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  Social Characteristics
 
     

Subject

Number

Percent

     

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

 

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

379

100.0

Nursery school, preschool

14

3.7

Kindergarten

23

6.1

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

214

56.5

High school (grades 9-12)

114

30.1

College or graduate school

14

3.7

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

 

Population 25 years and over

942

100.0

Less than 9th grade

76

8.1

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

78

8.3

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

278

29.5

Some college, no degree

288

30.6

Associate degree

57

6.1

Bachelor's degree

122

13.0

Graduate or professional degree

43

4.6

 

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

83.7

(X)

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

17.5

(X)

 

 

 

MARITAL STATUS

 

 

Population 15 years and over

1,135

100.0

Never married

202

17.8

Now married, except separated

751

66.2

Separated

10

0.9

Widowed

83

7.3

Female

69

6.1

Divorced

89

7.8

Female

47

4.1

 

 

 

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

 

 

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

9

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

8

88.9

 

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

 

Civilian population 18 years and over

1,052

100.0

Civilian veterans

123

11.7

 

 

 

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

 

 

Population 5 to 20 years

381

100.0

With a disability

27

7.1

 

 

 

Population 21 to 64 years

737

100.0

With a disability

121

16.4

Percent employed

64.5

(X)

No disability

616

83.6

Percent employed

81.2

(X)

 

 

 

Population 65 years and over

242

100.0

With a disability

92

38.0

 

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1995

 

 

Population 5 years and over

1,387

100.0

Same house in 1995

874

63.0

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

497

35.8

Same county

199

14.3

Different county

298

21.5

Same state

176

12.7

Different state

122

8.8

Elsewhere in 1995

16

1.2

 

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

 

Total population

1,475

100.0

Native

1,344

91.1

Born in United States

1,335

90.5

State of residence

981

66.5

Different state

354

24.0

Born outside United States

9

0.6

Foreign born

131

8.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

100

6.8

Naturalized citizen

10

0.7

Not a citizen

121

8.2

 

 

 

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

 

 

Total (excluding born at sea)

131

100.0

Europe

0

0.0

Asia

0

0.0

Africa

0

0.0

Oceania

0

0.0

Latin America

131

100.0

Northern America

0

0.0

 

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

 

Population 5 years and over

1,387

100.0

English only

1,219

87.9

Language other than English

168

12.1

Speak English less than 'very well

98

7.1

Spanish

148

10.7

Speak English less than "very well"

85

6.1

Other Indo-European languages

20

1.4

Speak English less than "very well"

13

0.9

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0

0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0

0.0

 

 

 

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

 

 

Total population

1,475

100.0

Total ancestries reported

1,366

92.6

Arab

4

0.3

Czech1

0

0.0

Danish

11

0.7

Dutch

23

1.6

English

179

12.1

French (except Basque)1

30

2.0

French Canadian1

0

0.0

German

439

29.8

Greek

0

0.0

Hungarian

0

0.0

Irish1

127

8.6

Italian

26

1.8

Lithuanian

0

0.0

Norwegian

4

0.3

Polish

4

0.3

Portuguese

0

0.0

Russian

4

0.3

Scotch-Irish

38

2.6

Scottish

24

1.6

Slovak

0

0.0

Subsaharan African

0

0.0

Swedish

30

2.0

Swiss

3

0.2

Ukrainian

0

0.0

United States or American

172

11.7

Welsh

4

0.3

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

0

0.0

Other ancestries

244

16.5

All statistics are provided by United States Census Bureau.