Parachute, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0857400, place: Parachute town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 300 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 16 (5.33%)
Kindergarten: 18 (6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 160 (53.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 69 (23%)
College or graduate school: 37 (12.33%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 552 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 51 (9.24%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 73 (13.22%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 177 (32.07%)
Some college, no degree: 166 (30.07%)
Associate degree: 15 (2.72%)
Bachelor's degree: 64 (11.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6 (1.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 680 (100%)
Never married: 161 (23.68%)
Now married, except separated: 341 (50.15%)
Separated: 27 (3.97%)
Total Widowed: 46 (6.76%)
Widowed Female: 36 (5.29%)
Total Divorced: 105 (15.44%)
Divorced Female: 49 (7.21%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 11 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (45.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 628 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 123 (19.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 293 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (5.8%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 504 (100%)
--With a disability: 99 (19.64%)
----Percent employed: 59.6%
--No disability: 405 (80.36%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 89 (100%)
--With a disability: 49 (55.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 886 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 251 (28.33%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 607 (68.51%)
--Same county: 207 (23.36%)
--Different county: 400 (45.15%)
----Same state: 160 (18.06%)
----Different state: 240 (27.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 28 (3.16%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 968 (100%)
Native: 858 (88.64%)
--Born in United States: 850 (100%)
----State of residence: 364 (37.6%)
----Different state: 486 (50.21%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.83%)
Foreign born: 110 (11.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 53 (5.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 32 (3.31%)
--Not a citizen: 78 (8.06%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 110 (100%)
Europe: 15 (13.64%)
Asia: 3 (2.73%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 82 (74.55%)
Northern America: 10 (9.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 886 (100%)
English only: 747 (84.31%)
Language other than English: 139 (15.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 97 (10.95%)
--Spanish: 135 (15.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 93 (10.5%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 4 (0.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.45%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 968 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 936% (96.69%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 13 (1.34%)
Danish: 16 (1.65%)
Dutch: 10 (1.03%)
English: 122 (12.6%)
French (except Basque): 28 (2.89%)
French Canadian: 5 (0.52%)
German: 181 (18.7%)
Greek: 5 (0.52%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 155 (16.01%)
Italian: 7 (0.72%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.21%)
Norwegian: 4 (0.41%)
Polish: 8 (0.83%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 6 (0.62%)
Scotch-Irish: 18 (1.86%)
Scottish: 17 (1.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 21 (2.17%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.52%)
United States or American: 65 (6.71%)
Welsh: 3 (0.31%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 245 (25.31%)

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