Highlands Ranch, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0836410, place: Highlands Ranch CDP, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 21,365 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,727 (12.76%)
Kindergarten: 1,444 (6.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,821 (45.97%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,576 (16.74%)
College or graduate school: 3,797 (17.77%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 44,861 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 177 (0.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 791 (1.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,671 (10.41%)
Some college, no degree: 9,612 (21.43%)
Associate degree: 3,149 (7.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 18,744 (41.78%)
Graduate or professional degree: 7,717 (17.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 59%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 50,588 (100%)
Never married: 8,908 (17.61%)
Now married, except separated: 36,997 (73.13%)
Separated: 321 (0.63%)
Total Widowed: 895 (1.77%)
Widowed Female: 750 (1.48%)
Total Divorced: 3,467 (6.85%)
Divorced Female: 2,084 (4.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 570 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 175 (30.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 47,828 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,030 (10.52%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 16,534 (100%)
--With a disability: 880 (5.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 44,253 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,137 (7.09%)
----Percent employed: 79.8%
--No disability: 41,116 (92.91%)
----Percent employed: 85%
Population 65 years and over: 2,296 (100%)
--With a disability: 679 (29.57%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 63,141 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 17,239 (27.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 44,056 (69.77%)
--Same county: 7,067 (11.19%)
--Different county: 36,989 (58.58%)
----Same state: 18,685 (29.59%)
----Different state: 18,304 (28.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,846 (2.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 70,864 (100%)
Native: 66,147 (93.34%)
--Born in United States: 65,234 (100%)
----State of residence: 23,014 (32.48%)
----Different state: 42,220 (59.58%)
--Born outside United States: 913 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 4,717 (6.66%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,347 (3.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,043 (2.88%)
--Not a citizen: 2,674 (3.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,717 (100%)
Europe: 995 (21.09%)
Asia: 2,237 (47.42%)
Africa: 221 (4.69%)
Oceania: 122 (2.59%)
Latin America: 511 (10.83%)
Northern America: 631 (13.38%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 63,141 (100%)
English only: 57,519 (91.1%)
Language other than English: 5,622 (8.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,637 (2.59%)
--Spanish: 1,636 (2.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 341 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,862 (2.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 391 (0.62%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,843 (2.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 822 (1.3%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 70,864 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 87,049% (122.84%)
Arab: 476 (0.67%)
Czech: 767 (1.08%)
Danish: 744 (1.05%)
Dutch: 1,692 (2.39%)
English: 10,290 (14.52%)
French (except Basque): 3,115 (4.4%)
French Canadian: 768 (1.08%)
German: 18,816 (26.55%)
Greek: 351 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 504 (0.71%)
Irish: 10,971 (15.48%)
Italian: 4,796 (6.77%)
Lithuanian: 271 (0.38%)
Norwegian: 3,074 (4.34%)
Polish: 2,435 (3.44%)
Portuguese: 184 (0.26%)
Russian: 994 (1.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,448 (2.04%)
Scottish: 2,313 (3.26%)
Slovak: 140 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 277 (0.39%)
Swedish: 2,674 (3.77%)
Swiss: 402 (0.57%)
Ukrainian: 200 (0.28%)
United States or American: 3,040 (4.29%)
Welsh: 888 (1.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 145 (0.2%)
Other ancestries: 15,274 (21.55%)

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