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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

106

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 5 4.7
Kindergarten 1 0.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 62 58.5
High school (grades 9-12) 27 25.5
College or graduate school 11 10.4
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

286

100.0

Less than 9th grade 33 11.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 61 21.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 85 29.7
Some college, no degree 67 23.4
Associate degree 16 5.6
Bachelor's degree 20 7.0
Graduate or professional degree 4 1.4
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 67.1  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 8.4  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

339

100.0

Never married 60 17.7
Now married, except separated 186 54.9
Separated 7 2.1
Widowed 41 12.1

Female

38 11.2
Divorced 45 13.3

Female

23 6.8
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

0

 

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0  
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

318

100.0

Civilian veterans 37 11.6
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

101

100.0

With a disability 3 3.0
     

Population 21 to 64 years

234

100.0

With a disability 37 15.8

Percent employed

45.9  
No disability 197 84.2

Percent employed

80.7  
     

Population 65 years and over

73

100.0

With a disability 53 72.6
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

408

100.0

Same house in 1995 303 74.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 103 25.2

Same county

89 21.8

Different county

14 3.4

Same state

8 2.0

Different state

6 1.5
Elsewhere in 1995 2 0.5
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

432

100.0

Native 430 99.5

Born in United States

427 98.8

State of residence

323 74.8

Different state

104 24.1

Born outside United States

3 0.7
Foreign born 2 0.5

Entered 1990 to March 2000

2 0.5

Naturalized citizen

0 0.0

Not a citizen

2 0.5
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

2

100.0

Europe 0 0.0
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 2 100.0
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

408

100.0

English only 394 96.6
Language other than English 14 3.4

Speak English less than "very well"

8 2.0

Spanish

9 2.2

Speak English less than "very well"

5 1.2

Other Indo-European languages

5 1.2

Speak English less than "very well"

3 0.7

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

432

100.0

Total ancestries reported

267 61.8
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 8 1.9
English 45 10.4
French (except Basque)1 0 0.0
French Canadian1 3 0.7
German 21 4.9
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 22 5.1
Italian 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0.0
Polish 2 0.5
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 10 2.3
Scottish 7 1.6
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 0 0.0
Swiss 2 0.5
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 84 19.4
Welsh 0 0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 63 14.6
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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