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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

53

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 0 0.0
Kindergarten 0 0.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 11 20.8
High school (grades 9-12) 2 3.8
College or graduate school 40 75.5
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

150

100.0

Less than 9th grade 0 0.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 8 5.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 23 15.3
Some college, no degree 42 28.0
Associate degree 33 22.0
Bachelor's degree 32 21.3
Graduate or professional degree 12 8.0
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 94.7  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 29.3  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

203

100.0

Never married 71 35.0
Now married, except separated 90 44.3
Separated 6 3.0
Widowed 14 6.9

Female

11 5.4
Divorced 22 10.8

Female

17 8.4
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

10

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 10 100.0
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

201

100.0

Civilian veterans 40 19.9
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

31

100.0

With a disability 2 6.5
     

Population 21 to 64 years

125

100.0

With a disability 19 15.2

Percent employed

42.1  
No disability 106 84.8

Percent employed

71.7  
     

Population 65 years and over

58

100.0

With a disability 15 25.9
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

214

100.0

Same house in 1995 43 20.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 168 78.5

Same county

29 13.6

Different county

139 65.0

Same state

69 32.2

Different state

70 32.7
Elsewhere in 1995 3 1.4
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

214

100.0

Native 211 98.6

Born in United States

210 98.1

State of residence

80 37.4

Different state

130 60.7

Born outside United States

1 0.5
Foreign born 3 1.4

Entered 1990 to March 2000

3 1.4

Naturalized citizen

0 0.0

Not a citizen

3 1.4
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

3

100.0

Europe 3 100.0
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 0 0.0
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

214

100.0

English only 201 93.9
Language other than English 13 6.1

Speak English less than "very well"

10 4.7

Spanish

5 2.3

Speak English less than "very well"

5 2.3

Other Indo-European languages

8 3.7

Speak English less than "very well"

5 2.3

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

214

100.0

Total ancestries reported

247 115.4
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 2 0.9
English 52 24.3
French (except Basque)1 6 2.8
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 31 14.5
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 27 12.6
Italian 12 5.6
Lithuanian 3 1.4
Norwegian 3 1.4
Polish 2 0.9
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 3 1.4
Scotch-Irish 33 15.4
Scottish 19 8.9
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 3 1.4
Swiss 3 1.4
Ukrainian 3 1.4
United States or American 28 13.1
Welsh 0 0.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 17 7.9
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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