6

Born outside United States

20 2.6
Foreign born 38 4.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

7 0.9

Naturalized citizen

17 2.2

Not a citizen

21 2.7
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

38

100.0

Europe 20 52.6
Asia 10 26.3
Africa 4 10.5
Oceania 1 2.6
Latin America 3 7.9
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

746

100.0

English only 667 89.4
Language other than English 79 10.6

Speak English less than "very well"

21 2.8

Spanish

37 5.0

Speak English less than "very well"

11 1.5

Other Indo-European languages

25 3.4

Speak English less than "very well"

2 0.3

Asian and Pacific Island languages

17 2.3

Speak English less than "very well"

8 1.1
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

770

100.0

Total ancestries reported

622 80.8
Arab 1 0.1
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 4 0.5
Dutch 22 2.9
English 119 15.5
French (except Basque)1 24 3.1
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 109 14.2
Greek 18 2.3
Hungarian 7 0.9
Irish1 39 5.1
Italian 15 1.9
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 14 1.8
Polish 18 2.3
Portuguese 3 0.4
Russian 8 1.0
Scotch-Irish 63 8.2
Scottish 42 5.5
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 0 0.0
Swiss 2 0.3
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 8 1.0
Welsh 20 2.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 86 11.2
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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