Lamar, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0843110, place: Lamar city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,425 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 226 (9.32%)
Kindergarten: 186 (7.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,138 (46.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 501 (20.66%)
College or graduate school: 374 (15.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,282 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 831 (15.73%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 753 (14.26%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,459 (27.62%)
Some college, no degree: 1,216 (23.02%)
Associate degree: 438 (8.29%)
Bachelor's degree: 362 (6.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 223 (4.22%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,835 (100%)
Never married: 1,474 (21.57%)
Now married, except separated: 4,117 (60.23%)
Separated: 101 (1.48%)
Total Widowed: 462 (6.76%)
Widowed Female: 421 (6.16%)
Total Divorced: 681 (9.96%)
Divorced Female: 389 (5.69%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 195 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 96 (49.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,401 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 681 (10.64%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,385 (100%)
--With a disability: 176 (7.38%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,637 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,044 (22.51%)
----Percent employed: 58%
--No disability: 3,593 (77.49%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,126 (100%)
--With a disability: 548 (48.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,289 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,048 (48.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,885 (46.87%)
--Same county: 2,085 (25.15%)
--Different county: 1,800 (21.72%)
----Same state: 872 (10.52%)
----Different state: 928 (11.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 356 (4.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,062 (100%)
Native: 8,113 (89.53%)
--Born in United States: 8,081 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,195 (57.33%)
----Different state: 2,886 (31.85%)
--Born outside United States: 32 (0.35%)
Foreign born: 949 (10.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 602 (6.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 152 (1.68%)
--Not a citizen: 797 (8.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 949 (100%)
Europe: 49 (5.16%)
Asia: 43 (4.53%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 839 (88.41%)
Northern America: 18 (1.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,289 (100%)
English only: 6,186 (74.63%)
Language other than English: 2,103 (25.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 988 (11.92%)
--Spanish: 1,991 (24.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 956 (11.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 78 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 22 (0.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (0.27%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,062 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,228% (90.8%)
Arab: 6 (0.07%)
Czech: 46 (0.51%)
Danish: 83 (0.92%)
Dutch: 210 (2.32%)
English: 832 (9.18%)
French (except Basque): 98 (1.08%)
French Canadian: 17 (0.19%)
German: 1,363 (15.04%)
Greek: 7 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 686 (7.57%)
Italian: 110 (1.21%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 143 (1.58%)
Polish: 35 (0.39%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 40 (0.44%)
Scotch-Irish: 105 (1.16%)
Scottish: 110 (1.21%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 6 (0.07%)
Swedish: 75 (0.83%)
Swiss: 50 (0.55%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 752 (8.3%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,454 (38.12%)

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