Willow, AK

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0285280, place: Willow CDP, Alaska)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 462 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 27 (5.84%)
Kindergarten: 24 (5.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 193 (41.77%)
High school (grades 9-12): 177 (38.31%)
College or graduate school: 41 (8.87%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,097 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 62 (5.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 135 (12.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 357 (32.54%)
Some college, no degree: 311 (28.35%)
Associate degree: 36 (3.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 147 (13.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 49 (4.47%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,330 (100%)
Never married: 361 (27.14%)
Now married, except separated: 762 (57.29%)
Separated: 23 (1.73%)
Total Widowed: 39 (2.93%)
Widowed Female: 39 (2.93%)
Total Divorced: 145 (10.9%)
Divorced Female: 59 (4.44%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 26 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,200 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 204 (17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 417 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (9.35%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,019 (100%)
--With a disability: 272 (26.69%)
----Percent employed: 48.2%
--No disability: 747 (73.31%)
----Percent employed: 61%
Population 65 years and over: 130 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (26.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,566 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,112 (71.01%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 448 (28.61%)
--Same county: 172 (10.98%)
--Different county: 276 (17.62%)
----Same state: 152 (9.71%)
----Different state: 124 (7.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,637 (100%)
Native: 1,579 (96.46%)
--Born in United States: 1,572 (100%)
----State of residence: 433 (26.45%)
----Different state: 1,139 (69.58%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 58 (3.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 23 (1.41%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (1.95%)
--Not a citizen: 26 (1.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 58 (100%)
Europe: 2 (3.45%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 43 (74.14%)
Northern America: 13 (22.41%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,566 (100%)
English only: 1,464 (93.49%)
Language other than English: 102 (6.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (2.3%)
--Spanish: 21 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 81 (5.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (1.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,637 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,737% (106.11%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 30 (1.83%)
Danish: 13 (0.79%)
Dutch: 25 (1.53%)
English: 150 (9.16%)
French (except Basque): 52 (3.18%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.92%)
German: 368 (22.48%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 245 (14.97%)
Italian: 2 (0.12%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 70 (4.28%)
Polish: 21 (1.28%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 84 (5.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 67 (4.09%)
Scottish: 74 (4.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (1.65%)
Swiss: 15 (0.92%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 199 (12.16%)
Welsh: 12 (0.73%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 268 (16.37%)

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