Juneau, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0236400, place: Juneau city and borough, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,777 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 677 (7.71%)
Kindergarten: 390 (4.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,960 (45.12%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,860 (21.19%)
College or graduate school: 1,890 (21.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 19,899 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 373 (1.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 986 (4.96%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,370 (21.96%)
Some college, no degree: 5,684 (28.56%)
Associate degree: 1,319 (6.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,585 (23.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,582 (12.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 36%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 23,686 (100%)
Never married: 6,884 (29.06%)
Now married, except separated: 12,808 (54.07%)
Separated: 405 (1.71%)
Total Widowed: 888 (3.75%)
Widowed Female: 720 (3.04%)
Total Divorced: 2,701 (11.4%)
Divorced Female: 1,563 (6.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 365 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 174 (47.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 22,096 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,749 (12.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,346 (100%)
--With a disability: 504 (6.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 19,101 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,559 (13.4%)
----Percent employed: 64.2%
--No disability: 16,542 (86.6%)
----Percent employed: 83%
Population 65 years and over: 1,867 (100%)
--With a disability: 818 (43.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,711 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,954 (45.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,341 (53.43%)
--Same county: 8,968 (31.24%)
--Different county: 6,373 (22.2%)
----Same state: 2,368 (8.25%)
----Different state: 4,005 (13.95%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 416 (1.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 30,711 (100%)
Native: 28,951 (94.27%)
--Born in United States: 28,509 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,662 (37.97%)
----Different state: 16,847 (54.86%)
--Born outside United States: 442 (1.44%)
Foreign born: 1,760 (5.73%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 741 (2.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,042 (3.39%)
--Not a citizen: 718 (2.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,760 (100%)
Europe: 285 (16.19%)
Asia: 945 (53.69%)
Africa: 11 (0.63%)
Oceania: 29 (1.65%)
Latin America: 244 (13.86%)
Northern America: 246 (13.98%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,711 (100%)
English only: 25,983 (90.5%)
Language other than English: 2,728 (9.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 885 (3.08%)
--Spanish: 675 (2.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 151 (0.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 484 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 140 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,126 (3.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 494 (1.72%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 30,711 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 36,458% (118.71%)
Arab: 33 (0.11%)
Czech: 164 (0.53%)
Danish: 402 (1.31%)
Dutch: 723 (2.35%)
English: 4,032 (13.13%)
French (except Basque): 1,178 (3.84%)
French Canadian: 265 (0.86%)
German: 5,790 (18.85%)
Greek: 30 (0.1%)
Hungarian: 109 (0.35%)
Irish: 3,996 (13.01%)
Italian: 1,004 (3.27%)
Lithuanian: 33 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 1,742 (5.67%)
Polish: 449 (1.46%)
Portuguese: 74 (0.24%)
Russian: 281 (0.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 842 (2.74%)
Scottish: 1,131 (3.68%)
Slovak: 63 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.03%)
Swedish: 1,185 (3.86%)
Swiss: 207 (0.67%)
Ukrainian: 75 (0.24%)
United States or American: 1,372 (4.47%)
Welsh: 284 (0.92%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 44 (0.14%)
Other ancestries: 10,940 (35.62%)

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