Golden, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0830835, place: Golden city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,807 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 304 (5.24%)
Kindergarten: 183 (3.15%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,700 (29.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 780 (13.43%)
College or graduate school: 2,840 (48.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,706 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 158 (1.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 651 (6.08%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,824 (17.04%)
Some college, no degree: 2,415 (22.56%)
Associate degree: 703 (6.57%)
Bachelor's degree: 3,029 (28.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,926 (17.99%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 46.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 14,277 (100%)
Never married: 5,004 (35.05%)
Now married, except separated: 6,973 (48.84%)
Separated: 150 (1.05%)
Total Widowed: 484 (3.39%)
Widowed Female: 399 (2.79%)
Total Divorced: 1,666 (11.67%)
Divorced Female: 808 (5.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 58 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (51.72%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 13,585 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,525 (11.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,958 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (6.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,342 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,258 (12.16%)
----Percent employed: 65.3%
--No disability: 9,084 (87.84%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,376 (100%)
--With a disability: 424 (30.81%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 16,335 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,020 (36.85%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 9,586 (58.68%)
--Same county: 3,535 (21.64%)
--Different county: 6,051 (37.04%)
----Same state: 2,591 (15.86%)
----Different state: 3,460 (21.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 729 (4.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,411 (100%)
Native: 16,254 (93.35%)
--Born in United States: 16,089 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,579 (37.79%)
----Different state: 9,510 (54.62%)
--Born outside United States: 165 (0.95%)
Foreign born: 1,157 (6.65%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 728 (4.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 333 (1.91%)
--Not a citizen: 824 (4.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,157 (100%)
Europe: 320 (27.66%)
Asia: 465 (40.19%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 17 (1.47%)
Latin America: 275 (23.77%)
Northern America: 80 (6.91%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 16,335 (100%)
English only: 14,617 (89.48%)
Language other than English: 1,718 (10.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 482 (2.95%)
--Spanish: 746 (4.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 201 (1.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 527 (3.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 439 (2.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 212 (1.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,411 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 21,361% (122.69%)
Arab: 62 (0.36%)
Czech: 219 (1.26%)
Danish: 244 (1.4%)
Dutch: 343 (1.97%)
English: 2,741 (15.74%)
French (except Basque): 655 (3.76%)
French Canadian: 253 (1.45%)
German: 4,975 (28.57%)
Greek: 85 (0.49%)
Hungarian: 59 (0.34%)
Irish: 2,414 (13.86%)
Italian: 1,008 (5.79%)
Lithuanian: 48 (0.28%)
Norwegian: 598 (3.43%)
Polish: 489 (2.81%)
Portuguese: 32 (0.18%)
Russian: 157 (0.9%)
Scotch-Irish: 532 (3.06%)
Scottish: 763 (4.38%)
Slovak: 33 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 16 (0.09%)
Swedish: 846 (4.86%)
Swiss: 130 (0.75%)
Ukrainian: 56 (0.32%)
United States or American: 933 (5.36%)
Welsh: 179 (1.03%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,491 (20.05%)

Return to Golden,CO.