Homer, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0233140, place: Homer city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,071 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 52 (4.86%)
Kindergarten: 45 (4.2%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 554 (51.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 273 (25.49%)
College or graduate school: 147 (13.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,564 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 35 (1.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 160 (6.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 660 (25.74%)
Some college, no degree: 829 (32.33%)
Associate degree: 132 (5.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 474 (18.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 274 (10.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,071 (100%)
Never married: 719 (23.41%)
Now married, except separated: 1,722 (56.07%)
Separated: 60 (1.95%)
Total Widowed: 111 (3.61%)
Widowed Female: 84 (2.74%)
Total Divorced: 459 (14.95%)
Divorced Female: 253 (8.24%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (65.71%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,765 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 454 (16.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 988 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (3.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,242 (100%)
--With a disability: 362 (16.15%)
----Percent employed: 50%
--No disability: 1,880 (83.85%)
----Percent employed: 75.7%
Population 65 years and over: 354 (100%)
--With a disability: 123 (34.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,709 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,763 (47.53%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,934 (52.14%)
--Same county: 1,042 (28.09%)
--Different county: 892 (24.05%)
----Same state: 319 (8.6%)
----Different state: 573 (15.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 12 (0.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,954 (100%)
Native: 3,813 (96.43%)
--Born in United States: 3,771 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,190 (30.1%)
----Different state: 2,581 (65.28%)
--Born outside United States: 42 (1.06%)
Foreign born: 141 (3.57%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 39 (0.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 99 (2.5%)
--Not a citizen: 42 (1.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 141 (100%)
Europe: 39 (27.66%)
Asia: 35 (24.82%)
Africa: 2 (1.42%)
Oceania: 7 (4.96%)
Latin America: 30 (21.28%)
Northern America: 28 (19.86%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,709 (100%)
English only: 3,506 (94.53%)
Language other than English: 203 (5.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (1.86%)
--Spanish: 81 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 66 (1.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 43 (1.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.7%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,954 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,324% (109.36%)
Arab: 4 (0.1%)
Czech: 20 (0.51%)
Danish: 48 (1.21%)
Dutch: 126 (3.19%)
English: 468 (11.84%)
French (except Basque): 142 (3.59%)
French Canadian: 44 (1.11%)
German: 834 (21.09%)
Greek: 14 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.53%)
Irish: 641 (16.21%)
Italian: 117 (2.96%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 202 (5.11%)
Polish: 94 (2.38%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.28%)
Russian: 83 (2.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 98 (2.48%)
Scottish: 115 (2.91%)
Slovak: 2 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 144 (3.64%)
Swiss: 29 (0.73%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.08%)
United States or American: 296 (7.49%)
Welsh: 41 (1.04%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.05%)
Other ancestries: 718 (18.16%)

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