Thorne Bay, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0277140, place: Thorne Bay city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 146 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2 (1.37%)
Kindergarten: 13 (8.9%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 58 (39.73%)
High school (grades 9-12): 60 (41.1%)
College or graduate school: 13 (8.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 380 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4 (1.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 38 (10%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 153 (40.26%)
Some college, no degree: 74 (19.47%)
Associate degree: 21 (5.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 54 (14.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 36 (9.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 467 (100%)
Never married: 104 (22.27%)
Now married, except separated: 313 (67.02%)
Separated: 4 (0.86%)
Total Widowed: 8 (1.71%)
Widowed Female: 2 (0.43%)
Total Divorced: 38 (8.14%)
Divorced Female: 11 (2.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 427 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 75 (17.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 146 (100%)
--With a disability: 4 (2.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 369 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (11.38%)
----Percent employed: 45.2%
--No disability: 327 (88.62%)
----Percent employed: 71.6%
Population 65 years and over: 28 (100%)
--With a disability: 13 (46.43%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 543 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 223 (41.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 311 (57.27%)
--Same county: 163 (30.02%)
--Different county: 148 (27.26%)
----Same state: 79 (14.55%)
----Different state: 69 (12.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (1.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 576 (100%)
Native: 550 (95.49%)
--Born in United States: 548 (100%)
----State of residence: 86 (14.93%)
----Different state: 462 (80.21%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 26 (4.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (1.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (2.08%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (2.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 26 (100%)
Europe: 2 (7.69%)
Asia: 4 (15.38%)
Africa: 7 (26.92%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 6 (23.08%)
Northern America: 7 (26.92%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 543 (100%)
English only: 519 (95.58%)
Language other than English: 24 (4.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (1.66%)
--Spanish: 7 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 10 (1.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 576 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 654% (113.54%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.35%)
Danish: 6 (1.04%)
Dutch: 22 (3.82%)
English: 45 (7.81%)
French (except Basque): 35 (6.08%)
French Canadian: 11 (1.91%)
German: 98 (17.01%)
Greek: 2 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.35%)
Irish: 53 (9.2%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.35%)
Norwegian: 45 (7.81%)
Polish: 6 (1.04%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.69%)
Russian: 2 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (3.82%)
Scottish: 23 (3.99%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 29 (5.03%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 9 (1.56%)
United States or American: 42 (7.29%)
Welsh: 1 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 193 (33.51%)

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