Blue River, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0807410, place: Blue River town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 147 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (10.2%)
Kindergarten: 6 (4.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 74 (50.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 42 (28.57%)
College or graduate school: 10 (6.8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 422 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4 (0.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3 (0.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 50 (11.85%)
Some college, no degree: 84 (19.91%)
Associate degree: 30 (7.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 195 (46.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 56 (13.27%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 98.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 59.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 505 (100%)
Never married: 188 (37.23%)
Now married, except separated: 298 (59.01%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 2 (0.4%)
Widowed Female: 2 (0.4%)
Total Divorced: 17 (3.37%)
Divorced Female: 8 (1.58%)

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

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 469 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 45 (9.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 148 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (5.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 436 (100%)
--With a disability: 36 (8.26%)
----Percent employed: 100%
--No disability: 400 (91.74%)
----Percent employed: 80.5%
Population 65 years and over: 14 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (14.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 598 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 233 (38.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 362 (60.54%)
--Same county: 126 (21.07%)
--Different county: 236 (39.46%)
----Same state: 82 (13.71%)
----Different state: 154 (25.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 649 (100%)
Native: 611 (94.14%)
--Born in United States: 609 (100%)
----State of residence: 161 (24.81%)
----Different state: 448 (69.03%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 38 (5.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 26 (4.01%)
--Naturalized citizen: 15 (2.31%)
--Not a citizen: 23 (3.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 38 (100%)
Europe: 24 (63.16%)
Asia: 4 (10.53%)
Africa: 3 (7.89%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (18.42%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 598 (100%)
English only: 557 (93.14%)
Language other than English: 41 (6.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.67%)
--Spanish: 29 (4.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 649 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 796% (122.65%)
Arab: 3 (0.46%)
Czech: 9 (1.39%)
Danish: 5 (0.77%)
Dutch: 28 (4.31%)
English: 108 (16.64%)
French (except Basque): 23 (3.54%)
French Canadian: 11 (1.69%)
German: 166 (25.58%)
Greek: 7 (1.08%)
Hungarian: 9 (1.39%)
Irish: 136 (20.96%)
Italian: 15 (2.31%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.46%)
Norwegian: 6 (0.92%)
Polish: 31 (4.78%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.46%)
Russian: 16 (2.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 11 (1.69%)
Scottish: 31 (4.78%)
Slovak: 2 (0.31%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 25 (3.85%)
Swiss: 7 (1.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 58 (8.94%)
Welsh: 11 (1.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 72 (11.09%)

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