Pierce, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0859005, place: Pierce town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 214 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (3.27%)
Kindergarten: 10 (4.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 109 (50.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 72 (33.64%)
College or graduate school: 16 (7.48%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 598 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 49 (8.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 105 (17.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 214 (35.79%)
Some college, no degree: 140 (23.41%)
Associate degree: 46 (7.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 42 (7.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2 (0.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 685 (100%)
Never married: 141 (20.58%)
Now married, except separated: 408 (59.56%)
Separated: 16 (2.34%)
Total Widowed: 47 (6.86%)
Widowed Female: 39 (5.69%)
Total Divorced: 73 (10.66%)
Divorced Female: 30 (4.38%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 23 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (47.83%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 633 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 90 (14.22%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 214 (100%)
--With a disability: 16 (7.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 470 (100%)
--With a disability: 115 (24.47%)
----Percent employed: 73.9%
--No disability: 355 (75.53%)
----Percent employed: 84.2%
Population 65 years and over: 135 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (33.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 819 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 489 (59.71%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 322 (39.32%)
--Same county: 202 (24.66%)
--Different county: 120 (14.65%)
----Same state: 70 (8.55%)
----Different state: 50 (6.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 860 (100%)
Native: 833 (96.86%)
--Born in United States: 824 (100%)
----State of residence: 443 (51.51%)
----Different state: 381 (44.3%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (1.05%)
Foreign born: 27 (3.14%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (1.51%)
--Not a citizen: 14 (1.63%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 27 (100%)
Europe: 2 (7.41%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 25 (92.59%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 819 (100%)
English only: 674 (82.3%)
Language other than English: 145 (17.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (5.74%)
--Spanish: 124 (15.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (5.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 14 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 860 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 879% (102.21%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 8 (0.93%)
Dutch: 18 (2.09%)
English: 72 (8.37%)
French (except Basque): 22 (2.56%)
French Canadian: 2 (0.23%)
German: 233 (27.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 62 (7.21%)
Italian: 14 (1.63%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 14 (1.63%)
Polish: 13 (1.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 22 (2.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 19 (2.21%)
Scottish: 4 (0.47%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 50 (5.81%)
Swiss: 6 (0.7%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 54 (6.28%)
Welsh: 5 (0.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 261 (30.35%)

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