Copper Center, AK

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0217300, place: Copper Center CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 119 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 5 (4.2%)
Kindergarten: 15 (12.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 59 (49.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 36 (30.25%)
College or graduate school: 4 (3.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 199 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 14 (7.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 12 (6.03%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 94 (47.24%)
Some college, no degree: 47 (23.62%)
Associate degree: 3 (1.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 17 (8.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12 (6.03%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 246 (100%)
Never married: 88 (35.77%)
Now married, except separated: 108 (43.9%)
Separated: 11 (4.47%)
Total Widowed: 9 (3.66%)
Widowed Female: 9 (3.66%)
Total Divorced: 30 (12.2%)
Divorced Female: 17 (6.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (81.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 217 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 30 (13.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 128 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (18.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 173 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (6.94%)
----Percent employed: 25%
--No disability: 161 (93.06%)
----Percent employed: 50.9%
Population 65 years and over: 29 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (55.17%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 330 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 186 (56.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 144 (43.64%)
--Same county: 88 (26.67%)
--Different county: 56 (16.97%)
----Same state: 26 (7.88%)
----Different state: 30 (9.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 354 (100%)
Native: 351 (99.15%)
--Born in United States: 340 (100%)
----State of residence: 217 (61.3%)
----Different state: 123 (34.75%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (3.11%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.85%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 3 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 330 (100%)
English only: 278 (84.24%)
Language other than English: 52 (15.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.91%)
--Spanish: 3 (0.91%)
----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: 10 (3.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 354 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 374% (105.65%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (1.98%)
Danish: 5 (1.41%)
Dutch: 10 (2.82%)
English: 28 (7.91%)
French (except Basque): 13 (3.67%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 42 (11.86%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 18 (5.08%)
Italian: 1 (0.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1 (0.28%)
Polish: 4 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (2.26%)
Scottish: 5 (1.41%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (7.63%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 7 (1.98%)
Welsh: 2 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 196 (55.37%)

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