Butte, AK

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0209710, place: Butte CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 672 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (4.61%)
Kindergarten: 14 (2.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 346 (51.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 196 (29.17%)
College or graduate school: 85 (12.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,547 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 22 (1.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 176 (11.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 517 (33.42%)
Some college, no degree: 494 (31.93%)
Associate degree: 107 (6.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 183 (11.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 48 (3.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,919 (100%)
Never married: 447 (23.29%)
Now married, except separated: 1,174 (61.18%)
Separated: 47 (2.45%)
Total Widowed: 69 (3.6%)
Widowed Female: 58 (3.02%)
Total Divorced: 182 (9.48%)
Divorced Female: 103 (5.37%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 109 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 86 (78.9%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,764 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 327 (18.54%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 683 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (7.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,450 (100%)
--With a disability: 216 (14.9%)
----Percent employed: 52.3%
--No disability: 1,234 (85.1%)
----Percent employed: 71%
Population 65 years and over: 170 (100%)
--With a disability: 80 (47.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,317 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,313 (56.67%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 988 (42.64%)
--Same county: 460 (19.85%)
--Different county: 528 (22.79%)
----Same state: 313 (13.51%)
----Different state: 215 (9.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16 (0.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,473 (100%)
Native: 2,456 (99.31%)
--Born in United States: 2,435 (100%)
----State of residence: 883 (35.71%)
----Different state: 1,552 (62.76%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (0.85%)
Foreign born: 17 (0.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.16%)
--Not a citizen: 13 (0.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17 (100%)
Europe: 9 (52.94%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 8 (47.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,317 (100%)
English only: 2,270 (97.97%)
Language other than English: 47 (2.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.26%)
--Spanish: 18 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 29 (1.25%)
----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: 2,473 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,608% (105.46%)
Arab: 8 (0.32%)
Czech: 16 (0.65%)
Danish: 21 (0.85%)
Dutch: 103 (4.16%)
English: 196 (7.93%)
French (except Basque): 86 (3.48%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.49%)
German: 703 (28.43%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 236 (9.54%)
Italian: 41 (1.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 199 (8.05%)
Polish: 59 (2.39%)
Portuguese: 51 (2.06%)
Russian: 33 (1.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 21 (0.85%)
Scottish: 16 (0.65%)
Slovak: 13 (0.53%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.2%)
Swedish: 128 (5.18%)
Swiss: 17 (0.69%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.16%)
United States or American: 158 (6.39%)
Welsh: 77 (3.11%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 405 (16.38%)

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