Saguache, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0867005, place: Saguache town, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 131 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7 (5.34%)
Kindergarten: 8 (6.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 63 (48.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 39 (29.77%)
College or graduate school: 14 (10.69%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 418 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 49 (11.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 73 (17.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 127 (30.38%)
Some college, no degree: 73 (17.46%)
Associate degree: 13 (3.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 46 (11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 37 (8.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 70.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 473 (100%)
Never married: 113 (23.89%)
Now married, except separated: 246 (52.01%)
Separated: 4 (0.85%)
Total Widowed: 39 (8.25%)
Widowed Female: 32 (6.77%)
Total Divorced: 71 (15.01%)
Divorced Female: 41 (8.67%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 5 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (60%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 442 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 47 (10.63%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 118 (100%)
--With a disability: 2 (1.69%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 320 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (20%)
----Percent employed: 59.4%
--No disability: 256 (80%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 91 (100%)
--With a disability: 39 (42.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 546 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 328 (60.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 218 (39.93%)
--Same county: 82 (15.02%)
--Different county: 136 (24.91%)
----Same state: 72 (13.19%)
----Different state: 64 (11.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 569 (100%)
Native: 553 (97.19%)
--Born in United States: 553 (100%)
----State of residence: 377 (66.26%)
----Different state: 176 (30.93%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 16 (2.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 11 (1.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (100%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 546 (100%)
English only: 432 (79.12%)
Language other than English: 114 (20.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 22 (4.03%)
--Spanish: 105 (19.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (3.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (1.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 569 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 575% (101.05%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (1.23%)
Danish: 22 (3.87%)
Dutch: 5 (0.88%)
English: 89 (15.64%)
French (except Basque): 15 (2.64%)
French Canadian: 4 (0.7%)
German: 91 (15.99%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 52 (9.14%)
Italian: 6 (1.05%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.35%)
Norwegian: 7 (1.23%)
Polish: 8 (1.41%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 5 (0.88%)
Scotch-Irish: 8 (1.41%)
Scottish: 12 (2.11%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 8 (1.41%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 24 (4.22%)
Welsh: 3 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 207 (36.38%)

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