Salcha, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0266550, place: Salcha CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 140 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (10.71%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 77 (55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 16 (11.43%)
College or graduate school: 32 (22.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 593 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15 (2.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 46 (7.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 193 (32.55%)
Some college, no degree: 236 (39.8%)
Associate degree: 50 (8.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 6 (1.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 47 (7.93%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 644 (100%)
Never married: 112 (17.39%)
Now married, except separated: 435 (67.55%)
Separated: 7 (1.09%)
Total Widowed: 6 (0.93%)
Widowed Female: 6 (0.93%)
Total Divorced: 84 (13.04%)
Divorced Female: 51 (7.92%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 28 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 28 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 571 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 194 (33.98%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 109 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (5.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 517 (100%)
--With a disability: 63 (12.19%)
----Percent employed: 65.1%
--No disability: 454 (87.81%)
----Percent employed: 69.4%
Population 65 years and over: 47 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (19.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 737 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 397 (53.87%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 340 (46.13%)
--Same county: 163 (22.12%)
--Different county: 177 (24.02%)
----Same state: 28 (3.8%)
----Different state: 149 (20.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 800 (100%)
Native: 793 (99.13%)
--Born in United States: 788 (100%)
----State of residence: 102 (12.75%)
----Different state: 686 (85.75%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 7 (100%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 737 (100%)
English only: 724 (98.24%)
Language other than English: 13 (1.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 800 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 705% (88.13%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (1%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 13 (1.63%)
English: 71 (8.88%)
French (except Basque): 63 (7.88%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 180 (22.5%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 114 (14.25%)
Italian: 27 (3.38%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 41 (5.13%)
Polish: 6 (0.75%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (1.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (2.25%)
Scottish: 20 (2.5%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 9 (1.13%)
Swiss: 7 (0.88%)
Ukrainian: 12 (1.5%)
United States or American: 75 (9.38%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 27 (3.38%)

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