Whitefish, MT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3079825, place: Whitefish city, Montana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,188 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 59 (4.97%)
Kindergarten: 48 (4.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 582 (48.99%)
High school (grades 9-12): 307 (25.84%)
College or graduate school: 192 (16.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,481 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 79 (2.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 243 (6.98%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 683 (19.62%)
Some college, no degree: 876 (25.17%)
Associate degree: 241 (6.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 939 (26.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 420 (12.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,031 (100%)
Never married: 1,164 (28.88%)
Now married, except separated: 2,005 (49.74%)
Separated: 55 (1.36%)
Total Widowed: 226 (5.61%)
Widowed Female: 200 (4.96%)
Total Divorced: 581 (14.41%)
Divorced Female: 397 (9.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,798 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 521 (13.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,039 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (3.56%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,020 (100%)
--With a disability: 389 (12.88%)
----Percent employed: 49.1%
--No disability: 2,631 (87.12%)
----Percent employed: 76.2%
Population 65 years and over: 536 (100%)
--With a disability: 228 (42.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,720 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,066 (43.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,582 (54.7%)
--Same county: 1,022 (21.65%)
--Different county: 1,560 (33.05%)
----Same state: 362 (7.67%)
----Different state: 1,198 (25.38%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 72 (1.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,991 (100%)
Native: 4,766 (95.49%)
--Born in United States: 4,721 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,945 (38.97%)
----Different state: 2,776 (55.62%)
--Born outside United States: 45 (0.9%)
Foreign born: 225 (4.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 88 (1.76%)
--Naturalized citizen: 78 (1.56%)
--Not a citizen: 147 (2.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 225 (100%)
Europe: 119 (52.89%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 8 (3.56%)
Northern America: 98 (43.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,720 (100%)
English only: 4,526 (95.89%)
Language other than English: 194 (4.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 79 (1.67%)
--Spanish: 20 (0.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 134 (2.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 74 (1.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,991 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,869% (117.59%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 90 (1.8%)
Danish: 181 (3.63%)
Dutch: 157 (3.15%)
English: 740 (14.83%)
French (except Basque): 178 (3.57%)
French Canadian: 65 (1.3%)
German: 1,116 (22.36%)
Greek: 14 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 25 (0.5%)
Irish: 846 (16.95%)
Italian: 175 (3.51%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 532 (10.66%)
Polish: 81 (1.62%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 82 (1.64%)
Scotch-Irish: 106 (2.12%)
Scottish: 192 (3.85%)
Slovak: 7 (0.14%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 218 (4.37%)
Swiss: 59 (1.18%)
Ukrainian: 34 (0.68%)
United States or American: 473 (9.48%)
Welsh: 43 (0.86%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 455 (9.12%)

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