Platteville, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0860160, place: Platteville town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 718 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 43 (5.99%)
Kindergarten: 30 (4.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 414 (57.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 155 (21.59%)
College or graduate school: 76 (10.58%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,339 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 189 (14.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 181 (13.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 416 (31.07%)
Some college, no degree: 318 (23.75%)
Associate degree: 96 (7.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 111 (8.29%)
Graduate or professional degree: 28 (2.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,674 (100%)
Never married: 388 (23.18%)
Now married, except separated: 1,026 (61.29%)
Separated: 33 (1.97%)
Total Widowed: 61 (3.64%)
Widowed Female: 38 (2.27%)
Total Divorced: 166 (9.92%)
Divorced Female: 93 (5.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 72 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 32 (44.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,560 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 206 (13.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 678 (100%)
--With a disability: 45 (6.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,300 (100%)
--With a disability: 258 (19.85%)
----Percent employed: 55%
--No disability: 1,042 (80.15%)
----Percent employed: 75.4%
Population 65 years and over: 165 (100%)
--With a disability: 74 (44.85%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,143 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 942 (43.96%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,157 (53.99%)
--Same county: 533 (24.87%)
--Different county: 624 (29.12%)
----Same state: 445 (20.77%)
----Different state: 179 (8.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 44 (2.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,342 (100%)
Native: 2,127 (90.82%)
--Born in United States: 2,108 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,264 (53.97%)
----Different state: 844 (36.04%)
--Born outside United States: 19 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 215 (9.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 104 (4.44%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42 (1.79%)
--Not a citizen: 173 (7.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 215 (100%)
Europe: 12 (5.58%)
Asia: 5 (2.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 198 (92.09%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,143 (100%)
English only: 1,597 (74.52%)
Language other than English: 546 (25.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 239 (11.15%)
--Spanish: 522 (24.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 231 (10.78%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 17 (0.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5 (0.23%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,342 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,325% (99.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.47%)
Danish: 23 (0.98%)
Dutch: 50 (2.13%)
English: 153 (6.53%)
French (except Basque): 68 (2.9%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.38%)
German: 484 (20.67%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 252 (10.76%)
Italian: 42 (1.79%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 29 (1.24%)
Polish: 18 (0.77%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 23 (0.98%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (1.28%)
Scottish: 22 (0.94%)
Slovak: 6 (0.26%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 34 (1.45%)
Swiss: 5 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.09%)
United States or American: 113 (4.82%)
Welsh: 10 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 939 (40.09%)

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