Kachemak, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0236550, place: Kachemak city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 80 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (3.75%)
Kindergarten: 9 (11.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 32 (40%)
High school (grades 9-12): 22 (27.5%)
College or graduate school: 14 (17.5%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 296 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11 (3.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 19 (6.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 60 (20.27%)
Some college, no degree: 117 (39.53%)
Associate degree: 16 (5.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 50 (16.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 23 (7.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 347 (100%)
Never married: 75 (21.61%)
Now married, except separated: 211 (60.81%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 16 (4.61%)
Widowed Female: 10 (2.88%)
Total Divorced: 45 (12.97%)
Divorced Female: 24 (6.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 13 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (30.77%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 330 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 70 (21.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 78 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (10.26%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 255 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (19.22%)
----Percent employed: 46.9%
--No disability: 206 (80.78%)
----Percent employed: 73.3%
Population 65 years and over: 58 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (37.93%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 391 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 263 (67.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 126 (32.23%)
--Same county: 89 (22.76%)
--Different county: 37 (9.46%)
----Same state: 11 (2.81%)
----Different state: 26 (6.65%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 417 (100%)
Native: 412 (98.8%)
--Born in United States: 410 (100%)
----State of residence: 131 (31.41%)
----Different state: 279 (66.91%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 5 (1.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3 (0.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.72%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5 (100%)
Europe: 2 (40%)
Asia: 3 (60%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 391 (100%)
English only: 379 (96.93%)
Language other than English: 12 (3.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.77%)
--Spanish: 1 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.26%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 417 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 467% (111.99%)
Arab: 2 (0.48%)
Czech: 2 (0.48%)
Danish: 3 (0.72%)
Dutch: 4 (0.96%)
English: 77 (18.47%)
French (except Basque): 25 (6%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.48%)
German: 75 (17.99%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.72%)
Irish: 42 (10.07%)
Italian: 25 (6%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (4.32%)
Polish: 17 (4.08%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.72%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (1.92%)
Scottish: 32 (7.67%)
Slovak: 2 (0.48%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 6 (1.44%)
Swiss: 2 (0.48%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 28 (6.71%)
Welsh: 5 (1.2%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 86 (20.62%)

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