College, AK

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0216750, place: College CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,666 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 154 (3.3%)
Kindergarten: 165 (3.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,481 (31.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 797 (17.08%)
College or graduate school: 2,069 (44.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,465 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 62 (0.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 227 (3.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,437 (22.23%)
Some college, no degree: 1,768 (27.35%)
Associate degree: 409 (6.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,347 (20.84%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,215 (18.79%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,931 (100%)
Never married: 3,178 (35.58%)
Now married, except separated: 4,480 (50.16%)
Separated: 205 (2.3%)
Total Widowed: 162 (1.81%)
Widowed Female: 133 (1.49%)
Total Divorced: 906 (10.14%)
Divorced Female: 476 (5.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 149 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 75 (50.34%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,212 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,330 (16.2%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,435 (100%)
--With a disability: 143 (4.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,743 (100%)
--With a disability: 863 (12.8%)
----Percent employed: 62.2%
--No disability: 5,880 (87.2%)
----Percent employed: 77.3%
Population 65 years and over: 522 (100%)
--With a disability: 169 (32.38%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,771 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,755 (44.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,711 (53.02%)
--Same county: 3,180 (29.52%)
--Different county: 2,531 (23.5%)
----Same state: 1,278 (11.87%)
----Different state: 1,253 (11.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 305 (2.83%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,450 (100%)
Native: 10,850 (94.76%)
--Born in United States: 10,625 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,451 (38.87%)
----Different state: 6,174 (53.92%)
--Born outside United States: 225 (1.97%)
Foreign born: 600 (5.24%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 274 (2.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 280 (2.45%)
--Not a citizen: 320 (2.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 600 (100%)
Europe: 135 (22.5%)
Asia: 352 (58.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 22 (3.67%)
Latin America: 45 (7.5%)
Northern America: 46 (7.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,771 (100%)
English only: 9,827 (91.24%)
Language other than English: 944 (8.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 322 (2.99%)
--Spanish: 230 (2.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (0.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 144 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 265 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 148 (1.37%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,450 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,149% (114.84%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 68 (0.59%)
Danish: 215 (1.88%)
Dutch: 255 (2.23%)
English: 1,417 (12.38%)
French (except Basque): 399 (3.48%)
French Canadian: 139 (1.21%)
German: 2,328 (20.33%)
Greek: 28 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 62 (0.54%)
Irish: 1,314 (11.48%)
Italian: 408 (3.56%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.12%)
Norwegian: 494 (4.31%)
Polish: 312 (2.72%)
Portuguese: 74 (0.65%)
Russian: 152 (1.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 262 (2.29%)
Scottish: 304 (2.66%)
Slovak: 55 (0.48%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (0.2%)
Swedish: 412 (3.6%)
Swiss: 29 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.15%)
United States or American: 570 (4.98%)
Welsh: 152 (1.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 3,633 (31.73%)

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