Center, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0812855, place: Center town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 759 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 65 (8.56%)
Kindergarten: 54 (7.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 377 (49.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 205 (27.01%)
College or graduate school: 58 (7.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,261 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 505 (40.05%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 237 (18.79%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 270 (21.41%)
Some college, no degree: 176 (13.96%)
Associate degree: 13 (1.03%)
Bachelor's degree: 27 (2.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 33 (2.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 41.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 4.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,683 (100%)
Never married: 446 (26.5%)
Now married, except separated: 908 (53.95%)
Separated: 67 (3.98%)
Total Widowed: 120 (7.13%)
Widowed Female: 97 (5.76%)
Total Divorced: 142 (8.44%)
Divorced Female: 64 (3.8%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 81 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 40 (49.38%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,520 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 105 (6.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 752 (100%)
--With a disability: 61 (8.11%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,207 (100%)
--With a disability: 376 (31.15%)
----Percent employed: 51.9%
--No disability: 831 (68.85%)
----Percent employed: 67.9%
Population 65 years and over: 202 (100%)
--With a disability: 109 (53.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,161 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,216 (56.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 838 (38.78%)
--Same county: 534 (24.71%)
--Different county: 304 (14.07%)
----Same state: 178 (8.24%)
----Different state: 126 (5.83%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 107 (4.95%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,372 (100%)
Native: 1,683 (70.95%)
--Born in United States: 1,678 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,386 (58.43%)
----Different state: 292 (12.31%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.21%)
Foreign born: 689 (29.05%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 379 (15.98%)
--Naturalized citizen: 138 (5.82%)
--Not a citizen: 551 (23.23%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 689 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 9 (1.31%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 678 (98.4%)
Northern America: 2 (0.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,161 (100%)
English only: 618 (28.6%)
Language other than English: 1,543 (71.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 787 (36.42%)
--Spanish: 1,525 (70.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 784 (36.28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,372 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,979% (83.43%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 5 (0.21%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 10 (0.42%)
English: 23 (0.97%)
French (except Basque): 15 (0.63%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 52 (2.19%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 29 (1.22%)
Italian: 4 (0.17%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 0 (0%)
Polish: 8 (0.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 3 (0.13%)
Scottish: 7 (0.3%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 7 (0.3%)
Swiss: 2 (0.08%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 87 (3.67%)
Welsh: 4 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,723 (72.64%)

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