Buffalo Soapstone, AK

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0209657, place: Buffalo Soapstone CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 211 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (5.21%)
Kindergarten: 7 (3.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 133 (63.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 35 (16.59%)
College or graduate school: 25 (11.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 388 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7 (1.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 56 (14.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 153 (39.43%)
Some college, no degree: 98 (25.26%)
Associate degree: 29 (7.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 29 (7.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 16 (4.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 502 (100%)
Never married: 136 (27.09%)
Now married, except separated: 311 (61.95%)
Separated: 7 (1.39%)
Total Widowed: 18 (3.59%)
Widowed Female: 6 (1.2%)
Total Divorced: 30 (5.98%)
Divorced Female: 0 (0%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 456 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 66 (14.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 228 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (8.77%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 372 (100%)
--With a disability: 111 (29.84%)
----Percent employed: 35.1%
--No disability: 261 (70.16%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 42 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (85.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 652 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 390 (59.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 262 (40.18%)
--Same county: 84 (12.88%)
--Different county: 178 (27.3%)
----Same state: 32 (4.91%)
----Different state: 146 (22.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 673 (100%)
Native: 667 (99.11%)
--Born in United States: 657 (100%)
----State of residence: 181 (26.89%)
----Different state: 476 (70.73%)
--Born outside United States: 10 (1.49%)
Foreign born: 6 (0.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 6 (100%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 652 (100%)
English only: 652 (100%)
Language other than English: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 673 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 824% (122.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 26 (3.86%)
English: 128 (19.02%)
French (except Basque): 73 (10.85%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 124 (18.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 7 (1.04%)
Irish: 65 (9.66%)
Italian: 83 (12.33%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 52 (7.73%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (1.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (4.46%)
Scottish: 13 (1.93%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 11 (1.63%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 45 (6.69%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 159 (23.63%)

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