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Social Characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT (From City of Hinton Only)

Number Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school

226

100.0

Nursery school, preschool 12 5.3
Kindergarten 4 1.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8) 98 43.4
High school (grades 9-12) 80 35.4
College or graduate school 32 14.2
     

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

   

Population 25 years and over

543

100.0

Less than 9th grade 23 4.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 28 5.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency) 189 34.8
Some college, no degree 137 25.2
Associate degree 49 9.0
Bachelor's degree 83 15.3
Graduate or professional degree 34 6.3
     
Percent high school graduate or higher 90.6 (X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 21.5 (X)
     

MARITAL STATUS

   

Population 15 years and over

661

100.0

Never married 145 21.9
Now married, except separated 421 63.7
Separated 2 0.3
Widowed 43 6.5

Female

37 5.6
Divorced 50 7.6

Female

35 5.3
     

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

   

Grandparent living in household with one or 
more own grandchildren under 18 years

16

100.0

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren 5 31.3
     

VETERAN STATUS

   

Civilian population 18 years and over

597

100.0

Civilian veterans 83 13.9
     

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN 
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

   

Population 5 to 20 years

194

100.0

With a disability 7 3.6
     

Population 21 to 64 years

457

100.0

With a disability 40 8.8

Percent employed

60.0 (X)
No disability 417 91.2

Percent employed

89.4 (X)
     

Population 65 years and over

118

100.0

With a disability 39 33.1
     

RESIDENCE IN 1995

   

Population 5 years and over

771

100.0

Same house in 1995 420 54.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 351 45.5

Same county

174 22.6

Different county

177 23.0

Same state

112 14.5

Different state

65 8.4
Elsewhere in 1995 0 0.0
     

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

   

Total population

804

100.0

Native 797 99.1

Born in United States

794 98.8

State of residence

653 81.2

Different state

141 17.5

Born outside United States

3 0.4
Foreign born 7 0.9

Entered 1990 to March 2000

0 0.0

Naturalized citizen

1 0.1

Not a citizen

6 0.7
     

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

   

Total (excluding born at sea)

7

100.0

Europe 3 42.9
Asia 0 0.0
Africa 0 0.0
Oceania 0 0.0
Latin America 4 57.1
Northern America 0 0.0
     

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

   

Population 5 years and over

771

100.0

English only 751 97.4
Language other than English 20 2.6

Speak English less than "very well"

5 0.6

Spanish

8 1.0

Speak English less than "very well"

5 0.6

Other Indo-European languages

12 1.6

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0

Asian and Pacific Island languages

0 0.0

Speak English less than "very well"

0 0.0
     

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)

   

Total population

804

100.0

Total ancestries reported

925 115.0
Arab 0 0.0
Czech1 11 1.4
Danish 18 2.2
Dutch 22 2.7
English 76 9.5
French (except Basque)1 58 7.2
French Canadian1 0 0.0
German 431 53.6
Greek 0 0.0
Hungarian 0 0.0
Irish1 102 12.7
Italian 5 0.6
Lithuanian 6 0.7
Norwegian 39 4.9
Polish 11 1.4
Portuguese 0 0.0
Russian 5 0.6
Scotch-Irish 3 0.4
Scottish 9 1.1
Slovak 0 0.0
Subsaharan African 0 0.0
Swedish 54 6.7
Swiss 4 0.5
Ukrainian 0 0.0
United States or American 34 4.2
Welsh 3 0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) 0 0.0
Other ancestries 34 4.2