Palmer, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0258660, place: Palmer city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,340 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 122 (9.1%)
Kindergarten: 50 (3.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 690 (51.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 348 (25.97%)
College or graduate school: 130 (9.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,503 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 64 (2.56%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 249 (9.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 865 (34.56%)
Some college, no degree: 690 (27.57%)
Associate degree: 272 (10.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 203 (8.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 160 (6.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,366 (100%)
Never married: 1,024 (30.42%)
Now married, except separated: 1,662 (49.38%)
Separated: 72 (2.14%)
Total Widowed: 188 (5.59%)
Widowed Female: 143 (4.25%)
Total Divorced: 420 (12.48%)
Divorced Female: 255 (7.58%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 57 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (47.37%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,992 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 563 (18.82%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,328 (100%)
--With a disability: 158 (11.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,277 (100%)
--With a disability: 443 (19.46%)
----Percent employed: 53.5%
--No disability: 1,834 (80.54%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 358 (100%)
--With a disability: 175 (48.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,172 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,589 (38.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,509 (60.14%)
--Same county: 1,039 (24.9%)
--Different county: 1,470 (35.23%)
----Same state: 818 (19.61%)
----Different state: 652 (15.63%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 74 (1.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,578 (100%)
Native: 4,389 (95.87%)
--Born in United States: 4,324 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,773 (38.73%)
----Different state: 2,551 (55.72%)
--Born outside United States: 65 (1.42%)
Foreign born: 189 (4.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 84 (1.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 59 (1.29%)
--Not a citizen: 130 (2.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 189 (100%)
Europe: 85 (44.97%)
Asia: 32 (16.93%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 55 (29.1%)
Northern America: 17 (8.99%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,172 (100%)
English only: 3,749 (89.86%)
Language other than English: 423 (10.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 109 (2.61%)
--Spanish: 133 (3.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 188 (4.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 42 (1.01%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 28 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,578 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,880% (106.6%)
Arab: 7 (0.15%)
Czech: 11 (0.24%)
Danish: 51 (1.11%)
Dutch: 63 (1.38%)
English: 469 (10.24%)
French (except Basque): 180 (3.93%)
French Canadian: 74 (1.62%)
German: 923 (20.16%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 512 (11.18%)
Italian: 178 (3.89%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 173 (3.78%)
Polish: 98 (2.14%)
Portuguese: 32 (0.7%)
Russian: 128 (2.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 46 (1%)
Scottish: 66 (1.44%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 120 (2.62%)
Swiss: 28 (0.61%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 380 (8.3%)
Welsh: 78 (1.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,263 (27.59%)

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