Brush, CO

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0809555, place: Brush city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,222 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 127 (10.39%)
Kindergarten: 92 (7.53%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 574 (46.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 259 (21.19%)
College or graduate school: 170 (13.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,182 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 523 (16.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 469 (14.74%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 941 (29.57%)
Some college, no degree: 615 (19.33%)
Associate degree: 172 (5.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 283 (8.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 179 (5.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,885 (100%)
Never married: 779 (20.05%)
Now married, except separated: 2,201 (56.65%)
Separated: 86 (2.21%)
Total Widowed: 407 (10.48%)
Widowed Female: 326 (8.39%)
Total Divorced: 412 (10.6%)
Divorced Female: 241 (6.2%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 135 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 54 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,671 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 486 (13.24%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,230 (100%)
--With a disability: 127 (10.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,405 (100%)
--With a disability: 437 (18.17%)
----Percent employed: 66.1%
--No disability: 1,968 (81.83%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 755 (100%)
--With a disability: 333 (44.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,648 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,115 (45.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,444 (52.58%)
--Same county: 1,414 (30.42%)
--Different county: 1,030 (22.16%)
----Same state: 556 (11.96%)
----Different state: 474 (10.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 89 (1.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,095 (100%)
Native: 4,437 (87.09%)
--Born in United States: 4,422 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,708 (53.15%)
----Different state: 1,714 (33.64%)
--Born outside United States: 15 (0.29%)
Foreign born: 658 (12.91%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 337 (6.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 124 (2.43%)
--Not a citizen: 534 (10.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 658 (100%)
Europe: 20 (3.04%)
Asia: 27 (4.1%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 604 (91.79%)
Northern America: 7 (1.06%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,648 (100%)
English only: 3,457 (74.38%)
Language other than English: 1,191 (25.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 655 (14.09%)
--Spanish: 1,102 (23.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 617 (13.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 67 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 27 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 19 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,095 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,063% (99.37%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 19 (0.37%)
Danish: 79 (1.55%)
Dutch: 42 (0.82%)
English: 436 (8.56%)
French (except Basque): 159 (3.12%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.24%)
German: 1,175 (23.06%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.18%)
Irish: 430 (8.44%)
Italian: 99 (1.94%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 72 (1.41%)
Polish: 20 (0.39%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.12%)
Russian: 48 (0.94%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (1.16%)
Scottish: 72 (1.41%)
Slovak: 6 (0.12%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 92 (1.81%)
Swiss: 8 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 278 (5.46%)
Welsh: 41 (0.8%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,901 (37.31%)

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