General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0223460, place: Ester CDP, Alaska)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 537 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 11 (2.05%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 231 (43.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 91 (16.95%)
College or graduate school: 204 (37.99%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,207 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11 (0.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 32 (2.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 156 (12.92%)
Some college, no degree: 322 (26.68%)
Associate degree: 65 (5.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 318 (26.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 303 (25.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 96.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 51.4%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,434 (100%)
Never married: 511 (35.63%)
Now married, except separated: 723 (50.42%)
Separated: 30 (2.09%)
Total Widowed: 0 (0%)
Widowed Female: 0 (0%)
Total Divorced: 170 (11.85%)
Divorced Female: 67 (4.67%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (100%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,331 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 167 (12.55%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 338 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (10.06%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,159 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (5.18%)
----Percent employed: 56.7%
--No disability: 1,099 (94.82%)
----Percent employed: 80.8%
Population 65 years and over: 52 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (11.54%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,660 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 763 (45.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 863 (51.99%)
--Same county: 443 (26.69%)
--Different county: 420 (25.3%)
----Same state: 97 (5.84%)
----Different state: 323 (19.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 34 (2.05%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,778 (100%)
Native: 1,735 (97.58%)
--Born in United States: 1,694 (100%)
----State of residence: 499 (28.07%)
----Different state: 1,195 (67.21%)
--Born outside United States: 41 (2.31%)
Foreign born: 43 (2.42%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 22 (1.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 43 (2.42%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 43 (100%)
Europe: 32 (74.42%)
Asia: 11 (25.58%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,660 (100%)
English only: 1,572 (94.7%)
Language other than English: 88 (5.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.96%)
--Spanish: 21 (1.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 43 (2.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 11 (0.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,778 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,061% (115.92%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.62%)
Danish: 23 (1.29%)
Dutch: 8 (0.45%)
English: 280 (15.75%)
French (except Basque): 31 (1.74%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.51%)
German: 480 (27%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.67%)
Irish: 277 (15.58%)
Italian: 80 (4.5%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 64 (3.6%)
Polish: 16 (0.9%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 38 (2.14%)
Scotch-Irish: 37 (2.08%)
Scottish: 82 (4.61%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 103 (5.79%)
Swiss: 27 (1.52%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 120 (6.75%)
Welsh: 21 (1.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 342 (19.24%)
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