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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

50

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 3 6.0
Kindergarten 0 0.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 19 38.0
High school (grades 9-12) 8 16.0
College or graduate school 20 40.0
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

289

100.0

Less than 9th grade 0 0.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 9 3.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 37 12.8
Some college, no degree 117 40.5
Associate degree 23 8.0
Bachelor's degree 56 19.4
Graduate or professional degree 47 16.3
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 96.9  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 35.6  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

324

100.0

Never married 68 21.0
Now married, except separated 205 63.3
Separated 2 0.6
Widowed 10 3.1

Female

10 3.1
Divorced 39 12.0

Female

23 7.1
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

6

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 0.0
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

316

100.0

Civilian veterans 67 21.2
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

31

100.0

With a disability 4 12.9
     

Population 21 to 64 years

212

100.0

With a disability 33 15.6

Percent employed

72.7  
No disability 179 84.4

Percent employed

65.9  
     

Population 65 years and over

100

100.0

With a disability 17 17.0
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

343

100.0

Same house in 1995 143 41.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 191 55.7

Same county

20 5.8

Different county

171 49.9

Same state

43 12.5

Different state

128 37.3
Elsewhere in 1995 9 2.6
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

351

100.0

Native 345 98.3

Born in United States

345 98.3

State of residence

63 17.9

Different state

282 80.3

Born outside United States

0 0.0
Foreign born 6 1.7

Entered 1990 to March 2000

2 0.6

Naturalized citizen

4 1.1

Not a citizen

2 0.6
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

6

100.0

Europe 4 66.7
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 2 33.3
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 0 0.0
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

343

100.0

English only 331 96.5
Language other than English 12 3.5

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0

Spanish

3 0.9

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0

Other Indo-European languages

9 2.6

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

351

100.0

Total ancestries reported

412 117.4
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 9 2.6
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 5 1.4
English 114 32.5
French (except Basque)1 15 4.3
French Canadian1 2 0.6
German 61 17.4
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 33 9.4
Italian 26 7.4
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0.0
Polish 2 0.6
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 2 0.6
Scotch-Irish 26 7.4
Scottish 24 6.8
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 2 0.6
Swedish 20 5.7
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 10 2.8
Welsh 12 3.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 49 14.0
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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