Columbine, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0816110, place: Columbine CDP, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,883 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 538 (7.82%)
Kindergarten: 295 (4.29%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,160 (45.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,819 (26.43%)
College or graduate school: 1,071 (15.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,005 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 129 (0.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 661 (4.13%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,988 (18.67%)
Some college, no degree: 4,299 (26.86%)
Associate degree: 1,093 (6.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,874 (30.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,961 (12.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 42.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 18,851 (100%)
Never married: 4,109 (21.8%)
Now married, except separated: 12,449 (66.04%)
Separated: 187 (0.99%)
Total Widowed: 672 (3.56%)
Widowed Female: 526 (2.79%)
Total Divorced: 1,434 (7.61%)
Divorced Female: 884 (4.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 325 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 58 (17.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 17,493 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,863 (16.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,038 (100%)
--With a disability: 461 (7.63%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,456 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,525 (10.55%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
--No disability: 12,931 (89.45%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,229 (100%)
--With a disability: 592 (26.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 22,737 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,236 (62.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,329 (36.63%)
--Same county: 3,555 (15.64%)
--Different county: 4,774 (21%)
----Same state: 2,656 (11.68%)
----Different state: 2,118 (9.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 172 (0.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 24,051 (100%)
Native: 23,308 (96.91%)
--Born in United States: 23,047 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,946 (41.35%)
----Different state: 13,101 (54.47%)
--Born outside United States: 261 (1.09%)
Foreign born: 743 (3.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 209 (0.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 405 (1.68%)
--Not a citizen: 338 (1.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 743 (100%)
Europe: 302 (40.65%)
Asia: 275 (37.01%)
Africa: 21 (2.83%)
Oceania: 16 (2.15%)
Latin America: 73 (9.83%)
Northern America: 56 (7.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 22,737 (100%)
English only: 21,439 (94.29%)
Language other than English: 1,298 (5.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 314 (1.38%)
--Spanish: 685 (3.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 177 (0.78%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 390 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (0.13%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 223 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 108 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 24,051 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,747% (127.84%)
Arab: 55 (0.23%)
Czech: 366 (1.52%)
Danish: 398 (1.65%)
Dutch: 690 (2.87%)
English: 3,898 (16.21%)
French (except Basque): 1,263 (5.25%)
French Canadian: 158 (0.66%)
German: 7,431 (30.9%)
Greek: 82 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 145 (0.6%)
Irish: 4,295 (17.86%)
Italian: 1,534 (6.38%)
Lithuanian: 49 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 1,061 (4.41%)
Polish: 994 (4.13%)
Portuguese: 34 (0.14%)
Russian: 303 (1.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 533 (2.22%)
Scottish: 733 (3.05%)
Slovak: 24 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 21 (0.09%)
Swedish: 1,245 (5.18%)
Swiss: 161 (0.67%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.16%)
United States or American: 1,348 (5.6%)
Welsh: 339 (1.41%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,548 (14.75%)

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