DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Sandy Creek 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 3,863 100.0
      enrolled in school 976 100.0   Native 3,820 98.9
Nursery school, preschool 66 6.8       Born in United States 3,817 98.8
Kindergarten 69 7.1           State of residence 3,461 89.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 480 49.2           Different state 356 9.2
High school (grades 9-12) 231 23.7       Born outside United States 3 0.1
College or graduate school 130 13.3   Foreign born 43 1.1
                Entered 1990 to March 2000 16 0.4
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT           Naturalized citizen 14 0.4
  Population 25 years and over 2,598 100.0       Not a citizen 29 0.8
Less than 9th grade 169 6.5        
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 395 15.2   REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN    
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 1,065 41.0     Total (excluding born at sea) 43 100.0
Some college, no degree 454 17.5   Europe 27 62.8
Associate degree 193 7.4   Asia 4 9.3
Bachelor's degree 208 8.0   Africa 0 0.0
Graduate or professional degree 114 4.4   Oceania 0 0.0
        Latin America 2 4.7
Percent high school graduate or higher 78.3 (X)   Northern America 10 23.3
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 12.4 (X)        
        LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME    
MARITAL STATUS                 Population 5 years and over 3,626 100.0
          Population 15 years and over 3,040 100.0   English only 3,504 96.6
Never married 665 21.9   Language other than English 122 3.4
Now married, except separated 1,794 59.0           Speak English less than '"very well"' 45 1.2
Separated 78 2.6   Spanish 29 0.8
Widowed 218 7.2           Speak English less than '"very well"' 2 0.1
 Female 173 5.7   Other Indo-European languages 93 2.6
Divorced 285 9.4           Speak English less than '"very well"' 43 1.2
 Female 139 4.6   Asian and Pacific Island languages 0 0.0
                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 3,863 100.0
           under 18 years 50 100.0     Total ancestries reported 4,119 106.6
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 13 26.0   Arab 5 0.1
        Czech¹ 21 0.5
VETERAN STATUS       Danish 4 0.1
          Civilian population 18 years and over 2,850 100.0   Dutch 141 3.7
Civilian veterans 461 16.2   English 778 20.1
        French (except Basque)¹ 297 7.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN       French Canadian¹ 178 4.6
 NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION       German 775 20.1
     Population 5 to 20 years 904 100.0   Greek 10 0.3
With a disability 98 10.8   Hungarian 13 0.3
     Population 21 to 64 years 2,243 100.0   Irish¹ 579 15.0
With a disability 527 23.5   Italian 195 5.0
 Percent employed 42.1 (X)   Lithuanian 0 0.0
No disability 1,716 76.5   Norwegian 40 1.0
 Percent employed 74.7 (X)   Polish 139 3.6
     Population 65 years and over 477 100.0   Portuguese 0 0.0
With a disability 176 36.9   Russian 17 0.4
        Scotch-Irish 79 2.0
        Scottish 102 2.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995       Slovak 2 0.1
  Population 5 years and over 3,626 N/A   Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Same house in 1995 2,338 64.5   Swedish 56 1.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 1,264 34.9   Swiss 14 0.4
 Same county 776 21.4   Ukrainian 30 0.8
 Different county 488 13.5   United States or American 304 7.9
  Same state 409 11.3   Welsh 46 1.2
  Different state 79 2.2   West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Elsewhere in 1995 24 0.7   Other ancestries 294 7.6
 
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.