Pagosa Springs, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0856860, place: Pagosa Springs town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 366 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (2.19%)
Kindergarten: 23 (6.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 191 (52.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 109 (29.78%)
College or graduate school: 35 (9.56%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,067 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 105 (9.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 182 (17.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 340 (31.87%)
Some college, no degree: 247 (23.15%)
Associate degree: 14 (1.31%)
Bachelor's degree: 111 (10.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 68 (6.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,276 (100%)
Never married: 325 (25.47%)
Now married, except separated: 637 (49.92%)
Separated: 34 (2.66%)
Total Widowed: 98 (7.68%)
Widowed Female: 86 (6.74%)
Total Divorced: 182 (14.26%)
Divorced Female: 112 (8.78%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 60 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,196 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 158 (13.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 384 (100%)
--With a disability: 23 (5.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 933 (100%)
--With a disability: 268 (28.72%)
----Percent employed: 61.9%
--No disability: 665 (71.28%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 185 (100%)
--With a disability: 114 (61.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,520 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 783 (51.51%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 727 (47.83%)
--Same county: 309 (20.33%)
--Different county: 418 (27.5%)
----Same state: 78 (5.13%)
----Different state: 340 (22.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 10 (0.66%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,604 (100%)
Native: 1,570 (97.88%)
--Born in United States: 1,564 (100%)
----State of residence: 768 (47.88%)
----Different state: 796 (49.63%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 34 (2.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.69%)
--Naturalized citizen: 12 (0.75%)
--Not a citizen: 22 (1.37%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 34 (100%)
Europe: 7 (20.59%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 5 (14.71%)
Latin America: 22 (64.71%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,520 (100%)
English only: 1,099 (72.3%)
Language other than English: 421 (27.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (7.83%)
--Spanish: 416 (27.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 119 (7.83%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,604 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,624% (101.25%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.69%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 37 (2.31%)
English: 86 (5.36%)
French (except Basque): 56 (3.49%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.37%)
German: 202 (12.59%)
Greek: 2 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.19%)
Irish: 144 (8.98%)
Italian: 12 (0.75%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 42 (2.62%)
Polish: 13 (0.81%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.12%)
Russian: 4 (0.25%)
Scotch-Irish: 28 (1.75%)
Scottish: 30 (1.87%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 12 (0.75%)
Swiss: 2 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 111 (6.92%)
Welsh: 9 (0.56%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 812 (50.62%)

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