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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Alcona County
[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 11,719 100.0
      enrolled in school 2,113 100.0   Native 11,543 98.5
Nursery school, preschool 138 6.5       Born in United States 11,465 97.8
Kindergarten 123 5.8           State of residence 9,606 82.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 1,068 50.5           Different state 1,859 15.9
High school (grades 9-12) 573 27.1       Born outside United States 78 0.7
College or graduate school 211 10.0   Foreign born 176 1.5
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 19 0.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 121 1.0
  Population 25 years and over 8,958 100.0       Not a citizen 55 0.5
Less than 9th grade 504 5.6        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 1,310 14.6   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 3,750 41.9     Total (excluding born at sea) 176 100.0
Some college, no degree 1,880 21.0   Europe 63 35.8
Associate degree 537 6.0   Asia 24 13.6
Bachelor's degree 589 6.6   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 388 4.3   Oceania 3 1.7
        Latin America 20 11.4
Percent high school graduate or higher 79.7 (X)   Northern America 66 37.5
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 10.9 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 11,202 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 9,922 100.0   English only 10,918 97.5
Never married 1,532 15.4   Language other than English 284 2.5
Now married, except separated 6,491 65.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 70 0.6
Separated 87 0.9   Spanish 66 0.6
Widowed 895 9.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 16 0.1
 Female 694 7.0   Other Indo-European languages 176 1.6
Divorced 917 9.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 44 0.4
 Female 400 4.0   Asian and Pacific Island languages 9 0.1
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 8 0.1
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 11,719 100.0
           under 18 years 165 100.0     Total ancestries reported 12,522 106.9
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 70 42.4   Arab 7 0.1
        Czech¹ 43 0.4
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 30 0.3
          Civilian population 18 years and over 9,467 100.0   Dutch 348 3.0
Civilian veterans 2,105 22.2   English 1,765 15.1
        French (except Basque)¹ 1,045 8.9
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 521 4.4
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 2,815 24.0
     Population 5 to 20 years 1,999 100.0   Greek 16 0.1
With a disability 194 9.7   Hungarian 112 1.0
     Population 21 to 64 years 6,252 100.0   Irish¹ 1,368 11.7
With a disability 1,513 24.2   Italian 353 3.0
 Percent employed 36.5 (X)   Lithuanian 21 0.2
No disability 4,739 75.8   Norwegian 190 1.6
 Percent employed 62.3 (X)   Polish 945 8.1
     Population 65 years and over 2,833 100.0   Portuguese 17 0.1
With a disability 1,137 40.1   Russian 50 0.4
        Scotch-Irish 252 2.2
        Scottish 377 3.2
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 15 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 11,202 100.0   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 7,243 64.7   Swedish 171 1.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 3,893 34.8   Swiss 52 0.4
 Same county 1,105 9.9   Ukrainian 19 0.2
 Different county 2,788 24.9   United States or American 862 7.4
  Same state 2,380 21.2   Welsh 79 0.7
  Different state 408 3.6   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 2 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 66 0.6   Other ancestries 1,047 8.9
 
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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