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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

97

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 6 6.2
Kindergarten 15 15.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 51 52.6
High school (grades 9-12) 15 15.5
College or graduate school 10 10.3
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

326

100.0

Less than 9th grade 70 21.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 100 30.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 97 29.8
Some college, no degree 43 13.2
Associate degree 9 2.8
Bachelor's degree 7 2.1
Graduate or professional degree 0 0.0
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 47.9  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 2.1  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

373

100.0

Never married 71 19.0
Now married, except separated 248 66.5
Separated 10 2.7
Widowed 24 6.4

Female

18 4.8
Divorced 20 5.4

Female

13 3.5
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

13

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 0 0.0
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

361

100.0

Civilian veterans 45 12.5
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

93

100.0

With a disability 16 17.2
     

Population 21 to 64 years

294

100.0

With a disability 84 28.6

Percent employed

54.8  
No disability 210 71.4

Percent employed

78.1  
     

Population 65 years and over

53

100.0

With a disability 20 37.7
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

440

100.0

Same house in 1995 274 62.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 162 36.8

Same county

96 21.8

Different county

66 15.0

Same state

45 10.2

Different state

21 4.8
Elsewhere in 1995 4 0.9
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

471

100.0

Native 457 97.0

Born in United States

457 97.0

State of residence

417 88.5

Different state

40 8.5

Born outside United States

0 0.0
Foreign born 14 3.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

12 2.5

Naturalized citizen

1 0.2

Not a citizen

13 2.8
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

14

100.0

Europe 0 0.0
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 14 100.0
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

440

100.0

English only 420 95.5
Language other than English 20 4.5

Speak English less than "very well"

11 2.5

Spanish

20 4.5

Speak English less than "very well"

11 2.5

Other Indo-European languages

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

471

100.0

Total ancestries reported

245 52.0
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 6 1.3
English 46 9.8
French (except Basque)1 0 0.0
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 13 2.8
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 44 9.3
Italian 0 0.0
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0.0
Polish 0 0.0
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 0 0.0
Scotch-Irish 9 1.9
Scottish 3 0.6
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 95 20.2
Welsh 2 0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 27 5.7
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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