Air Force Academy, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0800870, place: Air Force Academy CDP, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,619 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 179 (3.88%)
Kindergarten: 96 (2.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 748 (16.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 764 (16.54%)
College or graduate school: 2,832 (61.31%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,012 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 15 (0.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 11 (0.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 242 (12.03%)
Some college, no degree: 686 (34.1%)
Associate degree: 236 (11.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 430 (21.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 392 (19.48%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 98.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 40.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,837 (100%)
Never married: 3,637 (62.31%)
Now married, except separated: 2,093 (35.86%)
Separated: 32 (0.55%)
Total Widowed: 5 (0.09%)
Widowed Female: 5 (0.09%)
Total Divorced: 70 (1.2%)
Divorced Female: 29 (0.5%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,385 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 457 (33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,156 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (4.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,315 (100%)
--With a disability: 128 (9.73%)
----Percent employed: 62.5%
--No disability: 1,187 (90.27%)
----Percent employed: 64.4%
Population 65 years and over: 15 (100%)
--With a disability: 15 (100%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,824 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 494 (7.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,847 (85.68%)
--Same county: 374 (5.48%)
--Different county: 5,473 (80.2%)
----Same state: 194 (2.84%)
----Different state: 5,279 (77.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 483 (7.08%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,536 (100%)
Native: 7,204 (95.59%)
--Born in United States: 6,836 (100%)
----State of residence: 661 (8.77%)
----Different state: 6,175 (81.94%)
--Born outside United States: 368 (4.88%)
Foreign born: 332 (4.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 200 (2.65%)
--Naturalized citizen: 176 (2.34%)
--Not a citizen: 156 (2.07%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 332 (100%)
Europe: 81 (24.4%)
Asia: 158 (47.59%)
Africa: 7 (2.11%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 76 (22.89%)
Northern America: 10 (3.01%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,824 (100%)
English only: 6,063 (88.85%)
Language other than English: 761 (11.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 223 (3.27%)
--Spanish: 376 (5.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 97 (1.42%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 199 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (0.94%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 141 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,536 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,616% (114.33%)
Arab: 49 (0.65%)
Czech: 72 (0.96%)
Danish: 39 (0.52%)
Dutch: 104 (1.38%)
English: 765 (10.15%)
French (except Basque): 223 (2.96%)
French Canadian: 108 (1.43%)
German: 1,806 (23.96%)
Greek: 54 (0.72%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.23%)
Irish: 1,029 (13.65%)
Italian: 429 (5.69%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 240 (3.18%)
Polish: 189 (2.51%)
Portuguese: 31 (0.41%)
Russian: 81 (1.07%)
Scotch-Irish: 130 (1.73%)
Scottish: 190 (2.52%)
Slovak: 13 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 31 (0.41%)
Swedish: 92 (1.22%)
Swiss: 28 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 48 (0.64%)
United States or American: 546 (7.25%)
Welsh: 96 (1.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.12%)
Other ancestries: 2,178 (28.9%)

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