Fort Collins, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0827425, place: Fort Collins city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 44,926 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,988 (4.43%)
Kindergarten: 1,099 (2.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 11,654 (25.94%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,303 (11.8%)
College or graduate school: 24,882 (55.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 67,091 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,367 (2.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,666 (3.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 10,996 (16.39%)
Some college, no degree: 15,253 (22.73%)
Associate degree: 4,369 (6.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 20,117 (29.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12,323 (18.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 48.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 97,327 (100%)
Never married: 39,237 (40.31%)
Now married, except separated: 44,819 (46.05%)
Separated: 894 (0.92%)
Total Widowed: 3,757 (3.86%)
Widowed Female: 3,116 (3.2%)
Total Divorced: 8,620 (8.86%)
Divorced Female: 5,080 (5.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 846 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 279 (32.98%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 93,050 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,779 (9.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 29,698 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,769 (5.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 71,877 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,463 (10.38%)
----Percent employed: 67.5%
--No disability: 64,414 (89.62%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 8,715 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,495 (40.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 111,340 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 37,272 (33.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 71,136 (63.89%)
--Same county: 29,310 (26.32%)
--Different county: 41,826 (37.57%)
----Same state: 16,994 (15.26%)
----Different state: 24,832 (22.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,932 (2.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 118,440 (100%)
Native: 112,171 (94.71%)
--Born in United States: 110,723 (100%)
----State of residence: 42,829 (36.16%)
----Different state: 67,894 (57.32%)
--Born outside United States: 1,448 (1.22%)
Foreign born: 6,269 (5.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 3,736 (3.15%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,164 (1.83%)
--Not a citizen: 4,105 (3.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,269 (100%)
Europe: 1,618 (25.81%)
Asia: 2,226 (35.51%)
Africa: 297 (4.74%)
Oceania: 97 (1.55%)
Latin America: 1,635 (26.08%)
Northern America: 396 (6.32%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 111,340 (100%)
English only: 100,362 (90.14%)
Language other than English: 10,978 (9.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,408 (3.06%)
--Spanish: 5,934 (5.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,942 (1.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,804 (2.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 563 (0.51%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,576 (1.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 718 (0.64%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 118,440 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 143,199% (120.9%)
Arab: 763 (0.64%)
Czech: 1,676 (1.42%)
Danish: 2,053 (1.73%)
Dutch: 2,608 (2.2%)
English: 16,836 (14.21%)
French (except Basque): 4,906 (4.14%)
French Canadian: 1,080 (0.91%)
German: 34,007 (28.71%)
Greek: 449 (0.38%)
Hungarian: 454 (0.38%)
Irish: 16,786 (14.17%)
Italian: 6,361 (5.37%)
Lithuanian: 233 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 4,302 (3.63%)
Polish: 3,416 (2.88%)
Portuguese: 240 (0.2%)
Russian: 1,421 (1.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,852 (2.41%)
Scottish: 4,277 (3.61%)
Slovak: 193 (0.16%)
Subsaharan African: 423 (0.36%)
Swedish: 4,795 (4.05%)
Swiss: 755 (0.64%)
Ukrainian: 471 (0.4%)
United States or American: 4,750 (4.01%)
Welsh: 1,490 (1.26%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 118 (0.1%)
Other ancestries: 25,484 (21.52%)

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