Cordova, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0217410, place: Cordova city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 666 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 46 (6.91%)
Kindergarten: 24 (3.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 403 (60.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 135 (20.27%)
College or graduate school: 58 (8.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,581 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 86 (5.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 94 (5.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 452 (28.59%)
Some college, no degree: 468 (29.6%)
Associate degree: 143 (9.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 267 (16.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 71 (4.49%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,871 (100%)
Never married: 529 (28.27%)
Now married, except separated: 1,076 (57.51%)
Separated: 29 (1.55%)
Total Widowed: 66 (3.53%)
Widowed Female: 49 (2.62%)
Total Divorced: 171 (9.14%)
Divorced Female: 91 (4.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (23.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,704 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 224 (13.15%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 617 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (2.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,464 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (12.77%)
----Percent employed: 69%
--No disability: 1,277 (87.23%)
----Percent employed: 73.7%
Population 65 years and over: 161 (100%)
--With a disability: 82 (50.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,318 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,344 (57.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 865 (37.32%)
--Same county: 452 (19.5%)
--Different county: 413 (17.82%)
----Same state: 152 (6.56%)
----Different state: 261 (11.26%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 109 (4.7%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,463 (100%)
Native: 2,184 (88.67%)
--Born in United States: 2,168 (100%)
----State of residence: 894 (36.3%)
----Different state: 1,274 (51.73%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (0.65%)
Foreign born: 279 (11.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 124 (5.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 131 (5.32%)
--Not a citizen: 148 (6.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 279 (100%)
Europe: 26 (9.32%)
Asia: 195 (69.89%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 53 (19%)
Northern America: 5 (1.79%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,318 (100%)
English only: 1,931 (83.3%)
Language other than English: 387 (16.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 194 (8.37%)
--Spanish: 109 (4.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.91%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.56%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 225 (9.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 152 (6.56%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,463 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,717% (110.31%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 15 (0.61%)
Danish: 22 (0.89%)
Dutch: 39 (1.58%)
English: 228 (9.26%)
French (except Basque): 80 (3.25%)
French Canadian: 42 (1.71%)
German: 355 (14.41%)
Greek: 22 (0.89%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.37%)
Irish: 192 (7.8%)
Italian: 71 (2.88%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 113 (4.59%)
Polish: 48 (1.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 22 (0.89%)
Scotch-Irish: 64 (2.6%)
Scottish: 48 (1.95%)
Slovak: 20 (0.81%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.32%)
Swedish: 131 (5.32%)
Swiss: 4 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 186 (7.55%)
Welsh: 16 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 982 (39.87%)

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