Colfax, CA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0614498, place: Colfax city, California)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 479 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 41 (8.56%)
Kindergarten: 8 (1.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 210 (43.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 135 (28.18%)
College or graduate school: 85 (17.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,000 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (3.6%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 171 (17.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 219 (21.9%)
Some college, no degree: 310 (31%)
Associate degree: 79 (7.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 133 (13.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 52 (5.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,218 (100%)
Never married: 299 (24.55%)
Now married, except separated: 582 (47.78%)
Separated: 35 (2.87%)
Total Widowed: 113 (9.28%)
Widowed Female: 100 (8.21%)
Total Divorced: 189 (15.52%)
Divorced Female: 109 (8.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 48 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (64.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,117 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 176 (15.76%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 408 (100%)
--With a disability: 33 (8.09%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 804 (100%)
--With a disability: 158 (19.65%)
----Percent employed: 43.7%
--No disability: 646 (80.35%)
----Percent employed: 81.6%
Population 65 years and over: 253 (100%)
--With a disability: 125 (49.41%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,465 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 557 (38.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 898 (61.3%)
--Same county: 495 (33.79%)
--Different county: 403 (27.51%)
----Same state: 292 (19.93%)
----Different state: 111 (7.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (0.68%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,596 (100%)
Native: 1,556 (97.49%)
--Born in United States: 1,544 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,129 (70.74%)
----Different state: 415 (26%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.75%)
Foreign born: 40 (2.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5 (0.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (2.01%)
--Not a citizen: 8 (0.5%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 40 (100%)
Europe: 7 (17.5%)
Asia: 2 (5%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 2 (5%)
Latin America: 25 (62.5%)
Northern America: 4 (10%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,465 (100%)
English only: 1,347 (91.95%)
Language other than English: 118 (8.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (1.98%)
--Spanish: 105 (7.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (1.77%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1 (0.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,596 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,836% (115.04%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 17 (1.07%)
Danish: 32 (2.01%)
Dutch: 66 (4.14%)
English: 294 (18.42%)
French (except Basque): 63 (3.95%)
French Canadian: 22 (1.38%)
German: 304 (19.05%)
Greek: 7 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.31%)
Irish: 232 (14.54%)
Italian: 111 (6.95%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 25 (1.57%)
Polish: 18 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 27 (1.69%)
Russian: 3 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 75 (4.7%)
Scottish: 35 (2.19%)
Slovak: 3 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 41 (2.57%)
Swiss: 7 (0.44%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 116 (7.27%)
Welsh: 34 (2.13%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 296 (18.55%)

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