Kersey, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0840515, place: Kersey town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 397 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 31 (7.81%)
Kindergarten: 23 (5.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 186 (46.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 82 (20.65%)
College or graduate school: 75 (18.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 776 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 77 (9.92%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 75 (9.66%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 238 (30.67%)
Some college, no degree: 219 (28.22%)
Associate degree: 60 (7.73%)
Bachelor's degree: 82 (10.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 25 (3.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,010 (100%)
Never married: 216 (21.39%)
Now married, except separated: 630 (62.38%)
Separated: 6 (0.59%)
Total Widowed: 56 (5.54%)
Widowed Female: 47 (4.65%)
Total Divorced: 102 (10.1%)
Divorced Female: 59 (5.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (17.24%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 932 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 97 (10.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 347 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (7.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 774 (100%)
--With a disability: 102 (13.18%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 672 (86.82%)
----Percent employed: 87.1%
Population 65 years and over: 114 (100%)
--With a disability: 73 (64.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,235 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 569 (46.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 652 (52.79%)
--Same county: 479 (38.79%)
--Different county: 173 (14.01%)
----Same state: 90 (7.29%)
----Different state: 83 (6.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 14 (1.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,397 (100%)
Native: 1,348 (96.49%)
--Born in United States: 1,323 (100%)
----State of residence: 829 (59.34%)
----Different state: 494 (35.36%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (1.79%)
Foreign born: 49 (3.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (1.86%)
--Not a citizen: 23 (1.65%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 49 (100%)
Europe: 4 (8.16%)
Asia: 7 (14.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 38 (77.55%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,235 (100%)
English only: 1,008 (81.62%)
Language other than English: 227 (18.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (5.51%)
--Spanish: 202 (16.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (4.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 19 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,397 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,457% (104.29%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.79%)
Danish: 10 (0.72%)
Dutch: 37 (2.65%)
English: 68 (4.87%)
French (except Basque): 44 (3.15%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.36%)
German: 478 (34.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 148 (10.59%)
Italian: 10 (0.72%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 37 (2.65%)
Polish: 34 (2.43%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.14%)
Russian: 6 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 23 (1.65%)
Scottish: 16 (1.15%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 56 (4.01%)
Swiss: 8 (0.57%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 59 (4.22%)
Welsh: 8 (0.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 397 (28.42%)

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