Dacono, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0819080, place: Dacono city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 798 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 53 (6.64%)
Kindergarten: 67 (8.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 393 (49.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 188 (23.56%)
College or graduate school: 97 (12.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,916 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 225 (11.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 389 (20.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 660 (34.45%)
Some college, no degree: 353 (18.42%)
Associate degree: 172 (8.98%)
Bachelor's degree: 103 (5.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 14 (0.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,306 (100%)
Never married: 574 (24.89%)
Now married, except separated: 1,322 (57.33%)
Separated: 42 (1.82%)
Total Widowed: 128 (5.55%)
Widowed Female: 101 (4.38%)
Total Divorced: 240 (10.41%)
Divorced Female: 151 (6.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 149 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 92 (61.74%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,169 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 311 (14.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 777 (100%)
--With a disability: 65 (8.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,772 (100%)
--With a disability: 394 (22.23%)
----Percent employed: 42.6%
--No disability: 1,378 (77.77%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 265 (100%)
--With a disability: 117 (44.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,817 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,427 (50.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,339 (47.53%)
--Same county: 492 (17.47%)
--Different county: 847 (30.07%)
----Same state: 618 (21.94%)
----Different state: 229 (8.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 51 (1.81%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,028 (100%)
Native: 2,574 (85.01%)
--Born in United States: 2,540 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,322 (43.66%)
----Different state: 1,218 (40.22%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (1.12%)
Foreign born: 454 (14.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 156 (5.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 117 (3.86%)
--Not a citizen: 337 (11.13%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 454 (100%)
Europe: 36 (7.93%)
Asia: 16 (3.52%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 398 (87.67%)
Northern America: 4 (0.88%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,817 (100%)
English only: 2,017 (71.6%)
Language other than English: 800 (28.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 356 (12.64%)
--Spanish: 729 (25.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 341 (12.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 37 (1.31%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 11 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,028 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,290% (108.65%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 18 (0.59%)
Danish: 40 (1.32%)
Dutch: 121 (4%)
English: 306 (10.11%)
French (except Basque): 100 (3.3%)
French Canadian: 33 (1.09%)
German: 639 (21.1%)
Greek: 11 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 289 (9.54%)
Italian: 73 (2.41%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 72 (2.38%)
Polish: 55 (1.82%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 8 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 128 (4.23%)
Scottish: 53 (1.75%)
Slovak: 4 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.13%)
Swedish: 96 (3.17%)
Swiss: 10 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 4 (0.13%)
United States or American: 151 (4.99%)
Welsh: 16 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,059 (34.97%)

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