Bear Creek, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0205585, place: Bear Creek CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 496 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (7.26%)
Kindergarten: 11 (2.22%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 250 (50.4%)
High school (grades 9-12): 153 (30.85%)
College or graduate school: 46 (9.27%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,104 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 26 (2.36%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 66 (5.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 361 (32.7%)
Some college, no degree: 342 (30.98%)
Associate degree: 43 (3.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 186 (16.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 80 (7.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,335 (100%)
Never married: 402 (30.11%)
Now married, except separated: 740 (55.43%)
Separated: 31 (2.32%)
Total Widowed: 14 (1.05%)
Widowed Female: 12 (0.9%)
Total Divorced: 148 (11.09%)
Divorced Female: 63 (4.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (78.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,213 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 218 (17.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 462 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (5.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,081 (100%)
--With a disability: 169 (15.63%)
----Percent employed: 57.4%
--No disability: 912 (84.37%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 76 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (43.42%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,624 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 741 (45.63%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 880 (54.19%)
--Same county: 416 (25.62%)
--Different county: 464 (28.57%)
----Same state: 292 (17.98%)
----Different state: 172 (10.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,728 (100%)
Native: 1,691 (97.86%)
--Born in United States: 1,667 (100%)
----State of residence: 586 (33.91%)
----Different state: 1,081 (62.56%)
--Born outside United States: 24 (1.39%)
Foreign born: 37 (2.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.29%)
--Naturalized citizen: 29 (1.68%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.46%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 37 (100%)
Europe: 12 (32.43%)
Asia: 20 (54.05%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 5 (13.51%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,624 (100%)
English only: 1,514 (93.23%)
Language other than English: 110 (6.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (1.72%)
--Spanish: 31 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 39 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.43%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,728 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,129% (123.21%)
Arab: 12 (0.69%)
Czech: 21 (1.22%)
Danish: 26 (1.5%)
Dutch: 44 (2.55%)
English: 255 (14.76%)
French (except Basque): 54 (3.13%)
French Canadian: 18 (1.04%)
German: 369 (21.35%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 13 (0.75%)
Irish: 349 (20.2%)
Italian: 35 (2.03%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 67 (3.88%)
Polish: 49 (2.84%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.29%)
Russian: 24 (1.39%)
Scotch-Irish: 38 (2.2%)
Scottish: 60 (3.47%)
Slovak: 13 (0.75%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 88 (5.09%)
Swiss: 15 (0.87%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 149 (8.62%)
Welsh: 22 (1.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 403 (23.32%)

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