Bethel, AK Social Statistics
Updated June 30, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see https://factfinder.census.gov/faces/nav/jsf/pages/index.xhtml. |
| Number | Percent |
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT | ||
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 5,584 | 100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool | 395 | 7.1 |
Kindergarten | 384 | 6.9 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 3,152 | 56.4 |
High school (grades 9-12) | 1,278 | 22.9 |
College or graduate school | 375 | 6.7 |
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | ||
Population 25 years and over | 8,026 | 100.0 |
Less than 9th grade | 1,427 | 17.8 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 903 | 11.3 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 3,098 | 38.6 |
Some college, no degree | 1,277 | 15.9 |
Associate degree | 271 | 3.4 |
Bachelor's degree | 660 | 8.2 |
Graduate or professional degree | 390 | 4.9 |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 71.0 | (X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 13.1 | (X) |
MARITAL STATUS | ||
Population 15 years and over | 10,585 | 100.0 |
Never married | 4,235 | 40.0 |
Now married, except separated | 4,876 | 46.1 |
Separated | 201 | 1.9 |
Widowed | 510 | 4.8 |
Female | 399 | 3.8 |
Divorced | 763 | 7.2 |
Female | 368 | 3.5 |
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS | ||
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years | 774 | 100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren | 482 | 62.3 |
VETERAN STATUS | ||
Civilian population 18 years and over | 9,586 | 100.0 |
Civilian veterans | 1,140 | 11.9 |
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION | ||
Population 5 to 20 years | 5,524 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 298 | 5.4 |
Population 21 to 64 years | 7,824 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 1,740 | 22.2 |
Percent employed | 59.1 | (X) |
No disability | 6,084 | 77.8 |
Percent employed | 64.9 | (X) |
Population 65 years and over | 841 | 100.0 |
With a disability | 522 | 62.1 |
RESIDENCE IN 1995 | ||
Population 5 years and over | 14,405 | 100.0 |
Same house in 1995 | 9,118 | 63.3 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 | 5,204 | 36.1 |
Same county | 3,515 | 24.4 |
Different county | 1,689 | 11.7 |
Same state | 910 | 6.3 |
Different state | 779 | 5.4 |
Elsewhere in 1995 | 83 | 0.6 |
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH | ||
Total population | 16,006 | 100.0 |
Native | 15,789 | 98.6 |
Born in United States | 15,765 | 98.5 |
State of residence | 13,829 | 86.4 |
Different state | 1,936 | 12.1 |
Born outside United States | 24 | 0.1 |
Foreign born | 217 | 1.4 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 | 64 | 0.4 |
Naturalized citizen | 101 | 0.6 |
Not a citizen | 116 | 0.7 |
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN | ||
Total (excluding born at sea) | 217 | 100.0 |
Europe | 57 | 26.3 |
Asia | 120 | 55.3 |
Africa | 2 | 0.9 |
Oceania | 2 | 0.9 |
Latin America | 23 | 10.6 |
Northern America | 13 | 6.0 |
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME | ||
Population 5 years and over | 14,405 | 100.0 |
English only | 4,950 | 34.4 |
Language other than English | 9,455 | 65.6 |
Speak English less than 'very well | 4,283 | 29.7 |
Spanish | 70 | 0.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 32 | 0.2 |
Other Indo-European languages | 83 | 0.6 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 40 | 0.3 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages | 168 | 1.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" | 116 | 0.8 |
ANCESTRY (single or multiple) | ||
Total population | 16,006 | 100.0 |
Total ancestries reported | 14,742 | 92.1 |
Arab | 7 | 0.0 |
Czech1 | 18 | 0.1 |
Danish | 38 | 0.2 |
Dutch | 62 | 0.4 |
English | 371 | 2.3 |
French (except Basque)1 | 145 | 0.9 |
French Canadian1 | 64 | 0.4 |
German | 485 | 3.0 |
Greek | 13 | 0.1 |
Hungarian | 0 | 0.0 |
Irish1 | 256 | 1.6 |
Italian | 108 | 0.7 |
Lithuanian | 7 | 0.0 |
Norwegian | 111 | 0.7 |
Polish | 60 | 0.4 |
Portuguese | 3 | 0.0 |
Russian | 72 | 0.4 |
Scotch-Irish | 32 | 0.2 |
Scottish | 119 | 0.7 |
Slovak | 4 | 0.0 |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.0 |
Swedish | 130 | 0.8 |
Swiss | 22 | 0.1 |
Ukrainian | 7 | 0.0 |
United States or American | 161 | 1.0 |
Welsh | 23 | 0.1 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) | 5 | 0.0 |
Other ancestries | 12,419 | 77.6 |
(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19 |