Diamond Ridge, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0218925, place: Diamond Ridge CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 542 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 23 (4.24%)
Kindergarten: 22 (4.06%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 262 (48.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 149 (27.49%)
College or graduate school: 86 (15.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,173 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11 (0.94%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 41 (3.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 274 (23.36%)
Some college, no degree: 359 (30.61%)
Associate degree: 84 (7.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 285 (24.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 119 (10.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,383 (100%)
Never married: 338 (24.44%)
Now married, except separated: 853 (61.68%)
Separated: 18 (1.3%)
Total Widowed: 34 (2.46%)
Widowed Female: 26 (1.88%)
Total Divorced: 140 (10.12%)
Divorced Female: 72 (5.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,268 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 184 (14.51%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 460 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (4.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,125 (100%)
--With a disability: 147 (13.07%)
----Percent employed: 44.9%
--No disability: 978 (86.93%)
----Percent employed: 72.1%
Population 65 years and over: 104 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (31.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,694 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 905 (53.42%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 770 (45.45%)
--Same county: 429 (25.32%)
--Different county: 341 (20.13%)
----Same state: 130 (7.67%)
----Different state: 211 (12.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (1.12%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,802 (100%)
Native: 1,770 (98.22%)
--Born in United States: 1,757 (100%)
----State of residence: 562 (31.19%)
----Different state: 1,195 (66.32%)
--Born outside United States: 13 (0.72%)
Foreign born: 32 (1.78%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (0.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (0.89%)
--Not a citizen: 16 (0.89%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 32 (100%)
Europe: 13 (40.63%)
Asia: 6 (18.75%)
Africa: 3 (9.38%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 10 (31.25%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,694 (100%)
English only: 1,611 (95.1%)
Language other than English: 83 (4.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (1.18%)
--Spanish: 31 (1.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.59%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 39 (2.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,802 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,002% (111.1%)
Arab: 1 (0.06%)
Czech: 27 (1.5%)
Danish: 29 (1.61%)
Dutch: 47 (2.61%)
English: 264 (14.65%)
French (except Basque): 77 (4.27%)
French Canadian: 23 (1.28%)
German: 364 (20.2%)
Greek: 8 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 10 (0.55%)
Irish: 248 (13.76%)
Italian: 61 (3.39%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.22%)
Norwegian: 89 (4.94%)
Polish: 64 (3.55%)
Portuguese: 22 (1.22%)
Russian: 16 (0.89%)
Scotch-Irish: 56 (3.11%)
Scottish: 52 (2.89%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.17%)
Swedish: 54 (3%)
Swiss: 11 (0.61%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.83%)
United States or American: 101 (5.6%)
Welsh: 26 (1.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 330 (18.31%)

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