Avon, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0804110, place: Avon town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 930 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 112 (12.04%)
Kindergarten: 125 (13.44%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 312 (33.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 172 (18.49%)
College or graduate school: 209 (22.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,417 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 536 (15.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 362 (10.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 431 (12.61%)
Some college, no degree: 544 (15.92%)
Associate degree: 214 (6.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,037 (30.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 293 (8.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,585 (100%)
Never married: 2,038 (44.45%)
Now married, except separated: 2,160 (47.11%)
Separated: 56 (1.22%)
Total Widowed: 25 (0.55%)
Widowed Female: 18 (0.39%)
Total Divorced: 306 (6.67%)
Divorced Female: 163 (3.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 90 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 16 (17.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,429 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 210 (4.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,049 (100%)
--With a disability: 114 (10.87%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,974 (100%)
--With a disability: 519 (13.06%)
----Percent employed: 64.9%
--No disability: 3,455 (86.94%)
----Percent employed: 79.2%
Population 65 years and over: 73 (100%)
--With a disability: 0 (0%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,096 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,149 (22.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,979 (58.46%)
--Same county: 1,327 (26.04%)
--Different county: 1,652 (32.42%)
----Same state: 408 (8.01%)
----Different state: 1,244 (24.41%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 968 (19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,611 (100%)
Native: 3,574 (63.7%)
--Born in United States: 3,543 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,260 (22.46%)
----Different state: 2,283 (40.69%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.55%)
Foreign born: 2,037 (36.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,657 (29.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 243 (4.33%)
--Not a citizen: 1,794 (31.97%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,037 (100%)
Europe: 120 (5.89%)
Asia: 100 (4.91%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (0.34%)
Latin America: 1,792 (87.97%)
Northern America: 18 (0.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,096 (100%)
English only: 2,957 (58.03%)
Language other than English: 2,139 (41.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,494 (29.32%)
--Spanish: 1,864 (36.58%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,363 (26.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 252 (4.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 131 (2.57%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,611 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,505% (98.11%)
Arab: 25 (0.45%)
Czech: 29 (0.52%)
Danish: 24 (0.43%)
Dutch: 62 (1.1%)
English: 353 (6.29%)
French (except Basque): 220 (3.92%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.3%)
German: 579 (10.32%)
Greek: 9 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 17 (0.3%)
Irish: 550 (9.8%)
Italian: 144 (2.57%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 161 (2.87%)
Polish: 106 (1.89%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 87 (1.55%)
Scotch-Irish: 33 (0.59%)
Scottish: 79 (1.41%)
Slovak: 11 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 139 (2.48%)
Swiss: 18 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 122 (2.17%)
Welsh: 44 (0.78%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 13 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 2,663 (47.46%)

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