Whittier, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0284510, place: Whittier city, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 36 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (8.33%)
Kindergarten: 0 (0%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 23 (63.89%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8 (22.22%)
College or graduate school: 2 (5.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 132 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 0 (0%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 16 (12.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 57 (43.18%)
Some college, no degree: 26 (19.7%)
Associate degree: 12 (9.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 14 (10.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7 (5.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 145 (100%)
Never married: 31 (21.38%)
Now married, except separated: 83 (57.24%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 2 (1.38%)
Widowed Female: 2 (1.38%)
Total Divorced: 29 (20%)
Divorced Female: 14 (9.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 142 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 26 (18.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 31 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (6.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 127 (100%)
--With a disability: 29 (22.83%)
----Percent employed: 55.2%
--No disability: 98 (77.17%)
----Percent employed: 73.5%
Population 65 years and over: 12 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 170 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 70 (41.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 91 (53.53%)
--Same county: 51 (30%)
--Different county: 40 (23.53%)
----Same state: 32 (18.82%)
----Different state: 8 (4.71%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 9 (5.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 183 (100%)
Native: 172 (93.99%)
--Born in United States: 166 (100%)
----State of residence: 50 (27.32%)
----Different state: 116 (63.39%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (3.28%)
Foreign born: 11 (6.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (2.19%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3 (1.64%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (4.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 11 (100%)
Europe: 2 (18.18%)
Asia: 9 (81.82%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 170 (100%)
English only: 137 (80.59%)
Language other than English: 33 (19.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (4.71%)
--Spanish: 5 (2.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (7.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (1.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (7.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (2.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 183 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 222% (121.31%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 12 (6.56%)
English: 14 (7.65%)
French (except Basque): 12 (6.56%)
French Canadian: 6 (3.28%)
German: 29 (15.85%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 20 (10.93%)
Italian: 1 (0.55%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 33 (18.03%)
Polish: 4 (2.19%)
Portuguese: 3 (1.64%)
Russian: 3 (1.64%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 13 (7.1%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 2 (1.09%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 2 (1.09%)
Welsh: 3 (1.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 65 (35.52%)

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