La Jara, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0842055, place: La Jara town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 297 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (4.38%)
Kindergarten: 23 (7.74%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 156 (52.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 67 (22.56%)
College or graduate school: 38 (12.79%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 533 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 78 (14.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 50 (9.38%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 194 (36.4%)
Some college, no degree: 107 (20.08%)
Associate degree: 33 (6.19%)
Bachelor's degree: 36 (6.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 35 (6.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 660 (100%)
Never married: 178 (26.97%)
Now married, except separated: 346 (52.42%)
Separated: 12 (1.82%)
Total Widowed: 49 (7.42%)
Widowed Female: 47 (7.12%)
Total Divorced: 75 (11.36%)
Divorced Female: 41 (6.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (58.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 607 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 75 (12.36%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 284 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (8.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 476 (100%)
--With a disability: 108 (22.69%)
----Percent employed: 44.4%
--No disability: 368 (77.31%)
----Percent employed: 78%
Population 65 years and over: 83 (100%)
--With a disability: 41 (49.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 843 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 531 (62.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 308 (36.54%)
--Same county: 113 (13.4%)
--Different county: 195 (23.13%)
----Same state: 114 (13.52%)
----Different state: 81 (9.61%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 908 (100%)
Native: 863 (95.04%)
--Born in United States: 862 (100%)
----State of residence: 676 (74.45%)
----Different state: 186 (20.48%)
--Born outside United States: 1 (0.11%)
Foreign born: 45 (4.96%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 8 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 37 (4.07%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 45 (100%)
Europe: 4 (8.89%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 41 (91.11%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 843 (100%)
English only: 480 (56.94%)
Language other than English: 363 (43.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 83 (9.85%)
--Spanish: 354 (41.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 83 (9.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (1.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 908 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 860% (94.71%)
Arab: 5 (0.55%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 46 (5.07%)
Dutch: 7 (0.77%)
English: 62 (6.83%)
French (except Basque): 26 (2.86%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 50 (5.51%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 49 (5.4%)
Italian: 10 (1.1%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 3 (0.33%)
Polish: 0 (0%)
Portuguese: 10 (1.1%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 10 (1.1%)
Scottish: 7 (0.77%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 11 (1.21%)
Swiss: 3 (0.33%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 24 (2.64%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 537 (59.14%)

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