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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

147

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 12 8.2
Kindergarten 7 4.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 64 43.5
High school (grades 9-12) 39 26.5
College or graduate school 25 17.0
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

504

100.0

Less than 9th grade 61 12.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 105 20.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 154 30.6
Some college, no degree 121 24.0
Associate degree 25 5.0
Bachelor's degree 26 5.2
Graduate or professional degree 12 2.4
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 67.1  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 7.5  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

590

100.0

Never married 113 19.2
Now married, except separated 283 48.0
Separated 31 5.3
Widowed 96 16.3

Female

90 15.3
Divorced 67 11.4

Female

28 4.7
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

13

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 2 15.4
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

562

100.0

Civilian veterans 59 10.5
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

145

100.0

With a disability 9 6.2
     

Population 21 to 64 years

356

100.0

With a disability 54 15.2

Percent employed

33.3  
No disability 302 84.8

Percent employed

77.8  
     

Population 65 years and over

174

100.0

With a disability 96 55.2
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

677

100.0

Same house in 1995 437 64.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 233 34.4

Same county

120 17.7

Different county

113 16.7

Same state

46 6.8

Different state

67 9.9
Elsewhere in 1995 7 1.0
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

728

100.0

Native 714 98.1

Born in United States

709 97.4

State of residence

561 77.1

Different state

148 20.3

Born outside United States

5 0.7
Foreign born 14 1.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

9 1.2

Naturalized citizen

11 1.5

Not a citizen

3 0.4
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

14

100.0

Europe 3 21.4
Asia 6 42.9
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 5 35.7
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

677

100.0

English only 633 93.5
Language other than English 44 6.5

Speak English less than "very well"

18 2.7

Spanish

25 3.7

Speak English less than "very well"

11 1.6

Other Indo-European languages

8 1.2

Speak English less than "very well"

4 0.6

Asian and Pacific Island languages

8 1.2

Speak English less than "very well"

3 0.4
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

728

100.0

Total ancestries reported

603 82.8
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 9 1.2
English 92 12.6
French (except Basque)1 11 1.5
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 83 11.4
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 71 9.8
Italian 15 2.1
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 5 0.7
Polish 3 0.4
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 39 5.4
Scottish 37 5.1
Slovak 2 0.3
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 2 0.3
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 143 19.6
Welsh 2 0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 89 12.2
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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