Barrow, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0205200, place: Barrow city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,592 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 140 (8.79%)
Kindergarten: 68 (4.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 806 (50.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 385 (24.18%)
College or graduate school: 193 (12.12%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,514 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 247 (9.82%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 207 (8.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 782 (31.11%)
Some college, no degree: 633 (25.18%)
Associate degree: 133 (5.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 343 (13.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 169 (6.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,175 (100%)
Never married: 1,270 (40%)
Now married, except separated: 1,366 (43.02%)
Separated: 82 (2.58%)
Total Widowed: 118 (3.72%)
Widowed Female: 98 (3.09%)
Total Divorced: 339 (10.68%)
Divorced Female: 172 (5.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 133 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 76 (57.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,902 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 306 (10.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,406 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (3.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,561 (100%)
--With a disability: 459 (17.92%)
----Percent employed: 60.1%
--No disability: 2,102 (82.08%)
----Percent employed: 75.1%
Population 65 years and over: 166 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (48.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,133 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,687 (40.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,341 (56.64%)
--Same county: 1,472 (35.62%)
--Different county: 869 (21.03%)
----Same state: 419 (10.14%)
----Different state: 450 (10.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 105 (2.54%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,581 (100%)
Native: 4,195 (91.57%)
--Born in United States: 4,135 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,011 (65.73%)
----Different state: 1,124 (24.54%)
--Born outside United States: 60 (1.31%)
Foreign born: 386 (8.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 165 (3.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 240 (5.24%)
--Not a citizen: 146 (3.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 386 (100%)
Europe: 15 (3.89%)
Asia: 318 (82.38%)
Africa: 2 (0.52%)
Oceania: 5 (1.3%)
Latin America: 36 (9.33%)
Northern America: 10 (2.59%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,133 (100%)
English only: 2,152 (52.07%)
Language other than English: 1,981 (47.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 691 (16.72%)
--Spanish: 50 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 31 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 362 (8.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 137 (3.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,581 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,702% (102.64%)
Arab: 9 (0.2%)
Czech: 3 (0.07%)
Danish: 10 (0.22%)
Dutch: 30 (0.65%)
English: 159 (3.47%)
French (except Basque): 52 (1.14%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.17%)
German: 323 (7.05%)
Greek: 24 (0.52%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.22%)
Irish: 195 (4.26%)
Italian: 30 (0.65%)
Lithuanian: 20 (0.44%)
Norwegian: 75 (1.64%)
Polish: 42 (0.92%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.17%)
Russian: 8 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (0.61%)
Scottish: 58 (1.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.04%)
Swedish: 44 (0.96%)
Swiss: 1 (0.02%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.07%)
United States or American: 77 (1.68%)
Welsh: 9 (0.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.28%)
Other ancestries: 3,461 (75.55%)

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