Gilcrest, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0829955, place: Gilcrest town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 422 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (2.13%)
Kindergarten: 28 (6.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 209 (49.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 127 (30.09%)
College or graduate school: 49 (11.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 601 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 149 (24.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 80 (13.31%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 202 (33.61%)
Some college, no degree: 104 (17.3%)
Associate degree: 33 (5.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 29 (4.83%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4 (0.67%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 819 (100%)
Never married: 217 (26.5%)
Now married, except separated: 492 (60.07%)
Separated: 23 (2.81%)
Total Widowed: 36 (4.4%)
Widowed Female: 25 (3.05%)
Total Divorced: 51 (6.23%)
Divorced Female: 27 (3.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 38 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 26 (68.42%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 731 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 67 (9.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 403 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (11.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 614 (100%)
--With a disability: 187 (30.46%)
----Percent employed: 65.2%
--No disability: 427 (69.54%)
----Percent employed: 80.3%
Population 65 years and over: 56 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (42.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,073 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 617 (57.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 362 (33.74%)
--Same county: 224 (20.88%)
--Different county: 138 (12.86%)
----Same state: 101 (9.41%)
----Different state: 37 (3.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 94 (8.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,163 (100%)
Native: 922 (79.28%)
--Born in United States: 908 (100%)
----State of residence: 650 (55.89%)
----Different state: 258 (22.18%)
--Born outside United States: 14 (1.2%)
Foreign born: 241 (20.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 147 (12.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 40 (3.44%)
--Not a citizen: 201 (17.28%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 241 (100%)
Europe: 1 (0.41%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 240 (99.59%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,073 (100%)
English only: 596 (55.55%)
Language other than English: 477 (44.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 253 (23.58%)
--Spanish: 472 (43.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 251 (23.39%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.19%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,163 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,050% (90.28%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 10 (0.86%)
Dutch: 5 (0.43%)
English: 48 (4.13%)
French (except Basque): 4 (0.34%)
French Canadian: 1 (0.09%)
German: 210 (18.06%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 55 (4.73%)
Italian: 16 (1.38%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 2 (0.17%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 3 (0.26%)
Russian: 8 (0.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 6 (0.52%)
Scottish: 8 (0.69%)
Slovak: 4 (0.34%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 17 (1.46%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 49 (4.21%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 604 (51.93%)

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