Delta Junction, AK

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0218620, place: Delta Junction city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 308 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (2.6%)
Kindergarten: 8 (2.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 166 (53.9%)
High school (grades 9-12): 84 (27.27%)
College or graduate school: 42 (13.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 486 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 18 (3.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 20 (4.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 180 (37.04%)
Some college, no degree: 138 (28.4%)
Associate degree: 44 (9.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 59 (12.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 27 (5.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 603 (100%)
Never married: 144 (23.88%)
Now married, except separated: 317 (52.57%)
Separated: 7 (1.16%)
Total Widowed: 19 (3.15%)
Widowed Female: 15 (2.49%)
Total Divorced: 116 (19.24%)
Divorced Female: 54 (8.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 1 (7.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 549 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 111 (20.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 304 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (8.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 448 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (20.54%)
----Percent employed: 39.1%
--No disability: 356 (79.46%)
----Percent employed: 65.4%
Population 65 years and over: 53 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (49.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 807 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 399 (49.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 343 (42.5%)
--Same county: 150 (18.59%)
--Different county: 193 (23.92%)
----Same state: 54 (6.69%)
----Different state: 139 (17.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 65 (8.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 845 (100%)
Native: 656 (77.63%)
--Born in United States: 650 (100%)
----State of residence: 194 (22.96%)
----Different state: 456 (53.96%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.71%)
Foreign born: 189 (22.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 140 (16.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 17 (2.01%)
--Not a citizen: 172 (20.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 189 (100%)
Europe: 180 (95.24%)
Asia: 5 (2.65%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 2 (1.06%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 2 (1.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 807 (100%)
English only: 630 (78.07%)
Language other than English: 177 (21.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (15.12%)
--Spanish: 6 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 167 (20.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 118 (14.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 845 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 907% (107.34%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.47%)
Dutch: 20 (2.37%)
English: 76 (8.99%)
French (except Basque): 21 (2.49%)
French Canadian: 12 (1.42%)
German: 165 (19.53%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 11 (1.3%)
Irish: 110 (13.02%)
Italian: 24 (2.84%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 17 (2.01%)
Polish: 31 (3.67%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.47%)
Russian: 41 (4.85%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.71%)
Scottish: 24 (2.84%)
Slovak: 12 (1.42%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 35 (4.14%)
Swiss: 2 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 82 (9.7%)
United States or American: 69 (8.17%)
Welsh: 6 (0.71%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 135 (15.98%)

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