Galena, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0227530, place: Galena city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 251 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 18 (7.17%)
Kindergarten: 13 (5.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 104 (41.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 98 (39.04%)
College or graduate school: 18 (7.17%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 384 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 40 (10.42%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 32 (8.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 105 (27.34%)
Some college, no degree: 85 (22.14%)
Associate degree: 12 (3.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 80 (20.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 30 (7.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 514 (100%)
Never married: 205 (39.88%)
Now married, except separated: 250 (48.64%)
Separated: 4 (0.78%)
Total Widowed: 17 (3.31%)
Widowed Female: 9 (1.75%)
Total Divorced: 38 (7.39%)
Divorced Female: 33 (6.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 12 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 435 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 68 (15.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 241 (100%)
--With a disability: 25 (10.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 377 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (14.59%)
----Percent employed: 74.5%
--No disability: 322 (85.41%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 22 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (77.27%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 640 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 312 (48.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 328 (51.25%)
--Same county: 123 (19.22%)
--Different county: 205 (32.03%)
----Same state: 134 (20.94%)
----Different state: 71 (11.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 679 (100%)
Native: 675 (99.41%)
--Born in United States: 672 (100%)
----State of residence: 450 (66.27%)
----Different state: 222 (32.7%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.44%)
Foreign born: 4 (0.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.59%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4 (100%)
Europe: 2 (50%)
Asia: 2 (50%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 640 (100%)
English only: 558 (87.19%)
Language other than English: 82 (12.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (4.53%)
--Spanish: 5 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (0.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 679 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 718% (105.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.74%)
Danish: 2 (0.29%)
Dutch: 14 (2.06%)
English: 21 (3.09%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.59%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.74%)
German: 54 (7.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 29 (4.27%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 11 (1.62%)
Polish: 15 (2.21%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (1.77%)
Scottish: 19 (2.8%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 20 (2.95%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 23 (3.39%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 480 (70.69%)

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