Ridgeway, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0265345, place: Ridgeway CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 568 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (4.58%)
Kindergarten: 35 (6.16%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 254 (44.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 156 (27.46%)
College or graduate school: 97 (17.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,293 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 14 (1.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 92 (7.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 333 (25.75%)
Some college, no degree: 340 (26.3%)
Associate degree: 141 (10.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 208 (16.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 165 (12.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,536 (100%)
Never married: 289 (18.82%)
Now married, except separated: 990 (64.45%)
Separated: 27 (1.76%)
Total Widowed: 57 (3.71%)
Widowed Female: 51 (3.32%)
Total Divorced: 173 (11.26%)
Divorced Female: 100 (6.51%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,408 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 277 (19.67%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 519 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (8.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,157 (100%)
--With a disability: 194 (16.77%)
----Percent employed: 34.5%
--No disability: 963 (83.23%)
----Percent employed: 76.6%
Population 65 years and over: 168 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (18.45%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,844 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 948 (51.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 890 (48.26%)
--Same county: 607 (32.92%)
--Different county: 283 (15.35%)
----Same state: 100 (5.42%)
----Different state: 183 (9.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,981 (100%)
Native: 1,928 (97.32%)
--Born in United States: 1,922 (100%)
----State of residence: 583 (29.43%)
----Different state: 1,339 (67.59%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.3%)
Foreign born: 53 (2.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (0.76%)
--Not a citizen: 38 (1.92%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 53 (100%)
Europe: 6 (11.32%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (13.21%)
Latin America: 21 (39.62%)
Northern America: 19 (35.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,844 (100%)
English only: 1,797 (97.45%)
Language other than English: 47 (2.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.65%)
--Spanish: 37 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.33%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,981 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,294% (115.8%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 27 (1.36%)
Danish: 29 (1.46%)
Dutch: 76 (3.84%)
English: 321 (16.2%)
French (except Basque): 75 (3.79%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.3%)
German: 383 (19.33%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 297 (14.99%)
Italian: 45 (2.27%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 91 (4.59%)
Polish: 42 (2.12%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.2%)
Russian: 9 (0.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 74 (3.74%)
Scottish: 113 (5.7%)
Slovak: 23 (1.16%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 110 (5.55%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.45%)
United States or American: 78 (3.94%)
Welsh: 10 (0.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 472 (23.83%)

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