Elizabeth, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0823740, place: Elizabeth town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 473 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (4.65%)
Kindergarten: 30 (6.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 208 (43.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 148 (31.29%)
College or graduate school: 65 (13.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 845 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 10 (1.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 51 (6.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 281 (33.25%)
Some college, no degree: 251 (29.7%)
Associate degree: 84 (9.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 113 (13.37%)
Graduate or professional degree: 55 (6.51%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,123 (100%)
Never married: 331 (29.47%)
Now married, except separated: 604 (53.78%)
Separated: 15 (1.34%)
Total Widowed: 51 (4.54%)
Widowed Female: 39 (3.47%)
Total Divorced: 122 (10.86%)
Divorced Female: 62 (5.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 20 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 7 (35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,001 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 125 (12.49%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 466 (100%)
--With a disability: 53 (11.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 846 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (10.99%)
----Percent employed: 62.4%
--No disability: 753 (89.01%)
----Percent employed: 89.2%
Population 65 years and over: 63 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (55.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,377 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 406 (29.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 934 (67.83%)
--Same county: 222 (16.12%)
--Different county: 712 (51.71%)
----Same state: 466 (33.84%)
----Different state: 246 (17.86%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 37 (2.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,510 (100%)
Native: 1,469 (97.28%)
--Born in United States: 1,455 (100%)
----State of residence: 731 (48.41%)
----Different state: 724 (47.95%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (0.93%)
Foreign born: 41 (2.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 30 (1.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.33%)
--Not a citizen: 36 (2.38%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 41 (100%)
Europe: 9 (21.95%)
Asia: 4 (9.76%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (51.22%)
Northern America: 7 (17.07%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,377 (100%)
English only: 1,323 (96.08%)
Language other than English: 54 (3.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (1.53%)
--Spanish: 48 (3.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (1.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,510 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,469% (97.28%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.4%)
Danish: 2 (0.13%)
Dutch: 35 (2.32%)
English: 172 (11.39%)
French (except Basque): 20 (1.32%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.13%)
German: 373 (24.7%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 233 (15.43%)
Italian: 69 (4.57%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 56 (3.71%)
Polish: 16 (1.06%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 40 (2.65%)
Scottish: 49 (3.25%)
Slovak: 5 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 61 (4.04%)
Swiss: 3 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.33%)
United States or American: 72 (4.77%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 245 (16.23%)

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