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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent



         

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

       

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

420

100.0

   
Nursery school, preschool 11 2.6    
Kindergarten 16 3.8    
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 241 57.4    
High school (grades 9-12) 80 19.0    
College or graduate school 72 17.1    
         

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

       

Population 25 years and over

1,442

100.0

   
Less than 9th grade 196 13.6    
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 229 15.9    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 444 30.8    
Some college, no degree 308 21.4    
Associate degree 71 4.9    
Bachelor's degree 116 8.0    
Graduate or professional degree 78 5.4    
         
Percent high school graduate or higher 70.5      
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 13.5      
         

MARITAL STATUS

       

Population 15 years and over

1,710

100.0

   
Never married 272 15.9    
Now married, except separated 960 56.1    
Separated 53 3.1    
Widowed 215 12.6    

Female

179 10.5    
Divorced 210 12.3    

Female

111 6.5    
         

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

       

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

21

100.0

   
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 12 57.1    
         

VETERAN STATUS

       

Civilian population 18 years and over

1,642

100.0

   
Civilian veterans 250 15.2    
         

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

       

Population 5 to 20 years

426

100.0

   
With a disability 39 9.2    
         

Population 21 to 64 years

1,092

100.0

   
With a disability 338 31.0    

Percent employed

45.9      
No disability 754 69.0    

Percent employed

76.7      
         

Population 65 years and over

464

100.0

   
With a disability 246 53.0    
         

RESIDENCE IN 1995

       

Population 5 years and over

1,982

100.0

   
Same house in 1995 1,251 63.1    
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 680 34.3    

Same county

426 21.5    

Different county

254 12.8    

Same state

196 9.9    

Different state

58 2.9    
Elsewhere in 1995 51 2.6    
         

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

       

Total population

2,099

100.0

   
Native 1,993 94.9    

Born in United States

1,966 93.7    

State of residence

1,642 78.2    

Different state

324 15.4    

Born outside United States

27 1.3    
Foreign born 106 5.1    

Entered 1990 to March 2000

61 2.9    

Naturalized citizen

24 1.1    

Not a citizen

82 3.9    
         

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

       

Total (excluding born at sea)

106

100.0

   
Europe 13 12.3    
Asia 0 0.0    
Africa 6 5.7    
Oceania 0 0.0    
Latin America 69 65.1    
Northern America 18 17.0    
         

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

       

Population 5 years and over

1,982

100.0

   
English only 1,849 93.3    
Language other than English 133 6.7    

Speak English less than "very well"

70 3.5    

Spanish

79 4.0    

Speak English less than "very well"

64 3.2    

Other Indo-European languages

37 1.9    

Speak English less than "very well"

6 0.3    

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0    

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0    
         

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

       

Total population

2,099

100.0

   

Total ancestries reported

1,598 76.1    
Arab 0 0.0    
Czech1 0 0.0    
Danish 20 1.0    
Dutch 12 0.6    
English 279 13.3    
French (except Basque)1 34 1.6    
French Canadian1 2 0.1    
German 129 6.1    
Greek 0 0.0    
Hungarian 7 0.3    
Irish1 144 6.9    
Italian 15 0.7    
Lithuanian 0 0.0    
Norwegian 1 0.0    
Polish 11 0.5    
Portuguese 0 0.0    
Russian 0 0.0    
Scotch-Irish 113 5.4    
Scottish 90 4.3    
Slovak 0 0.0    
Subsaharan African 0 0.0    
Swedish 0 0.0    
Swiss 7 0.3    
Ukrainian 0 0.0    
United States or American 480 22.9    
Welsh 32 1.5    
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0    
Other ancestries 222 10.6    
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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