General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0203000, place: Anchorage municipality, Alaska)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 74,625 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4,160 (5.57%)
Kindergarten: 4,133 (5.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 35,485 (47.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 15,678 (21.01%)
College or graduate school: 15,169 (20.33%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 159,931 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,913 (3.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 10,609 (6.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 38,741 (24.22%)
Some college, no degree: 46,789 (29.26%)
Associate degree: 12,639 (7.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 29,865 (18.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16,375 (10.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 197,054 (100%)
Never married: 56,016 (28.43%)
Now married, except separated: 105,804 (53.69%)
Separated: 4,156 (2.11%)
Total Widowed: 6,400 (3.25%)
Widowed Female: 5,183 (2.63%)
Total Divorced: 24,678 (12.52%)
Divorced Female: 13,576 (6.89%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3,847 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1,719 (44.68%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 176,148 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 30,920 (17.55%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 65,183 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,042 (7.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 151,404 (100%)
--With a disability: 23,154 (15.29%)
----Percent employed: 57.6%
--No disability: 128,250 (84.71%)
----Percent employed: 79.7%
Population 65 years and over: 13,561 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,084 (44.86%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 240,627 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 100,167 (41.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 133,743 (55.58%)
--Same county: 77,553 (32.23%)
--Different county: 56,190 (23.35%)
----Same state: 13,047 (5.42%)
----Different state: 43,143 (17.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6,717 (2.79%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 260,283 (100%)
Native: 239,005 (91.83%)
--Born in United States: 233,672 (100%)
----State of residence: 83,516 (32.09%)
----Different state: 150,156 (57.69%)
--Born outside United States: 5,333 (2.05%)
Foreign born: 21,278 (8.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8,173 (3.14%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11,631 (4.47%)
--Not a citizen: 9,647 (3.71%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 21,278 (100%)
Europe: 4,069 (19.12%)
Asia: 10,537 (49.52%)
Africa: 244 (1.15%)
Oceania: 588 (2.76%)
Latin America: 4,549 (21.38%)
Northern America: 1,291 (6.07%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 240,627 (100%)
English only: 207,818 (86.37%)
Language other than English: 32,809 (13.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12,710 (5.28%)
--Spanish: 9,580 (3.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,837 (1.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6,424 (2.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,482 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12,872 (5.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,627 (2.75%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 260,283 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 287,978% (110.64%)
Arab: 556 (0.21%)
Czech: 1,504 (0.58%)
Danish: 2,239 (0.86%)
Dutch: 4,888 (1.88%)
English: 26,123 (10.04%)
French (except Basque): 8,848 (3.4%)
French Canadian: 2,872 (1.1%)
German: 45,770 (17.58%)
Greek: 843 (0.32%)
Hungarian: 1,123 (0.43%)
Irish: 30,205 (11.6%)
Italian: 8,264 (3.18%)
Lithuanian: 465 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 9,988 (3.84%)
Polish: 6,103 (2.34%)
Portuguese: 919 (0.35%)
Russian: 3,098 (1.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 4,565 (1.75%)
Scottish: 6,943 (2.67%)
Slovak: 309 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 1,238 (0.48%)
Swedish: 6,707 (2.58%)
Swiss: 1,018 (0.39%)
Ukrainian: 563 (0.22%)
United States or American: 15,614 (6%)
Welsh: 2,288 (0.88%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 831 (0.32%)
Other ancestries: 94,094 (36.15%)
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