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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics

Subject Number Percent   Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 638 100.0
      enrolled in school 149 100.0   Native 630 98.7
Nursery school, preschool 0 0.0       Born in United States 630 98.7
Kindergarten 21 14.1           State of residence 460 72.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 91 61.1           Different state 170 26.6
High school (grades 9-12) 37 24.8       Born outside United States 0 0.0
College or graduate school 0 0.0   Foreign born 8 1.3
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 8 1.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 0 0.0
  Population 25 years and over 447 100.0       Not a citizen 8 1.3
Less than 9th grade 89 19.9        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 70 15.7   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 192 43.0     Total (excluding born at sea) 8 100.0
Some college, no degree 56 12.5   Europe 0 0.0
Associate degree 9 2.0   Asia 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 31 6.9   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 0 0.0   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 8 100.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 64.4 (X)   Northern America 0 0.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 6.9 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 626 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 506 100.0   English only 594 94.9
Never married 85 16.8   Language other than English 32 5.1
Now married, except separated 346 68.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 18 2.9
Separated 5 1.0   Spanish 24 3.8
Widowed 26 5.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 18 2.9
 Female 26 5.1   Other Indo-European languages 8 1.3
Divorced 44 8.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
 Female 9 1.8   Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 638 100.0
           under 18 years 0 N/A     Total ancestries reported 488 76.5
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 N/A   Arab 0 0.0
        Czech¹ 0 0.0
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 0 0.0
          Civilian population 18 years and over 477 100.0   Dutch 0 0.0
Civilian veterans 35 7.3   English 28 4.4
        French (except Basque)¹ 0 0.0
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 0 0.0
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 50 7.8
     Population 5 to 20 years 170 100.0   Greek 0 0.0
With a disability 19 11.2   Hungarian 0 0.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 362 100.0   Irish¹ 33 5.2
With a disability 90 24.9   Italian 9 1.4
 Percent employed 60.0 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 272 75.1   Norwegian 0 0.0
 Percent employed 66.5 (X)   Polish 18 2.8
     Population 65 years and over 94 100.0   Portuguese 8 1.3
With a disability 67 71.3   Russian 0 0.0
        Scotch-Irish 0 0.0
        Scottish 12 1.9
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 626 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 446 71.2   Swedish 10 1.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 172 27.5   Swiss 0 0.0
 Same county 12 1.9   Ukrainian 0 0.0
 Different county 160 25.6   United States or American 298 46.7
  Same state 98 15.7   Welsh 0 0.0
  Different state 62 9.9   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 8 1.3   Other ancestries 22 3.4
             
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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