Fort Morgan, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0827810, place: Fort Morgan city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,758 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 167 (6.06%)
Kindergarten: 190 (6.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,427 (51.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 650 (23.57%)
College or graduate school: 324 (11.75%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,728 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,332 (19.8%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 883 (13.12%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,919 (28.52%)
Some college, no degree: 1,262 (18.76%)
Associate degree: 376 (5.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 606 (9.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 350 (5.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,251 (100%)
Never married: 1,818 (22.03%)
Now married, except separated: 4,840 (58.66%)
Separated: 133 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 540 (6.54%)
Widowed Female: 431 (5.22%)
Total Divorced: 920 (11.15%)
Divorced Female: 522 (6.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 237 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 140 (59.07%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,727 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 833 (10.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,760 (100%)
--With a disability: 147 (5.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,741 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,163 (20.26%)
----Percent employed: 55.5%
--No disability: 4,578 (79.74%)
----Percent employed: 73.6%
Population 65 years and over: 1,379 (100%)
--With a disability: 540 (39.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,072 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,737 (47.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,839 (48.04%)
--Same county: 2,871 (28.5%)
--Different county: 1,968 (19.54%)
----Same state: 848 (8.42%)
----Different state: 1,120 (11.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 496 (4.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,051 (100%)
Native: 8,883 (80.38%)
--Born in United States: 8,782 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,258 (47.58%)
----Different state: 3,524 (31.89%)
--Born outside United States: 101 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 2,168 (19.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,191 (10.78%)
--Naturalized citizen: 347 (3.14%)
--Not a citizen: 1,821 (16.48%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,168 (100%)
Europe: 34 (1.57%)
Asia: 16 (0.74%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,112 (97.42%)
Northern America: 6 (0.28%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,072 (100%)
English only: 6,737 (66.89%)
Language other than English: 3,335 (33.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,890 (18.76%)
--Spanish: 3,184 (31.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,864 (18.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 126 (1.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.21%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,051 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,930% (98.91%)
Arab: 5 (0.05%)
Czech: 38 (0.34%)
Danish: 31 (0.28%)
Dutch: 238 (2.15%)
English: 1,046 (9.47%)
French (except Basque): 193 (1.75%)
French Canadian: 19 (0.17%)
German: 2,327 (21.06%)
Greek: 6 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.04%)
Irish: 891 (8.06%)
Italian: 130 (1.18%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 132 (1.19%)
Polish: 99 (0.9%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.05%)
Russian: 72 (0.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 171 (1.55%)
Scottish: 161 (1.46%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 175 (1.58%)
Swiss: 11 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 852 (7.71%)
Welsh: 20 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,297 (38.88%)

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