DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Truxton town
[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 1,247 100.0
      enrolled in school 315 100.0   Native 1,223 98.1
Nursery school, preschool 19 6.0       Born in United States 1,221 97.9
Kindergarten 22 7.0           State of residence 1,099 88.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 172 54.6           Different state 122 9.8
High school (grades 9-12) 61 19.4       Born outside United States 2 0.2
College or graduate school 41 13.0   Foreign born 24 1.9
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 2 0.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 20 1.6
  Population 25 years and over 830 100.0       Not a citizen 4 0.3
Less than 9th grade 40 4.8        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 116 14.0   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 331 39.9     Total (excluding born at sea) 24 100.0
Some college, no degree 132 15.9   Europe 20 83.3
Associate degree 93 11.2   Asia 2 8.3
Bachelor's degree 74 8.9   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 44 5.3   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 0 0.0
Percent high school graduate or higher 81.2 (X)   Northern America 2 8.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 14.2 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 1,167 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 957 100.0   English only 1,110 95.1
Never married 195 20.4   Language other than English 57 4.9
Now married, except separated 597 62.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 6 0.5
Separated 26 2.7   Spanish 12 1.0
Widowed 58 6.1           Speak English less than '"very well"' 4 0.3
 Female 49 5.1   Other Indo-European languages 41 3.5
Divorced 81 8.5           Speak English less than '"very well"' 2 0.2
 Female 33 3.4   Asian and Pacific Island languages 2 0.2
                Speak English less than '"very well"' 0 0.0
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS            
          Grandparent living in household       ANCESTRY (single and multiple)    
           with one or more own grandchildren                 Total population 1,247 100.0
           under 18 years 23 100.0     Total ancestries reported 1,277 102.4
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 7 30.4   Arab 2 0.2
        Czech¹ 2 0.2
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 10 0.8
          Civilian population 18 years and over 904 100.0   Dutch 58 4.7
Civilian veterans 116 12.8   English 228 18.3
        French (except Basque)¹ 96 7.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 30 2.4
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 193 15.5
     Population 5 to 20 years 310 100.0   Greek 2 0.2
With a disability 27 8.7   Hungarian 1 0.1
     Population 21 to 64 years 724 100.0   Irish¹ 251 20.1
With a disability 102 14.1   Italian 43 3.4
 Percent employed 60.8 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 622 85.9   Norwegian 16 1.3
 Percent employed 76.7 (X)   Polish 24 1.9
     Population 65 years and over 133 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 54 40.6   Russian 15 1.2
        Scotch-Irish 14 1.1
        Scottish 14 1.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 0 0.0
  Population 5 years and over 1,167 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 771 66.1   Swedish 13 1.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 396 33.9   Swiss 6 0.5
 Same county 305 26.1   Ukrainian 2 0.2
 Different county 91 7.8   United States or American 81 6.5
  Same state 54 4.6   Welsh 32 2.6
  Different state 37 3.2   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0   Other ancestries 144 11.5
 
Date: May 22, 2003
 
-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.