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Shungnak, AK

Northwest Arctic County, Alaska

Latitude: 66.885846     Longitude: -157.137458
Population 272 (2005)



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0270100, place: Shungnak city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 115 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 4 (3.48%)
Kindergarten: 14 (12.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 74 (64.35%)
High school (grades 9-12): 21 (18.26%)
College or graduate school: 2 (1.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 134 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 26 (19.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8 (5.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 69 (51.49%)
Some college, no degree: 17 (12.69%)
Associate degree: 2 (1.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 8 (5.97%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (2.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 167 (100%)
Never married: 92 (55.09%)
Now married, except separated: 75 (44.91%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 0 (0%)
Widowed Female: 0 (0%)
Total Divorced: 0 (0%)
Divorced Female: 0 (0%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (61.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 153 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 43 (28.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 116 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 122 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)
----Percent employed: 0%
--No disability: 122 (100%)
----Percent employed: 63.9%
Population 65 years and over: 24 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (37.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 262 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 173 (66.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 89 (33.97%)
--Same county: 71 (27.1%)
--Different county: 18 (6.87%)
----Same state: 14 (5.34%)
----Different state: 4 (1.53%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 291 (100%)
Native: 291 (100%)
--Born in United States: 291 (100%)
----State of residence: 279 (95.88%)
----Different state: 12 (4.12%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 0 (0%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

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

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 262 (100%)
English only: 52 (19.85%)
Language other than English: 210 (80.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 142 (54.2%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.76%)
----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: 291 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 252% (86.6%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 0 (0%)
English: 0 (0%)
French (except Basque): 0 (0%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 0 (0%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 2 (0.69%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 0 (0%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 5 (1.72%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 245 (84.19%)

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