Cortez, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0817375, place: Cortez city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,877 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 144 (7.67%)
Kindergarten: 121 (6.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 791 (42.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 536 (28.56%)
College or graduate school: 285 (15.18%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,134 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 376 (7.32%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 647 (12.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,653 (32.2%)
Some college, no degree: 1,212 (23.61%)
Associate degree: 279 (5.43%)
Bachelor's degree: 602 (11.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 365 (7.11%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,251 (100%)
Never married: 1,386 (22.17%)
Now married, except separated: 3,341 (53.45%)
Separated: 155 (2.48%)
Total Widowed: 509 (8.14%)
Widowed Female: 459 (7.34%)
Total Divorced: 860 (13.76%)
Divorced Female: 459 (7.34%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 114 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 39 (34.21%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,905 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 895 (15.16%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,749 (100%)
--With a disability: 150 (8.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,178 (100%)
--With a disability: 901 (21.57%)
----Percent employed: 62.3%
--No disability: 3,277 (78.43%)
----Percent employed: 79.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,201 (100%)
--With a disability: 638 (53.12%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,305 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,407 (46.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,842 (52.59%)
--Same county: 2,140 (29.3%)
--Different county: 1,702 (23.3%)
----Same state: 489 (6.69%)
----Different state: 1,213 (16.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 56 (0.77%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 7,993 (100%)
Native: 7,770 (97.21%)
--Born in United States: 7,697 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,289 (41.15%)
----Different state: 4,408 (55.15%)
--Born outside United States: 73 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 223 (2.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 89 (1.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 118 (1.48%)
--Not a citizen: 105 (1.31%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 223 (100%)
Europe: 87 (39.01%)
Asia: 9 (4.04%)
Africa: 9 (4.04%)
Oceania: 9 (4.04%)
Latin America: 109 (48.88%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,305 (100%)
English only: 6,107 (83.6%)
Language other than English: 1,198 (16.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 294 (4.02%)
--Spanish: 561 (7.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 149 (2.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 107 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 7,993 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,410% (105.22%)
Arab: 16 (0.2%)
Czech: 57 (0.71%)
Danish: 93 (1.16%)
Dutch: 174 (2.18%)
English: 1,197 (14.98%)
French (except Basque): 295 (3.69%)
French Canadian: 59 (0.74%)
German: 1,473 (18.43%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 43 (0.54%)
Irish: 849 (10.62%)
Italian: 205 (2.56%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 117 (1.46%)
Polish: 86 (1.08%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 10 (0.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 230 (2.88%)
Scottish: 176 (2.2%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 8 (0.1%)
Swedish: 116 (1.45%)
Swiss: 18 (0.23%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 696 (8.71%)
Welsh: 68 (0.85%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,424 (30.33%)

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