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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Prince of Wales-Outer Ketchikan Census Area
[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]
Subject Number Percent Subject Number Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT       NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH    
     Population 3 years and over            Total poplulation 6,146 100.0
      enrolled in school 1,694 100.0   Native 6,038 98.2
Nursery school, preschool 112 6.6       Born in United States 5,988 97.4
Kindergarten 93 5.5           State of residence 2,990 48.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 904 53.4           Different state 2,998 48.8
High school (grades 9-12) 476 28.1       Born outside United States 50 0.8
College or graduate school 109 6.4   Foreign born 108 1.8
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 21 0.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 69 1.1
  Population 25 years and over 3,797 100.0       Not a citizen 39 0.6
Less than 9th grade 87 2.3        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 518 13.6   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,561 41.1     Total (excluding born at sea) 108 100.0
Some college, no degree 932 24.5   Europe 13 12.0
Associate degree 161 4.2   Asia 15 13.9
Bachelor's degree 372 9.8   Africa 7 6.5
Graduate or professional degree 166 4.4   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 17 15.7
Percent high school graduate or higher 84.1 (X)   Northern America 56 51.9
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 14.2 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 5,706 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 4,619 100.0   English only 5,432 95.2
Never married 1,290 27.9   Language other than English 274 4.8
Now married, except separated 2,552 55.3           Speak English less than '"very well"' 46 0.8
Separated 95 2.1   Spanish 37 0.6
Widowed 172 3.7           Speak English less than '"very well"' 4 0.1
 Female 100 2.2   Other Indo-European languages 30 0.5
Divorced 510 11.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 3 0.1
 Female 201 4.4   Asian and Pacific Island languages 21 0.4
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 4 0.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 6,146 100.0
           under 18 years 145 100.0     Total ancestries reported 6,781 110.3
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 103 71.0   Arab 2 0.0
        Czech¹ 28 0.5
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 46 0.7
          Civilian population 18 years and over 4,248 100.0   Dutch 114 1.9
Civilian veterans 653 15.4   English 455 7.4
        French (except Basque)¹ 155 2.5
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 52 0.8
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 839 13.7
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,660 100.0   Greek 17 0.3
With a disability 77 4.6   Hungarian 13 0.2
     Population 21 to 64 years 3,693 100.0   Irish¹ 579 9.4
With a disability 549 14.9   Italian 63 1.0
 Percent employed 54.6 (X)   Lithuanian 2 0.0
No disability 3,144 85.1   Norwegian 247 4.0
 Percent employed 68.0 (X)   Polish 52 0.8
     Population 65 years and over 353 100.0   Portuguese 32 0.5
With a disability 182 51.6   Russian 32 0.5
        Scotch-Irish 134 2.2
        Scottish 102 1.7
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 2 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 5,706 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 3,134 54.9   Swedish 194 3.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 2,542 44.5   Swiss 18 0.3
 Same county 1,520 26.6   Ukrainian 12 0.2
 Different county 1,022 17.9   United States or American 247 4.0
  Same state 464 8.1   Welsh 37 0.6
  Different state 558 9.8   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 6 0.1
Elsewhere in 1995 30 0.5   Other ancestries 3,301 53.7
 
Date: July 7, 2006
 
-Represent zero or rounds to zero.    (X) Not applicable.
¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census 2000.
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