Gateway, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0228200, place: Gateway CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 969 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (5.37%)
Kindergarten: 52 (5.37%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 462 (47.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 242 (24.97%)
College or graduate school: 161 (16.62%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,690 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 16 (0.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 175 (10.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 415 (24.56%)
Some college, no degree: 543 (32.13%)
Associate degree: 136 (8.05%)
Bachelor's degree: 241 (14.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 164 (9.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,080 (100%)
Never married: 432 (20.77%)
Now married, except separated: 1,343 (64.57%)
Separated: 65 (3.13%)
Total Widowed: 44 (2.12%)
Widowed Female: 35 (1.68%)
Total Divorced: 196 (9.42%)
Divorced Female: 76 (3.65%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (36.36%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,830 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 397 (21.69%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 832 (100%)
--With a disability: 59 (7.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,610 (100%)
--With a disability: 245 (15.22%)
----Percent employed: 66.5%
--No disability: 1,365 (84.78%)
----Percent employed: 71.9%
Population 65 years and over: 150 (100%)
--With a disability: 67 (44.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,657 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,253 (47.16%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,348 (50.73%)
--Same county: 459 (17.28%)
--Different county: 889 (33.46%)
----Same state: 466 (17.54%)
----Different state: 423 (15.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 56 (2.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,879 (100%)
Native: 2,811 (97.64%)
--Born in United States: 2,742 (100%)
----State of residence: 884 (30.71%)
----Different state: 1,858 (64.54%)
--Born outside United States: 69 (2.4%)
Foreign born: 68 (2.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 22 (0.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 39 (1.35%)
--Not a citizen: 29 (1.01%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 68 (100%)
Europe: 37 (54.41%)
Asia: 20 (29.41%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (11.76%)
Northern America: 3 (4.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,657 (100%)
English only: 2,527 (95.11%)
Language other than English: 130 (4.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (1.96%)
--Spanish: 37 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 56 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 22 (0.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.56%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,879 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,376% (117.26%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (0.45%)
Danish: 34 (1.18%)
Dutch: 63 (2.19%)
English: 357 (12.4%)
French (except Basque): 168 (5.84%)
French Canadian: 88 (3.06%)
German: 784 (27.23%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.17%)
Irish: 353 (12.26%)
Italian: 110 (3.82%)
Lithuanian: 4 (0.14%)
Norwegian: 220 (7.64%)
Polish: 95 (3.3%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.24%)
Russian: 6 (0.21%)
Scotch-Irish: 70 (2.43%)
Scottish: 36 (1.25%)
Slovak: 20 (0.69%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 154 (5.35%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 292 (10.14%)
Welsh: 46 (1.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 451 (15.67%)

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