Empire, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0824620, place: Empire town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 75 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (9.33%)
Kindergarten: 5 (6.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 34 (45.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 23 (30.67%)
College or graduate school: 6 (8%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 237 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4 (1.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 27 (11.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 74 (31.22%)
Some college, no degree: 70 (29.54%)
Associate degree: 15 (6.33%)
Bachelor's degree: 39 (16.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 8 (3.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 279 (100%)
Never married: 70 (25.09%)
Now married, except separated: 141 (50.54%)
Separated: 3 (1.08%)
Total Widowed: 5 (1.79%)
Widowed Female: 5 (1.79%)
Total Divorced: 60 (21.51%)
Divorced Female: 19 (6.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 256 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 46 (17.97%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 69 (100%)
--With a disability: 8 (11.59%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 233 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (24.46%)
----Percent employed: 87.7%
--No disability: 176 (75.54%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 18 (100%)
--With a disability: 5 (27.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 320 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 204 (63.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 114 (35.63%)
--Same county: 51 (15.94%)
--Different county: 63 (19.69%)
----Same state: 20 (6.25%)
----Different state: 43 (13.44%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 344 (100%)
Native: 342 (99.42%)
--Born in United States: 342 (100%)
----State of residence: 151 (43.9%)
----Different state: 191 (55.52%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 2 (0.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2 (0.58%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 320 (100%)
English only: 313 (97.81%)
Language other than English: 7 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Spanish: 7 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 344 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 378% (109.88%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.58%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 16 (4.65%)
English: 26 (7.56%)
French (except Basque): 18 (5.23%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 72 (20.93%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 51 (14.83%)
Italian: 32 (9.3%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.58%)
Norwegian: 13 (3.78%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 1 (0.29%)
Scottish: 23 (6.69%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 19 (5.52%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 34 (9.88%)
Welsh: 4 (1.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 65 (18.9%)

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