Gunnison, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0833640, place: Gunnison city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,636 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 84 (3.19%)
Kindergarten: 37 (1.4%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 330 (12.52%)
High school (grades 9-12): 195 (7.4%)
College or graduate school: 1,990 (75.49%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,397 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 102 (4.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 138 (5.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 416 (17.36%)
Some college, no degree: 746 (31.12%)
Associate degree: 71 (2.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 652 (27.2%)
Graduate or professional degree: 272 (11.35%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,692 (100%)
Never married: 2,562 (54.6%)
Now married, except separated: 1,498 (31.93%)
Separated: 65 (1.39%)
Total Widowed: 197 (4.2%)
Widowed Female: 127 (2.71%)
Total Divorced: 370 (7.89%)
Divorced Female: 203 (4.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,543 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 338 (7.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,622 (100%)
--With a disability: 219 (13.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,073 (100%)
--With a disability: 224 (7.29%)
----Percent employed: 61.2%
--No disability: 2,849 (92.71%)
----Percent employed: 76.1%
Population 65 years and over: 346 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (30.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,077 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,564 (30.81%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,408 (67.13%)
--Same county: 1,059 (20.86%)
--Different county: 2,349 (46.27%)
----Same state: 1,201 (23.66%)
----Different state: 1,148 (22.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 105 (2.07%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,318 (100%)
Native: 5,176 (97.33%)
--Born in United States: 5,096 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,356 (44.3%)
----Different state: 2,740 (51.52%)
--Born outside United States: 80 (1.5%)
Foreign born: 142 (2.67%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 77 (1.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 52 (0.98%)
--Not a citizen: 90 (1.69%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 142 (100%)
Europe: 70 (49.3%)
Asia: 10 (7.04%)
Africa: 12 (8.45%)
Oceania: 6 (4.23%)
Latin America: 31 (21.83%)
Northern America: 13 (9.15%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,077 (100%)
English only: 4,714 (92.85%)
Language other than English: 363 (7.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 143 (2.82%)
--Spanish: 221 (4.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 96 (1.89%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 136 (2.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (0.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,318 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,885% (110.66%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 46 (0.86%)
Danish: 13 (0.24%)
Dutch: 131 (2.46%)
English: 680 (12.79%)
French (except Basque): 219 (4.12%)
French Canadian: 37 (0.7%)
German: 1,172 (22.04%)
Greek: 45 (0.85%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.28%)
Irish: 821 (15.44%)
Italian: 387 (7.28%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.51%)
Norwegian: 183 (3.44%)
Polish: 206 (3.87%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.13%)
Russian: 60 (1.13%)
Scotch-Irish: 176 (3.31%)
Scottish: 195 (3.67%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 17 (0.32%)
Swedish: 173 (3.25%)
Swiss: 20 (0.38%)
Ukrainian: 41 (0.77%)
United States or American: 297 (5.58%)
Welsh: 95 (1.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 822 (15.46%)

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