General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0269770, place: Shishmaref city, Alaska)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 192 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (4.69%)
Kindergarten: 28 (14.58%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 96 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 48 (25%)
College or graduate school: 11 (5.73%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 281 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 43 (15.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 35 (12.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 135 (48.04%)
Some college, no degree: 40 (14.23%)
Associate degree: 3 (1.07%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (4.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (3.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 377 (100%)
Never married: 231 (61.27%)
Now married, except separated: 85 (22.55%)
Separated: 3 (0.8%)
Total Widowed: 39 (10.34%)
Widowed Female: 22 (5.84%)
Total Divorced: 19 (5.04%)
Divorced Female: 7 (1.86%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (78.95%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 339 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 48 (14.16%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 195 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (3.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 275 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (12.73%)
----Percent employed: 85.7%
--No disability: 240 (87.27%)
----Percent employed: 55.4%
Population 65 years and over: 38 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (81.58%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 508 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 406 (79.92%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 102 (20.08%)
--Same county: 80 (15.75%)
--Different county: 22 (4.33%)
----Same state: 8 (1.57%)
----Different state: 14 (2.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 549 (100%)
Native: 546 (99.45%)
--Born in United States: 546 (100%)
----State of residence: 516 (93.99%)
----Different state: 30 (5.46%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 3 (0.55%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (0.55%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 3 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 508 (100%)
English only: 374 (73.62%)
Language other than English: 134 (26.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 45 (8.86%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 549 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 502% (91.44%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 1 (0.18%)
Dutch: 3 (0.55%)
English: 13 (2.37%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 4 (0.73%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 10 (1.82%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.36%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 4 (0.73%)
Slovak: 2 (0.36%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 0 (0%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 461 (83.97%)
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