Nikiski, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0254050, place: Nikiski CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,460 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 50 (3.42%)
Kindergarten: 86 (5.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 700 (47.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 435 (29.79%)
College or graduate school: 189 (12.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,639 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 45 (1.71%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 259 (9.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 833 (31.56%)
Some college, no degree: 874 (33.12%)
Associate degree: 185 (7.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 329 (12.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 114 (4.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,239 (100%)
Never married: 739 (22.82%)
Now married, except separated: 1,927 (59.49%)
Separated: 56 (1.73%)
Total Widowed: 111 (3.43%)
Widowed Female: 73 (2.25%)
Total Divorced: 406 (12.53%)
Divorced Female: 187 (5.77%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 64 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (7.81%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,940 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 442 (15.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,333 (100%)
--With a disability: 122 (9.15%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,455 (100%)
--With a disability: 508 (20.69%)
----Percent employed: 49.6%
--No disability: 1,947 (79.31%)
----Percent employed: 64.8%
Population 65 years and over: 280 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (47.14%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,068 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,628 (64.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,390 (34.17%)
--Same county: 749 (18.41%)
--Different county: 641 (15.76%)
----Same state: 165 (4.06%)
----Different state: 476 (11.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 50 (1.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,383 (100%)
Native: 4,262 (97.24%)
--Born in United States: 4,186 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,604 (36.6%)
----Different state: 2,582 (58.91%)
--Born outside United States: 76 (1.73%)
Foreign born: 121 (2.76%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 51 (1.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 70 (1.6%)
--Not a citizen: 51 (1.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 121 (100%)
Europe: 8 (6.61%)
Asia: 30 (24.79%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 5 (4.13%)
Latin America: 37 (30.58%)
Northern America: 41 (33.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,068 (100%)
English only: 3,842 (94.44%)
Language other than English: 226 (5.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 80 (1.97%)
--Spanish: 88 (2.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.61%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 45 (1.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 17 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,383 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,209% (96.03%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 21 (0.48%)
Dutch: 103 (2.35%)
English: 419 (9.56%)
French (except Basque): 101 (2.3%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.23%)
German: 621 (14.17%)
Greek: 9 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.27%)
Irish: 394 (8.99%)
Italian: 92 (2.1%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.3%)
Norwegian: 170 (3.88%)
Polish: 64 (1.46%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.27%)
Russian: 40 (0.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 99 (2.26%)
Scottish: 136 (3.1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.14%)
Swedish: 75 (1.71%)
Swiss: 12 (0.27%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.43%)
United States or American: 659 (15.04%)
Welsh: 36 (0.82%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,086 (24.78%)

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