Wales, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0282860, place: Wales city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 59 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (5.08%)
Kindergarten: 6 (10.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 25 (42.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 18 (30.51%)
College or graduate school: 7 (11.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 72 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 8 (11.11%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 7 (9.72%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 35 (48.61%)
Some college, no degree: 9 (12.5%)
Associate degree: 0 (0%)
Bachelor's degree: 4 (5.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 9 (12.5%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 108 (100%)
Never married: 55 (50.93%)
Now married, except separated: 39 (36.11%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 8 (7.41%)
Widowed Female: 6 (5.56%)
Total Divorced: 6 (5.56%)
Divorced Female: 4 (3.7%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 3 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 92 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4 (4.35%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 56 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (30.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 79 (100%)
--With a disability: 43 (54.43%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
--No disability: 36 (45.57%)
----Percent employed: 75%
Population 65 years and over: 6 (100%)
--With a disability: 6 (100%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 141 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 116 (82.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 23 (16.31%)
--Same county: 9 (6.38%)
--Different county: 14 (9.93%)
----Same state: 3 (2.13%)
----Different state: 11 (7.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (1.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 153 (100%)
Native: 153 (100%)
--Born in United States: 153 (100%)
----State of residence: 135 (88.24%)
----Different state: 18 (11.76%)
--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: 141 (100%)
English only: 109 (77.3%)
Language other than English: 32 (22.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (2.13%)
--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: 153 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 128% (83.66%)
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: 0 (0%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 2 (1.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
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: 126 (82.35%)

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