Cantwell, AK

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0210150, place: Cantwell CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 37 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (16.22%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 18 (48.65%)
High school (grades 9-12): 10 (27.03%)
College or graduate school: 3 (8.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 180 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 16 (8.89%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 11 (6.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 52 (28.89%)
Some college, no degree: 65 (36.11%)
Associate degree: 5 (2.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 23 (12.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (4.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 205 (100%)
Never married: 55 (26.83%)
Now married, except separated: 109 (53.17%)
Separated: 2 (0.98%)
Total Widowed: 11 (5.37%)
Widowed Female: 5 (2.44%)
Total Divorced: 28 (13.66%)
Divorced Female: 19 (9.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 7 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (71.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 192 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 34 (17.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 36 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (11.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 176 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (14.2%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 151 (85.8%)
----Percent employed: 68.9%
Population 65 years and over: 15 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (86.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 227 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 129 (56.83%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 93 (40.97%)
--Same county: 15 (6.61%)
--Different county: 78 (34.36%)
----Same state: 54 (23.79%)
----Different state: 24 (10.57%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 5 (2.2%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 244 (100%)
Native: 240 (98.36%)
--Born in United States: 234 (100%)
----State of residence: 93 (38.11%)
----Different state: 141 (57.79%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (2.46%)
Foreign born: 4 (1.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.82%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 2 (50%)
Asia: 2 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 227 (100%)
English only: 206 (90.75%)
Language other than English: 21 (9.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (4.41%)
--Spanish: 5 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (1.32%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (1.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (3.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.88%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 244 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 332% (136.07%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (1.64%)
Dutch: 4 (1.64%)
English: 25 (10.25%)
French (except Basque): 6 (2.46%)
French Canadian: 15 (6.15%)
German: 37 (15.16%)
Greek: 3 (1.23%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.82%)
Irish: 33 (13.52%)
Italian: 20 (8.2%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.82%)
Norwegian: 8 (3.28%)
Polish: 5 (2.05%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.82%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (4.51%)
Scottish: 5 (2.05%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (2.87%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 6 (2.46%)
Welsh: 2 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 135 (55.33%)

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