Alexandria, SD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4600820, place: Alexandria city, South Dakota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 121 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 3 (2.48%)
Kindergarten: 4 (3.31%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 65 (53.72%)
High school (grades 9-12): 37 (30.58%)
College or graduate school: 12 (9.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 353 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 38 (10.76%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 19 (5.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 166 (47.03%)
Some college, no degree: 59 (16.71%)
Associate degree: 27 (7.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 33 (9.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 11 (3.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 415 (100%)
Never married: 71 (17.11%)
Now married, except separated: 278 (66.99%)
Separated: 2 (0.48%)
Total Widowed: 45 (10.84%)
Widowed Female: 36 (8.67%)
Total Divorced: 19 (4.58%)
Divorced Female: 12 (2.89%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 387 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (12.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 126 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (8.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 264 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (11.74%)
----Percent employed: 58.1%
--No disability: 233 (88.26%)
----Percent employed: 96.1%
Population 65 years and over: 103 (100%)
--With a disability: 38 (36.89%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 493 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 337 (68.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 156 (31.64%)
--Same county: 70 (14.2%)
--Different county: 86 (17.44%)
----Same state: 50 (10.14%)
----Different state: 36 (7.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 520 (100%)
Native: 520 (100%)
--Born in United States: 520 (100%)
----State of residence: 447 (85.96%)
----Different state: 73 (14.04%)
--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: 493 (100%)
English only: 488 (98.99%)
Language other than English: 5 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.2%)
--Spanish: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5 (1.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 520 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 640% (123.08%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (1.15%)
Danish: 17 (3.27%)
Dutch: 32 (6.15%)
English: 45 (8.65%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.77%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 323 (62.12%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.77%)
Irish: 84 (16.15%)
Italian: 0 (0%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 44 (8.46%)
Polish: 11 (2.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (1.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (0.58%)
Scottish: 4 (0.77%)
Slovak: 2 (0.38%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 5 (0.96%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 25 (4.81%)
Welsh: 3 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 20 (3.85%)

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