Fountain, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0827865, place: Fountain city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,765 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 320 (6.72%)
Kindergarten: 276 (5.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,456 (51.54%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,001 (21.01%)
College or graduate school: 712 (14.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,600 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 209 (2.43%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 795 (9.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,595 (30.17%)
Some college, no degree: 2,910 (33.84%)
Associate degree: 1,068 (12.42%)
Bachelor's degree: 707 (8.22%)
Graduate or professional degree: 316 (3.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,742 (100%)
Never married: 2,348 (21.86%)
Now married, except separated: 6,624 (61.66%)
Separated: 269 (2.5%)
Total Widowed: 427 (3.98%)
Widowed Female: 318 (2.96%)
Total Divorced: 1,074 (10%)
Divorced Female: 674 (6.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 311 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 159 (51.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,323 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,692 (28.87%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,344 (100%)
--With a disability: 370 (8.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,924 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,466 (18.5%)
----Percent employed: 59.2%
--No disability: 6,458 (81.5%)
----Percent employed: 79%
Population 65 years and over: 829 (100%)
--With a disability: 446 (53.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 13,736 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,218 (37.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,769 (56.56%)
--Same county: 4,403 (32.05%)
--Different county: 3,366 (24.5%)
----Same state: 306 (2.23%)
----Different state: 3,060 (22.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 749 (5.45%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,133 (100%)
Native: 14,294 (94.46%)
--Born in United States: 13,320 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,791 (31.66%)
----Different state: 8,529 (56.36%)
--Born outside United States: 974 (6.44%)
Foreign born: 839 (5.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 204 (1.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 536 (3.54%)
--Not a citizen: 303 (2%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 839 (100%)
Europe: 443 (52.8%)
Asia: 226 (26.94%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 156 (18.59%)
Northern America: 14 (1.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 13,736 (100%)
English only: 12,135 (88.34%)
Language other than English: 1,601 (11.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 439 (3.2%)
--Spanish: 803 (5.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 257 (1.87%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 480 (3.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 80 (0.58%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 266 (1.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 102 (0.74%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,133 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,825% (104.57%)
Arab: 41 (0.27%)
Czech: 67 (0.44%)
Danish: 40 (0.26%)
Dutch: 306 (2.02%)
English: 990 (6.54%)
French (except Basque): 610 (4.03%)
French Canadian: 139 (0.92%)
German: 3,297 (21.79%)
Greek: 4 (0.03%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.19%)
Irish: 1,746 (11.54%)
Italian: 413 (2.73%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 432 (2.85%)
Polish: 284 (1.88%)
Portuguese: 18 (0.12%)
Russian: 57 (0.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 187 (1.24%)
Scottish: 280 (1.85%)
Slovak: 9 (0.06%)
Subsaharan African: 88 (0.58%)
Swedish: 228 (1.51%)
Swiss: 6 (0.04%)
Ukrainian: 24 (0.16%)
United States or American: 964 (6.37%)
Welsh: 104 (0.69%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.11%)
Other ancestries: 5,438 (35.93%)

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