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Seven Devils DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

32

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 2 6.3
Kindergarten 2 6.3
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 3 9.4
High school (grades 9-12) 4 12.5
College or graduate school 21 65.6
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

85

100.0

Less than 9th grade 4 4.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 5 5.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 11 12.9
Some college, no degree 22 25.9
Associate degree 0 0.0
Bachelor's degree 31 36.5
Graduate or professional degree 12 14.1
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 89.4  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 50.6  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

105

100.0

Never married 31 29.5
Now married, except separated 68 64.8
Separated 0 0.0
Widowed 3 2.9

Female

3 2.9
Divorced 3 2.9

Female

3 2.9
     

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

103

100.0

Civilian veterans 13 12.6
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

8

100.0

With a disability 0 0.0
     

Population 21 to 64 years

84

100.0

With a disability 32 38.1

Percent employed

100.0  
No disability 52 61.9

Percent employed

46.2  
     

Population 65 years and over

18

100.0

With a disability 4 22.2
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

110

100.0

Same house in 1995 32 29.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 74 67.3

Same county

18 16.4

Different county

56 50.9

Same state

11 10.0

Different state

45 40.9
Elsewhere in 1995 4 3.6
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

124

100.0

Native 120 96.8

Born in United States

120 96.8

State of residence

54 43.5

Different state

66 53.2

Born outside United States

0 0.0
Foreign born 4 3.2

Entered 1990 to March 2000

0 0.0

Naturalized citizen

0 0.0

Not a citizen

4 3.2
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

4

100.0

Europe 4 100.0
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

110

100.0

English only 102 92.7
Language other than English 8 7.3

Speak English less than "very well"

4 3.6

Spanish

4 3.6

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0

Other Indo-European languages

4 3.6

Speak English less than "very well"

4 3.6

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

124

100.0

Total ancestries reported

134 108.1
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 0 0.0
English 9 7.3
French (except Basque)1 0 0.0
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 22 17.7
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 16 12.9
Italian 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 3 2.4
Polish 0 0.0
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 4 3.2
Scottish 7 5.6
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 0 0.0
Swiss 0 0.0
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 63 50.8
Welsh 2 1.6
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 8 6.5
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