Velva, ND

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3881620, place: Velva city, North Dakota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 226 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (3.1%)
Kindergarten: 18 (7.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 103 (45.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 82 (36.28%)
College or graduate school: 16 (7.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 709 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 91 (12.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 67 (9.45%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 261 (36.81%)
Some college, no degree: 156 (22%)
Associate degree: 31 (4.37%)
Bachelor's degree: 81 (11.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 22 (3.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 826 (100%)
Never married: 174 (21.07%)
Now married, except separated: 454 (54.96%)
Separated: 7 (0.85%)
Total Widowed: 122 (14.77%)
Widowed Female: 104 (12.59%)
Total Divorced: 69 (8.35%)
Divorced Female: 34 (4.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 767 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 113 (14.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 229 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (8.3%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 449 (100%)
--With a disability: 89 (19.82%)
----Percent employed: 59.6%
--No disability: 360 (80.18%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 237 (100%)
--With a disability: 119 (50.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 964 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 585 (60.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 376 (39%)
--Same county: 193 (20.02%)
--Different county: 183 (18.98%)
----Same state: 127 (13.17%)
----Different state: 56 (5.81%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,021 (100%)
Native: 1,004 (98.33%)
--Born in United States: 1,001 (100%)
----State of residence: 871 (85.31%)
----Different state: 130 (12.73%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 17 (1.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 14 (1.37%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17 (100%)
Europe: 6 (35.29%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 11 (64.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 964 (100%)
English only: 884 (91.7%)
Language other than English: 80 (8.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (2.39%)
--Spanish: 21 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 59 (6.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (2.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,021 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,209% (118.41%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.69%)
Danish: 5 (0.49%)
Dutch: 5 (0.49%)
English: 49 (4.8%)
French (except Basque): 8 (0.78%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.29%)
German: 421 (41.23%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 48 (4.7%)
Italian: 3 (0.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 460 (45.05%)
Polish: 12 (1.18%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (1.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 14 (1.37%)
Scottish: 7 (0.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 49 (4.8%)
Swiss: 8 (0.78%)
Ukrainian: 33 (3.23%)
United States or American: 29 (2.84%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 34 (3.33%)

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