Alaska Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	185,760	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	10,804	5.8
Kindergarten	10,078	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	91,027	49.0
High school (grades 9-12)	41,548	22.4
College or graduate school	32,303	17.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	379,556	100.0
Less than 9th grade	15,663	4.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	28,619	7.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	105,812	27.9
Some college, no degree	108,442	28.6
Associate degree	27,213	7.2
Bachelor's degree	61,196	16.1
Graduate or professional degree	32,611	8.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	24.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	468,861	100.0
Never married	133,271	28.4
Now married, except separated	255,682	54.5
Separated	9,268	2.0
Widowed	15,990	3.4
Female	12,568	2.7
Divorced	54,650	11.7
Female	28,306	6.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	10,423	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	5,419	52.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	419,320	100.0
Civilian veterans	71,552	17.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	165,698	100.0
With a disability	11,406	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	357,706	100.0
With a disability	55,965	15.6
Percent employed	55.3	(X)
No disability	301,741	84.4
Percent employed	75.7	(X)

Population 65 years and over	34,301	100.0
With a disability	15,849	46.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	579,740	100.0
Same house in 1995	267,958	46.2
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	299,218	51.6
Same county	160,335	27.7
Different county	138,883	24.0
Same state	43,321	7.5
Different state	95,562	16.5
Elsewhere in 1995	12,564	2.2

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	626,932	100.0
Native	589,762	94.1
Born in United States	579,549	92.4
State of residence	238,613	38.1
Different state	340,936	54.4
Born outside United States	10,213	1.6
Foreign born	37,170	5.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	14,753	2.4
Naturalized citizen	20,011	3.2
Not a citizen	17,159	2.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	37,170	100.0
Europe	7,425	20.0
Asia	18,826	50.6
Africa	369	1.0
Oceania	997	2.7
Latin America	6,658	17.9
Northern America	2,895	7.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	579,740	100.0
English only	496,982	85.7
Language other than English	82,758	14.3
Speak English less than 'very well	30,842	5.3
Spanish	16,674	2.9
Speak English less than "very well"	5,801	1.0
Other Indo-European languages	12,851	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	3,667	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	22,186	3.8
Speak English less than "very well"	11,659	2.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	626,932	100.0
Total ancestries reported	683,232	109.0
Arab	836	0.1
Czech¹	3,701	0.6
Danish	5,743	0.9
Dutch	11,866	1.9
English	60,360	9.6
French (except Basque)¹	20,221	3.2
French Canadian¹	6,684	1.1
German	104,147	16.6
Greek	1,576	0.3
Hungarian	2,238	0.4
Irish¹	67,906	10.8
Italian	17,944	2.9
Lithuanian	962	0.2
Norwegian	26,439	4.2
Polish	13,268	2.1
Portuguese	2,128	0.3
Russian	7,517	1.2
Scotch-Irish	11,811	1.9
Scottish	15,763	2.5
Slovak	827	0.1
Subsaharan African	1,742	0.3
Swedish	16,685	2.7
Swiss	2,534	0.4
Ukrainian	1,580	0.3
United States or American	35,646	5.7
Welsh	5,382	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	1,217	0.2
Other ancestries	236,509	37.7

(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

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