La Salle, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0843605, place: La Salle town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 560 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 22 (3.93%)
Kindergarten: 46 (8.21%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 273 (48.75%)
High school (grades 9-12): 133 (23.75%)
College or graduate school: 86 (15.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,188 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 183 (15.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 189 (15.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 352 (29.63%)
Some college, no degree: 260 (21.89%)
Associate degree: 83 (6.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 74 (6.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 47 (3.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,429 (100%)
Never married: 299 (20.92%)
Now married, except separated: 857 (59.97%)
Separated: 28 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 88 (6.16%)
Widowed Female: 74 (5.18%)
Total Divorced: 157 (10.99%)
Divorced Female: 87 (6.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 45 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 20 (44.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,324 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 189 (14.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 500 (100%)
--With a disability: 26 (5.2%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,026 (100%)
--With a disability: 194 (18.91%)
----Percent employed: 69.1%
--No disability: 832 (81.09%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 236 (100%)
--With a disability: 96 (40.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,762 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,048 (59.48%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 676 (38.37%)
--Same county: 478 (27.13%)
--Different county: 198 (11.24%)
----Same state: 119 (6.75%)
----Different state: 79 (4.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 38 (2.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,870 (100%)
Native: 1,677 (89.68%)
--Born in United States: 1,665 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,120 (59.89%)
----Different state: 545 (29.14%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.64%)
Foreign born: 193 (10.32%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 128 (6.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 31 (1.66%)
--Not a citizen: 162 (8.66%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 193 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 193 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,762 (100%)
English only: 1,379 (78.26%)
Language other than English: 383 (21.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 174 (9.88%)
--Spanish: 358 (20.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 171 (9.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 21 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,870 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,988% (106.31%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.37%)
Danish: 18 (0.96%)
Dutch: 19 (1.02%)
English: 151 (8.07%)
French (except Basque): 52 (2.78%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 536 (28.66%)
Greek: 2 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.27%)
Irish: 126 (6.74%)
Italian: 12 (0.64%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 34 (1.82%)
Polish: 29 (1.55%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.21%)
Russian: 18 (0.96%)
Scotch-Irish: 17 (0.91%)
Scottish: 26 (1.39%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 1 (0.05%)
Swedish: 83 (4.44%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.11%)
United States or American: 75 (4.01%)
Welsh: 14 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.21%)
Other ancestries: 753 (40.27%)

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