Orchard City, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0855980, place: Orchard City town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 489 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 15 (3.07%)
Kindergarten: 17 (3.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 291 (59.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 116 (23.72%)
College or graduate school: 50 (10.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,187 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 116 (5.3%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 264 (12.07%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 832 (38.04%)
Some college, no degree: 537 (24.55%)
Associate degree: 123 (5.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 241 (11.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 74 (3.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,426 (100%)
Never married: 280 (11.54%)
Now married, except separated: 1,599 (65.91%)
Separated: 28 (1.15%)
Total Widowed: 264 (10.88%)
Widowed Female: 196 (8.08%)
Total Divorced: 255 (10.51%)
Divorced Female: 109 (4.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 33 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (54.55%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,323 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 479 (20.62%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 507 (100%)
--With a disability: 65 (12.82%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,482 (100%)
--With a disability: 294 (19.84%)
----Percent employed: 47.6%
--No disability: 1,188 (80.16%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 771 (100%)
--With a disability: 316 (40.99%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,760 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,468 (53.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,254 (45.43%)
--Same county: 623 (22.57%)
--Different county: 631 (22.86%)
----Same state: 328 (11.88%)
----Different state: 303 (10.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 38 (1.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,868 (100%)
Native: 2,811 (98.01%)
--Born in United States: 2,774 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,498 (52.23%)
----Different state: 1,276 (44.49%)
--Born outside United States: 37 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 57 (1.99%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (0.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (0.84%)
--Not a citizen: 33 (1.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 57 (100%)
Europe: 8 (14.04%)
Asia: 12 (21.05%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (45.61%)
Northern America: 11 (19.3%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,760 (100%)
English only: 2,571 (93.15%)
Language other than English: 189 (6.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (1.49%)
--Spanish: 115 (4.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.91%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 52 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.29%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 22 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,868 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,016% (105.16%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 41 (1.43%)
Dutch: 101 (3.52%)
English: 444 (15.48%)
French (except Basque): 132 (4.6%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 718 (25.03%)
Greek: 6 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.14%)
Irish: 321 (11.19%)
Italian: 71 (2.48%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 58 (2.02%)
Polish: 52 (1.81%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.17%)
Russian: 9 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 94 (3.28%)
Scottish: 75 (2.62%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 110 (3.84%)
Swiss: 49 (1.71%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.17%)
United States or American: 241 (8.4%)
Welsh: 45 (1.57%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 435 (15.17%)

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