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DP-2. Selected Social Characteristics:2000


Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

   

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

252

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 18 7.1
Kindergarten 29 11.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 128 50.8
High school (grades 9-12) 47 18.7
College or graduate school 30 11.9
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

1,244

100.0

Less than 9th grade 229 18.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 181 14.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 331 26.6
Some college, no degree 219 17.6
Associate degree 67 5.4
Bachelor's degree 125 10.0
Graduate or professional degree 92 7.4
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 67.0  
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 17.4  
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

1,368

100.0

Never married 285 20.8
Now married, except separated 650 47.5
Separated 28 2.0
Widowed 237 17.3

Female

223 16.3
Divorced 168 12.3

Female

103 7.5
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

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

12

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 3 25.0
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

1,331

100.0

Civilian veterans 196 14.7
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

230

100.0

With a disability 19 8.3
     

Population 21 to 64 years

751

100.0

With a disability 207 27.6

Percent employed

46.4  
No disability 544 72.4

Percent employed

77.6  
     

Population 65 years and over

423

100.0

With a disability 238 56.3
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

1,523

100.0

Same house in 1995 882 57.9
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 596 39.1

Same county

302 19.8

Different county

294 19.3

Same state

130 8.5

Different state

164 10.8
Elsewhere in 1995 45 3.0
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

1,605

100.0

Native 1,540 96.0

Born in United States

1,534 95.6

State of residence

1,153 71.8

Different state

381 23.7

Born outside United States

6 0.4
Foreign born 65 4.0

Entered 1990 to March 2000

53 3.3

Naturalized citizen

10 0.6

Not a citizen

55 3.4
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

65

100.0

Europe 8 12.3
Asia 14 21.5
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 43 66.2
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

1,523

100.0

English only 1,447 95.0
Language other than English 76 5.0

Speak English less than "very well"

42 2.8

Spanish

50 3.3

Speak English less than "very well"

33 2.2

Other Indo-European languages

19 1.2

Speak English less than "very well"

2 0.1

Asian and Pacific Island languages

7 0.5

Speak English less than "very well"

7 0.5
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

1,605

100.0

Total ancestries reported

1,027 64.0
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 0 0.0
Danish 2 0.1
Dutch 12 0.7
English 171 10.7
French (except Basque)1 4 0.2
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 113 7.0
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 7 0.4
Irish1 136 8.5
Italian 19 1.2
Lithuanian 0 0.0
Norwegian 9 0.6
Polish 15 0.9
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 6 0.4
Scotch-Irish 82 5.1
Scottish 38 2.4
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 0 0.0
Swiss 5 0.3
Ukrainian 2 0.1
United States or American 232 14.5
Welsh 3 0.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 171 10.7
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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