Gambell, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0227640, place: Gambell city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 189 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 12 (6.35%)
Kindergarten: 24 (12.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 116 (61.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 32 (16.93%)
College or graduate school: 5 (2.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 312 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 64 (20.51%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 58 (18.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 118 (37.82%)
Some college, no degree: 42 (13.46%)
Associate degree: 4 (1.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 17 (5.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (2.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 60.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 403 (100%)
Never married: 201 (49.88%)
Now married, except separated: 147 (36.48%)
Separated: 8 (1.99%)
Total Widowed: 26 (6.45%)
Widowed Female: 15 (3.72%)
Total Divorced: 21 (5.21%)
Divorced Female: 8 (1.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 22 (88%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 364 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 18 (4.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 193 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (6.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 314 (100%)
--With a disability: 44 (14.01%)
----Percent employed: 45.5%
--No disability: 270 (85.99%)
----Percent employed: 36.3%
Population 65 years and over: 33 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (72.73%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 540 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 417 (77.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 121 (22.41%)
--Same county: 99 (18.33%)
--Different county: 22 (4.07%)
----Same state: 3 (0.56%)
----Different state: 19 (3.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.37%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 590 (100%)
Native: 584 (98.98%)
--Born in United States: 584 (100%)
----State of residence: 556 (94.24%)
----Different state: 28 (4.75%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 6 (1.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.68%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.34%)
--Not a citizen: 4 (0.68%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6 (100%)
Europe: 2 (33.33%)
Asia: 4 (66.67%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 540 (100%)
English only: 36 (6.67%)
Language other than English: 504 (93.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (17.59%)
--Spanish: 2 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 590 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 530% (89.83%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 2 (0.34%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 3 (0.51%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 9 (1.53%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 2 (0.34%)
Italian: 2 (0.34%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 5 (0.85%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.34%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 3 (0.51%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 1 (0.17%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 0 (0%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 501 (84.92%)

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