Lafayette, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0841835, place: Lafayette city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,599 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 525 (7.96%)
Kindergarten: 366 (5.55%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,871 (43.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,362 (20.64%)
College or graduate school: 1,475 (22.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 15,144 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 704 (4.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 657 (4.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,805 (18.52%)
Some college, no degree: 3,098 (20.46%)
Associate degree: 967 (6.39%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,341 (28.66%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,572 (16.98%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 45.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 17,828 (100%)
Never married: 4,683 (26.27%)
Now married, except separated: 10,260 (57.55%)
Separated: 281 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 551 (3.09%)
Widowed Female: 493 (2.77%)
Total Divorced: 2,053 (11.52%)
Divorced Female: 1,208 (6.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 419 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 187 (44.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 16,804 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,680 (10%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,327 (100%)
--With a disability: 309 (5.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,818 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,926 (13%)
----Percent employed: 76.5%
--No disability: 12,892 (87%)
----Percent employed: 85.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,312 (100%)
--With a disability: 561 (42.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 21,480 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,207 (38.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,877 (59.95%)
--Same county: 6,375 (29.68%)
--Different county: 6,502 (30.27%)
----Same state: 2,082 (9.69%)
----Different state: 4,420 (20.58%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 396 (1.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 23,349 (100%)
Native: 21,067 (90.23%)
--Born in United States: 20,674 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,438 (36.14%)
----Different state: 12,236 (52.4%)
--Born outside United States: 393 (1.68%)
Foreign born: 2,282 (9.77%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,164 (4.99%)
--Naturalized citizen: 696 (2.98%)
--Not a citizen: 1,586 (6.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,282 (100%)
Europe: 307 (13.45%)
Asia: 694 (30.41%)
Africa: 16 (0.7%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,195 (52.37%)
Northern America: 70 (3.07%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 21,480 (100%)
English only: 17,722 (82.5%)
Language other than English: 3,758 (17.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,583 (7.37%)
--Spanish: 2,393 (11.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,215 (5.66%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 592 (2.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 127 (0.59%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 566 (2.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 211 (0.98%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 23,349 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,449% (117.56%)
Arab: 44 (0.19%)
Czech: 165 (0.71%)
Danish: 205 (0.88%)
Dutch: 394 (1.69%)
English: 3,022 (12.94%)
French (except Basque): 895 (3.83%)
French Canadian: 198 (0.85%)
German: 5,286 (22.64%)
Greek: 117 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 162 (0.69%)
Irish: 3,059 (13.1%)
Italian: 1,178 (5.05%)
Lithuanian: 135 (0.58%)
Norwegian: 748 (3.2%)
Polish: 716 (3.07%)
Portuguese: 20 (0.09%)
Russian: 318 (1.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 512 (2.19%)
Scottish: 961 (4.12%)
Slovak: 78 (0.33%)
Subsaharan African: 33 (0.14%)
Swedish: 704 (3.02%)
Swiss: 161 (0.69%)
Ukrainian: 82 (0.35%)
United States or American: 1,007 (4.31%)
Welsh: 279 (1.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 6,970 (29.85%)

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