Derby, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0820275, place: Derby CDP, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,501 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 81 (5.4%)
Kindergarten: 118 (7.86%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 856 (57.03%)
High school (grades 9-12): 290 (19.32%)
College or graduate school: 156 (10.39%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,626 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 560 (15.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 927 (25.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,237 (34.11%)
Some college, no degree: 592 (16.33%)
Associate degree: 126 (3.47%)
Bachelor's degree: 125 (3.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 59 (1.63%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 59%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,521 (100%)
Never married: 980 (21.68%)
Now married, except separated: 2,608 (57.69%)
Separated: 133 (2.94%)
Total Widowed: 209 (4.62%)
Widowed Female: 172 (3.8%)
Total Divorced: 591 (13.07%)
Divorced Female: 304 (6.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 297 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 107 (36.03%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,317 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 604 (13.99%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,499 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (6.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,370 (100%)
--With a disability: 957 (28.4%)
----Percent employed: 45.2%
--No disability: 2,413 (71.6%)
----Percent employed: 71.3%
Population 65 years and over: 590 (100%)
--With a disability: 256 (43.39%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,579 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,801 (50.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,539 (45.51%)
--Same county: 1,328 (23.8%)
--Different county: 1,211 (21.71%)
----Same state: 692 (12.4%)
----Different state: 519 (9.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 239 (4.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,100 (100%)
Native: 4,995 (81.89%)
--Born in United States: 4,944 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,284 (53.84%)
----Different state: 1,660 (27.21%)
--Born outside United States: 51 (0.84%)
Foreign born: 1,105 (18.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 611 (10.02%)
--Naturalized citizen: 241 (3.95%)
--Not a citizen: 864 (14.16%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,105 (100%)
Europe: 73 (6.61%)
Asia: 54 (4.89%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 978 (88.51%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,579 (100%)
English only: 3,683 (66.02%)
Language other than English: 1,896 (33.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 981 (17.58%)
--Spanish: 1,756 (31.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 915 (16.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 80 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 60 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.86%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,100 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,067% (99.46%)
Arab: 6 (0.1%)
Czech: 90 (1.48%)
Danish: 19 (0.31%)
Dutch: 61 (1%)
English: 363 (5.95%)
French (except Basque): 114 (1.87%)
French Canadian: 34 (0.56%)
German: 754 (12.36%)
Greek: 4 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 437 (7.16%)
Italian: 154 (2.52%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 93 (1.52%)
Polish: 64 (1.05%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.08%)
Russian: 18 (0.3%)
Scotch-Irish: 108 (1.77%)
Scottish: 74 (1.21%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 86 (1.41%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 240 (3.93%)
Welsh: 21 (0.34%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,322 (54.46%)

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