Nome, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0254920, place: Nome city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,039 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 45 (4.33%)
Kindergarten: 33 (3.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 562 (54.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 254 (24.45%)
College or graduate school: 145 (13.96%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,110 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 211 (10%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 208 (9.86%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 592 (28.06%)
Some college, no degree: 583 (27.63%)
Associate degree: 87 (4.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 306 (14.5%)
Graduate or professional degree: 123 (5.83%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,620 (100%)
Never married: 942 (35.95%)
Now married, except separated: 1,194 (45.57%)
Separated: 62 (2.37%)
Total Widowed: 167 (6.37%)
Widowed Female: 132 (5.04%)
Total Divorced: 255 (9.73%)
Divorced Female: 138 (5.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 98 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (71.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,400 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 369 (15.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 948 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (3.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,977 (100%)
--With a disability: 326 (16.49%)
----Percent employed: 51.5%
--No disability: 1,651 (83.51%)
----Percent employed: 76.6%
Population 65 years and over: 203 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (51.23%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,264 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,546 (47.37%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,675 (51.32%)
--Same county: 1,004 (30.76%)
--Different county: 671 (20.56%)
----Same state: 345 (10.57%)
----Different state: 326 (9.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 43 (1.32%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,536 (100%)
Native: 3,421 (96.75%)
--Born in United States: 3,394 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,288 (64.71%)
----Different state: 1,106 (31.28%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 115 (3.25%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 65 (1.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 64 (1.81%)
--Not a citizen: 51 (1.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 115 (100%)
Europe: 34 (29.57%)
Asia: 47 (40.87%)
Africa: 6 (5.22%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 10 (8.7%)
Northern America: 18 (15.65%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,264 (100%)
English only: 2,726 (83.52%)
Language other than English: 538 (16.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 160 (4.9%)
--Spanish: 40 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 55 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 40 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.7%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,536 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,698% (104.58%)
Arab: 6 (0.17%)
Czech: 8 (0.23%)
Danish: 22 (0.62%)
Dutch: 20 (0.57%)
English: 210 (5.94%)
French (except Basque): 82 (2.32%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.14%)
German: 290 (8.2%)
Greek: 48 (1.36%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 180 (5.09%)
Italian: 51 (1.44%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 156 (4.41%)
Polish: 56 (1.58%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 20 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (0.54%)
Scottish: 32 (0.9%)
Slovak: 5 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 106 (3%)
Swiss: 15 (0.42%)
Ukrainian: 13 (0.37%)
United States or American: 95 (2.69%)
Welsh: 8 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 2,243 (63.43%)

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