Skagway, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0270760, place: Skagway city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 172 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 18 (10.47%)
Kindergarten: 12 (6.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 77 (44.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 47 (27.33%)
College or graduate school: 18 (10.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 648 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 11 (1.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 53 (8.18%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 169 (26.08%)
Some college, no degree: 231 (35.65%)
Associate degree: 22 (3.4%)
Bachelor's degree: 117 (18.06%)
Graduate or professional degree: 45 (6.94%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 722 (100%)
Never married: 212 (29.36%)
Now married, except separated: 376 (52.08%)
Separated: 12 (1.66%)
Total Widowed: 34 (4.71%)
Widowed Female: 34 (4.71%)
Total Divorced: 88 (12.19%)
Divorced Female: 36 (4.99%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (90%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 686 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 88 (12.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 154 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (3.25%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 605 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (12.4%)
----Percent employed: 62.7%
--No disability: 530 (87.6%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 67 (100%)
--With a disability: 28 (41.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 829 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 346 (41.74%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 483 (58.26%)
--Same county: 246 (29.67%)
--Different county: 237 (28.59%)
----Same state: 78 (9.41%)
----Different state: 159 (19.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 870 (100%)
Native: 837 (96.21%)
--Born in United States: 799 (100%)
----State of residence: 203 (23.33%)
----Different state: 596 (68.51%)
--Born outside United States: 38 (4.37%)
Foreign born: 33 (3.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 17 (1.95%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (3.1%)
--Not a citizen: 6 (0.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 33 (100%)
Europe: 4 (12.12%)
Asia: 3 (9.09%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 26 (78.79%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 829 (100%)
English only: 785 (94.69%)
Language other than English: 44 (5.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (1.21%)
--Spanish: 16 (1.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 870 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 949% (109.08%)
Arab: 1 (0.11%)
Czech: 4 (0.46%)
Danish: 18 (2.07%)
Dutch: 14 (1.61%)
English: 125 (14.37%)
French (except Basque): 42 (4.83%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.57%)
German: 171 (19.66%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.46%)
Irish: 155 (17.82%)
Italian: 29 (3.33%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.57%)
Norwegian: 42 (4.83%)
Polish: 10 (1.15%)
Portuguese: 9 (1.03%)
Russian: 19 (2.18%)
Scotch-Irish: 32 (3.68%)
Scottish: 26 (2.99%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 32 (3.68%)
Swiss: 7 (0.8%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.34%)
United States or American: 71 (8.16%)
Welsh: 16 (1.84%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 109 (12.53%)

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