Byers, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0810985, place: Byers CDP, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 398 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 37 (9.3%)
Kindergarten: 12 (3.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 228 (57.29%)
High school (grades 9-12): 97 (24.37%)
College or graduate school: 24 (6.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 757 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 27 (3.57%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 93 (12.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 344 (45.44%)
Some college, no degree: 181 (23.91%)
Associate degree: 48 (6.34%)
Bachelor's degree: 46 (6.08%)
Graduate or professional degree: 18 (2.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 915 (100%)
Never married: 188 (20.55%)
Now married, except separated: 539 (58.91%)
Separated: 13 (1.42%)
Total Widowed: 53 (5.79%)
Widowed Female: 37 (4.04%)
Total Divorced: 122 (13.33%)
Divorced Female: 60 (6.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 839 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 155 (18.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 365 (100%)
--With a disability: 18 (4.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 701 (100%)
--With a disability: 131 (18.69%)
----Percent employed: 54.2%
--No disability: 570 (81.31%)
----Percent employed: 83.9%
Population 65 years and over: 102 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (49.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,168 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 647 (55.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 514 (44.01%)
--Same county: 200 (17.12%)
--Different county: 314 (26.88%)
----Same state: 187 (16.01%)
----Different state: 127 (10.87%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,250 (100%)
Native: 1,226 (98.08%)
--Born in United States: 1,221 (100%)
----State of residence: 700 (56%)
----Different state: 521 (41.68%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 24 (1.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6 (0.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4 (0.32%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (1.6%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 24 (100%)
Europe: 11 (45.83%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3 (12.5%)
Northern America: 10 (41.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,168 (100%)
English only: 1,138 (97.43%)
Language other than English: 30 (2.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.51%)
--Spanish: 28 (2.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.17%)
----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: 1,250 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,274% (101.92%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.56%)
Danish: 4 (0.32%)
Dutch: 34 (2.72%)
English: 174 (13.92%)
French (except Basque): 27 (2.16%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.4%)
German: 353 (28.24%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.16%)
Irish: 181 (14.48%)
Italian: 43 (3.44%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 18 (1.44%)
Polish: 6 (0.48%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.16%)
Russian: 16 (1.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (3.28%)
Scottish: 36 (2.88%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 2 (0.16%)
Swedish: 27 (2.16%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 85 (6.8%)
Welsh: 12 (0.96%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 199 (15.92%)

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