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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

566

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 74 13.1
Kindergarten 43 7.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 159 28.1
High school (grades 9-12) 139 24.6
College or graduate school 151 26.7
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

2,475

100.0

Less than 9th grade 259 10.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 194 7.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 681 27.5
Some college, no degree 470 19.0
Associate degree 222 9.0
Bachelor's degree 410 16.6
Graduate or professional degree 239 9.7
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 81.7  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 26.2  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

2,825

100.0

Never married 558 19.8
Now married, except separated 1,554 55.0
Separated 100 3.5
Widowed 314 11.1

Female

254 9.0
Divorced 299 10.6

Female

175 6.2
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

75

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 48 64.0
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

2,748

100.0

Civilian veterans 338 12.3
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

421

100.0

With a disability 59 14.0
     

Population 21 to 64 years

1,732

100.0

With a disability 474 27.4

Percent employed

67.1  
No disability 1,258 72.6

Percent employed

81.2  
     

Population 65 years and over

564

100.0

With a disability 163 28.9
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

3,053

100.0

Same house in 1995 1,472 48.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,391 45.6

Same county

845 27.7

Different county

546 17.9

Same state

272 8.9

Different state

274 9.0
Elsewhere in 1995 190 6.2
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

3,248

100.0

Native 3,019 92.9

Born in United States

3,019 92.9

State of residence

2,311 71.2

Different state

708 21.8

Born outside United States

0 0.0
Foreign born 229 7.1

Entered 1990 to March 2000

193 5.9

Naturalized citizen

36 1.1

Not a citizen

193 5.9
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

229

100.0

Europe 0 0.0
Asia 101 44.1
Africa 20 8.7
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 97 42.4
Northern America 11 4.8
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

3,053

100.0

English only 2,821 92.4
Language other than English 232 7.6

Speak English less than "very well"

161 5.3

Spanish

104 3.4

Speak English less than "very well"

72 2.4

Other Indo-European languages

111 3.6

Speak English less than "very well"

77 2.5

Asian and Pacific Island languages

17 0.6

Speak English less than "very well"

12 0.4
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

3,248

100.0

Total ancestries reported

2,629 80.9
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 0 0.0
Dutch 50 1.5
English 483 14.9
French (except Basque)1 53 1.6
French Canadian1 11 0.3
German 213 6.6
Greek 6 0.2
Hungarian 7 0.2
Irish1 318 9.8
Italian 15 0.5
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 0 0.0
Polish 9 0.3
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 21 0.6
Scotch-Irish 194 6.0
Scottish 50 1.5
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 33 1.0
Swedish 24 0.7
Swiss 6 0.2
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 452 13.9
Welsh 9 0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 675 20.8
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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