Valdez, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0282200, place: Valdez city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,198 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 92 (7.68%)
Kindergarten: 61 (5.09%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 592 (49.42%)
High school (grades 9-12): 240 (20.03%)
College or graduate school: 213 (17.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,546 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 63 (2.47%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 170 (6.68%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 647 (25.41%)
Some college, no degree: 865 (33.97%)
Associate degree: 243 (9.54%)
Bachelor's degree: 388 (15.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 170 (6.68%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,050 (100%)
Never married: 739 (24.23%)
Now married, except separated: 1,781 (58.39%)
Separated: 46 (1.51%)
Total Widowed: 100 (3.28%)
Widowed Female: 86 (2.82%)
Total Divorced: 384 (12.59%)
Divorced Female: 171 (5.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 37 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (81.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,809 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 487 (17.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,043 (100%)
--With a disability: 46 (4.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,537 (100%)
--With a disability: 251 (9.89%)
----Percent employed: 51.8%
--No disability: 2,286 (90.11%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 132 (100%)
--With a disability: 51 (38.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,752 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,693 (45.12%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,041 (54.4%)
--Same county: 956 (25.48%)
--Different county: 1,085 (28.92%)
----Same state: 503 (13.41%)
----Different state: 582 (15.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 18 (0.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,052 (100%)
Native: 3,894 (96.1%)
--Born in United States: 3,844 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,389 (34.28%)
----Different state: 2,455 (60.59%)
--Born outside United States: 50 (1.23%)
Foreign born: 158 (3.9%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (0.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 86 (2.12%)
--Not a citizen: 72 (1.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 158 (100%)
Europe: 50 (31.65%)
Asia: 65 (41.14%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 12 (7.59%)
Latin America: 21 (13.29%)
Northern America: 10 (6.33%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,752 (100%)
English only: 3,525 (93.95%)
Language other than English: 227 (6.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (1.68%)
--Spanish: 79 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 56 (1.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.4%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 57 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.69%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,052 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,377% (108.02%)
Arab: 6 (0.15%)
Czech: 28 (0.69%)
Danish: 67 (1.65%)
Dutch: 94 (2.32%)
English: 464 (11.45%)
French (except Basque): 145 (3.58%)
French Canadian: 51 (1.26%)
German: 696 (17.18%)
Greek: 6 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.12%)
Irish: 513 (12.66%)
Italian: 128 (3.16%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 218 (5.38%)
Polish: 89 (2.2%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.27%)
Russian: 33 (0.81%)
Scotch-Irish: 112 (2.76%)
Scottish: 151 (3.73%)
Slovak: 6 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 139 (3.43%)
Swiss: 13 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.22%)
United States or American: 336 (8.29%)
Welsh: 51 (1.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,006 (24.83%)

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