Bethel, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0206520, place: Bethel city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,662 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 111 (6.68%)
Kindergarten: 93 (5.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 945 (56.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 321 (19.31%)
College or graduate school: 192 (11.55%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,008 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 223 (7.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 253 (8.41%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 934 (31.05%)
Some college, no degree: 734 (24.4%)
Associate degree: 181 (6.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 390 (12.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 293 (9.74%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,778 (100%)
Never married: 1,260 (33.35%)
Now married, except separated: 1,753 (46.4%)
Separated: 90 (2.38%)
Total Widowed: 153 (4.05%)
Widowed Female: 132 (3.49%)
Total Divorced: 522 (13.82%)
Divorced Female: 273 (7.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 188 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 107 (56.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,507 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 482 (13.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,604 (100%)
--With a disability: 107 (6.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,889 (100%)
--With a disability: 431 (14.92%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
--No disability: 2,458 (85.08%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 219 (100%)
--With a disability: 140 (63.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,915 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,037 (41.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,815 (57.27%)
--Same county: 1,629 (33.14%)
--Different county: 1,186 (24.13%)
----Same state: 607 (12.35%)
----Different state: 579 (11.78%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 63 (1.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,471 (100%)
Native: 5,269 (96.31%)
--Born in United States: 5,251 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,848 (70.33%)
----Different state: 1,403 (25.64%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.33%)
Foreign born: 202 (3.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 56 (1.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 95 (1.74%)
--Not a citizen: 107 (1.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 202 (100%)
Europe: 57 (28.22%)
Asia: 118 (58.42%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 23 (11.39%)
Northern America: 4 (1.98%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,915 (100%)
English only: 3,018 (61.4%)
Language other than English: 1,897 (38.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 604 (12.29%)
--Spanish: 55 (1.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 70 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.81%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 159 (3.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 113 (2.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,471 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,851% (106.95%)
Arab: 7 (0.13%)
Czech: 9 (0.16%)
Danish: 30 (0.55%)
Dutch: 37 (0.68%)
English: 284 (5.19%)
French (except Basque): 117 (2.14%)
French Canadian: 60 (1.1%)
German: 358 (6.54%)
Greek: 13 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 176 (3.22%)
Italian: 94 (1.72%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 90 (1.65%)
Polish: 45 (0.82%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.05%)
Russian: 45 (0.82%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (0.48%)
Scottish: 83 (1.52%)
Slovak: 4 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 117 (2.14%)
Swiss: 17 (0.31%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.13%)
United States or American: 128 (2.34%)
Welsh: 8 (0.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 4,083 (74.63%)

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