Paonia, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0857300, place: Paonia town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 309 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 14 (4.53%)
Kindergarten: 15 (4.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 141 (45.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 116 (37.54%)
College or graduate school: 23 (7.44%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,025 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 47 (4.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 154 (15.02%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 361 (35.22%)
Some college, no degree: 248 (24.2%)
Associate degree: 39 (3.8%)
Bachelor's degree: 134 (13.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 42 (4.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,235 (100%)
Never married: 268 (21.7%)
Now married, except separated: 683 (55.3%)
Separated: 13 (1.05%)
Total Widowed: 126 (10.2%)
Widowed Female: 109 (8.83%)
Total Divorced: 145 (11.74%)
Divorced Female: 90 (7.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 19 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (52.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,148 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 187 (16.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 314 (100%)
--With a disability: 11 (3.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 776 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (15.59%)
----Percent employed: 53.7%
--No disability: 655 (84.41%)
----Percent employed: 75.4%
Population 65 years and over: 308 (100%)
--With a disability: 197 (63.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,398 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 739 (52.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 642 (45.92%)
--Same county: 241 (17.24%)
--Different county: 401 (28.68%)
----Same state: 224 (16.02%)
----Different state: 177 (12.66%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 17 (1.22%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,506 (100%)
Native: 1,475 (97.94%)
--Born in United States: 1,469 (100%)
----State of residence: 742 (49.27%)
----Different state: 727 (48.27%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.4%)
Foreign born: 31 (2.06%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 11 (0.73%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.73%)
--Not a citizen: 20 (1.33%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 31 (100%)
Europe: 12 (38.71%)
Asia: 2 (6.45%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 9 (29.03%)
Northern America: 8 (25.81%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,398 (100%)
English only: 1,335 (95.49%)
Language other than English: 63 (4.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.86%)
--Spanish: 42 (3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.86%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,506 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,490% (98.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 10 (0.66%)
Danish: 13 (0.86%)
Dutch: 43 (2.86%)
English: 233 (15.47%)
French (except Basque): 57 (3.78%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.33%)
German: 244 (16.2%)
Greek: 1 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.27%)
Irish: 162 (10.76%)
Italian: 71 (4.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 36 (2.39%)
Polish: 27 (1.79%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 9 (0.6%)
Scotch-Irish: 59 (3.92%)
Scottish: 43 (2.86%)
Slovak: 2 (0.13%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 35 (2.32%)
Swiss: 8 (0.53%)
Ukrainian: 3 (0.2%)
United States or American: 143 (9.5%)
Welsh: 27 (1.79%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 2 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 253 (16.8%)

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