U.S. Beacon December 5, 2008

Craig, AK

Prince Wales Ketchikan County, Alaska

Latitude: 55.476995     Longitude: -133.141042
Population 1,217 (2005)
Elevation of Craig, Alaska: 85 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0217740, place: Craig city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 387 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (5.94%)
Kindergarten: 16 (4.13%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 211 (54.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 112 (28.94%)
College or graduate school: 25 (6.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 861 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 16 (1.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 93 (10.8%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 334 (38.79%)
Some college, no degree: 229 (26.6%)
Associate degree: 38 (4.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 99 (11.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 52 (6.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,058 (100%)
Never married: 310 (29.3%)
Now married, except separated: 544 (51.42%)
Separated: 26 (2.46%)
Total Widowed: 34 (3.21%)
Widowed Female: 11 (1.04%)
Total Divorced: 144 (13.61%)
Divorced Female: 66 (6.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (76.92%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 972 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 118 (12.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 377 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (3.98%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 880 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (11.82%)
----Percent employed: 69.2%
--No disability: 776 (88.18%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
Population 65 years and over: 56 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (44.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,313 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 638 (48.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 662 (50.42%)
--Same county: 389 (29.63%)
--Different county: 273 (20.79%)
----Same state: 125 (9.52%)
----Different state: 148 (11.27%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.99%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,424 (100%)
Native: 1,395 (97.96%)
--Born in United States: 1,381 (100%)
----State of residence: 576 (40.45%)
----Different state: 805 (56.53%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.98%)
Foreign born: 29 (2.04%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (1.83%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.21%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29 (100%)
Europe: 8 (27.59%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 11 (37.93%)
Northern America: 10 (34.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,313 (100%)
English only: 1,276 (97.18%)
Language other than English: 37 (2.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.69%)
--Spanish: 9 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (0.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,424 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,655% (116.22%)
Arab: 2 (0.14%)
Czech: 9 (0.63%)
Danish: 18 (1.26%)
Dutch: 33 (2.32%)
English: 155 (10.88%)
French (except Basque): 54 (3.79%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.98%)
German: 282 (19.8%)
Greek: 14 (0.98%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 198 (13.9%)
Italian: 27 (1.9%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 85 (5.97%)
Polish: 19 (1.33%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.84%)
Russian: 5 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 32 (2.25%)
Scottish: 24 (1.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 52 (3.65%)
Swiss: 11 (0.77%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.21%)
United States or American: 74 (5.2%)
Welsh: 10 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.42%)
Other ancestries: 516 (36.24%)

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