Eielson Afb, AK

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0221370, place: Eielson AFB CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,038 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 106 (5.2%)
Kindergarten: 166 (8.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,088 (53.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 232 (11.38%)
College or graduate school: 446 (21.88%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,318 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 13 (0.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 22 (0.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 462 (19.93%)
Some college, no degree: 1,129 (48.71%)
Associate degree: 296 (12.77%)
Bachelor's degree: 232 (10.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 164 (7.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 98.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,370 (100%)
Never married: 532 (15.79%)
Now married, except separated: 2,773 (82.28%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 21 (0.62%)
Widowed Female: 12 (0.36%)
Total Divorced: 44 (1.31%)
Divorced Female: 28 (0.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (22.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,579 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 400 (25.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,666 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (4.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,463 (100%)
--With a disability: 119 (8.13%)
----Percent employed: 81.5%
--No disability: 1,344 (91.87%)
----Percent employed: 54.7%
Population 65 years and over: 17 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (41.18%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,754 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 487 (10.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,855 (81.09%)
--Same county: 279 (5.87%)
--Different county: 3,576 (75.22%)
----Same state: 50 (1.05%)
----Different state: 3,526 (74.17%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 412 (8.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,512 (100%)
Native: 5,331 (96.72%)
--Born in United States: 5,049 (100%)
----State of residence: 471 (8.54%)
----Different state: 4,578 (83.06%)
--Born outside United States: 282 (5.12%)
Foreign born: 181 (3.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 75 (1.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 109 (1.98%)
--Not a citizen: 72 (1.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 181 (100%)
Europe: 29 (16.02%)
Asia: 106 (58.56%)
Africa: 5 (2.76%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 36 (19.89%)
Northern America: 5 (2.76%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,754 (100%)
English only: 4,415 (92.87%)
Language other than English: 339 (7.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 82 (1.72%)
--Spanish: 175 (3.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 75 (1.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 76 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.67%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,512 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,932% (107.62%)
Arab: 18 (0.33%)
Czech: 5 (0.09%)
Danish: 36 (0.65%)
Dutch: 143 (2.59%)
English: 479 (8.69%)
French (except Basque): 130 (2.36%)
French Canadian: 91 (1.65%)
German: 1,108 (20.1%)
Greek: 25 (0.45%)
Hungarian: 18 (0.33%)
Irish: 674 (12.23%)
Italian: 221 (4.01%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 167 (3.03%)
Polish: 242 (4.39%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 27 (0.49%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (0.76%)
Scottish: 62 (1.12%)
Slovak: 5 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 26 (0.47%)
Swedish: 68 (1.23%)
Swiss: 6 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 669 (12.14%)
Welsh: 35 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 66 (1.2%)
Other ancestries: 1,569 (28.47%)

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