Commerce City, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0816495, place: Commerce City city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,855 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 396 (6.76%)
Kindergarten: 383 (6.54%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,176 (54.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,470 (25.11%)
College or graduate school: 430 (7.34%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,267 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,338 (19.06%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,836 (23.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,124 (33.62%)
Some college, no degree: 2,042 (16.65%)
Associate degree: 472 (3.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 373 (3.04%)
Graduate or professional degree: 82 (0.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 57.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,724 (100%)
Never married: 4,354 (27.69%)
Now married, except separated: 8,077 (51.37%)
Separated: 489 (3.11%)
Total Widowed: 875 (5.56%)
Widowed Female: 715 (4.55%)
Total Divorced: 1,929 (12.27%)
Divorced Female: 948 (6.03%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 837 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 299 (35.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,752 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,683 (11.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,741 (100%)
--With a disability: 448 (7.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 11,666 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,333 (28.57%)
----Percent employed: 58.4%
--No disability: 8,333 (71.43%)
----Percent employed: 67.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,790 (100%)
--With a disability: 843 (47.09%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,386 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,913 (51.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,046 (41.5%)
--Same county: 4,633 (23.9%)
--Different county: 3,413 (17.61%)
----Same state: 2,153 (11.11%)
----Different state: 1,260 (6.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,427 (7.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 21,240 (100%)
Native: 17,010 (80.08%)
--Born in United States: 16,898 (100%)
----State of residence: 11,386 (53.61%)
----Different state: 5,512 (25.95%)
--Born outside United States: 112 (0.53%)
Foreign born: 4,230 (19.92%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,522 (11.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 870 (4.1%)
--Not a citizen: 3,360 (15.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,230 (100%)
Europe: 74 (1.75%)
Asia: 123 (2.91%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 13 (0.31%)
Latin America: 4,020 (95.04%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,386 (100%)
English only: 12,056 (62.19%)
Language other than English: 7,330 (37.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,476 (17.93%)
--Spanish: 7,090 (36.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,334 (17.2%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 94 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 30 (0.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 146 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 112 (0.58%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 21,240 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 20,789% (97.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 52 (0.24%)
Danish: 70 (0.33%)
Dutch: 160 (0.75%)
English: 952 (4.48%)
French (except Basque): 506 (2.38%)
French Canadian: 102 (0.48%)
German: 2,763 (13.01%)
Greek: 17 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.05%)
Irish: 1,509 (7.1%)
Italian: 488 (2.3%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 187 (0.88%)
Polish: 130 (0.61%)
Portuguese: 30 (0.14%)
Russian: 63 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 358 (1.69%)
Scottish: 263 (1.24%)
Slovak: 13 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.1%)
Swedish: 172 (0.81%)
Swiss: 23 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 870 (4.1%)
Welsh: 49 (0.23%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 24 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 11,950 (56.26%)

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