Meeker, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0849875, place: Meeker town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 496 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 36 (7.26%)
Kindergarten: 31 (6.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 234 (47.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 162 (32.66%)
College or graduate school: 33 (6.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,460 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 78 (5.34%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 121 (8.29%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 445 (30.48%)
Some college, no degree: 472 (32.33%)
Associate degree: 77 (5.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 198 (13.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 69 (4.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,723 (100%)
Never married: 347 (20.14%)
Now married, except separated: 1,058 (61.4%)
Separated: 38 (2.21%)
Total Widowed: 96 (5.57%)
Widowed Female: 75 (4.35%)
Total Divorced: 184 (10.68%)
Divorced Female: 97 (5.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 33 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (72.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,589 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 226 (14.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 517 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (6.58%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,206 (100%)
--With a disability: 192 (15.92%)
----Percent employed: 55.2%
--No disability: 1,014 (84.08%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 315 (100%)
--With a disability: 150 (47.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,038 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 958 (47.01%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,057 (51.86%)
--Same county: 447 (21.93%)
--Different county: 610 (29.93%)
----Same state: 396 (19.43%)
----Different state: 214 (10.5%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (1.13%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,183 (100%)
Native: 2,106 (96.47%)
--Born in United States: 2,106 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,212 (55.52%)
----Different state: 894 (40.95%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 77 (3.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 37 (1.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 27 (1.24%)
--Not a citizen: 50 (2.29%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 77 (100%)
Europe: 24 (31.17%)
Asia: 8 (10.39%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 42 (54.55%)
Northern America: 3 (3.9%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,038 (100%)
English only: 1,908 (93.62%)
Language other than English: 130 (6.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (3.34%)
--Spanish: 85 (4.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (2.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 40 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.64%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,183 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,391% (109.53%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 20 (0.92%)
Danish: 58 (2.66%)
Dutch: 29 (1.33%)
English: 306 (14.02%)
French (except Basque): 88 (4.03%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.18%)
German: 589 (26.98%)
Greek: 17 (0.78%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 326 (14.93%)
Italian: 28 (1.28%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 37 (1.69%)
Polish: 44 (2.02%)
Portuguese: 9 (0.41%)
Russian: 24 (1.1%)
Scotch-Irish: 57 (2.61%)
Scottish: 64 (2.93%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 50 (2.29%)
Swiss: 8 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 200 (9.16%)
Welsh: 29 (1.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 404 (18.51%)

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