Trinidad, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0878610, place: Trinidad city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,453 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 186 (7.58%)
Kindergarten: 90 (3.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,033 (42.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 545 (22.22%)
College or graduate school: 599 (24.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,910 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 648 (10.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 775 (13.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,522 (25.75%)
Some college, no degree: 1,293 (21.88%)
Associate degree: 680 (11.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 570 (9.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 422 (7.14%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 75.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,160 (100%)
Never married: 1,920 (26.82%)
Now married, except separated: 3,397 (47.44%)
Separated: 115 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 809 (11.3%)
Widowed Female: 667 (9.32%)
Total Divorced: 919 (12.84%)
Divorced Female: 541 (7.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 216 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 109 (50.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,784 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,055 (15.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,158 (100%)
--With a disability: 134 (6.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,475 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,336 (29.85%)
----Percent employed: 49%
--No disability: 3,139 (70.15%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,628 (100%)
--With a disability: 788 (48.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,451 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,850 (57.39%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,447 (40.79%)
--Same county: 1,891 (22.38%)
--Different county: 1,556 (18.41%)
----Same state: 616 (7.29%)
----Different state: 940 (11.12%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 154 (1.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,017 (100%)
Native: 8,803 (97.63%)
--Born in United States: 8,769 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,008 (66.63%)
----Different state: 2,761 (30.62%)
--Born outside United States: 34 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 214 (2.37%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 87 (0.96%)
--Naturalized citizen: 68 (0.75%)
--Not a citizen: 146 (1.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 214 (100%)
Europe: 21 (9.81%)
Asia: 30 (14.02%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 163 (76.17%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,451 (100%)
English only: 6,524 (77.2%)
Language other than English: 1,927 (22.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 414 (4.9%)
--Spanish: 1,770 (20.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 389 (4.6%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 113 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.12%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.18%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,017 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,200% (102.03%)
Arab: 56 (0.62%)
Czech: 33 (0.37%)
Danish: 31 (0.34%)
Dutch: 107 (1.19%)
English: 506 (5.61%)
French (except Basque): 147 (1.63%)
French Canadian: 73 (0.81%)
German: 898 (9.96%)
Greek: 16 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.08%)
Irish: 596 (6.61%)
Italian: 1,316 (14.59%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 107 (1.19%)
Polish: 102 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 52 (0.58%)
Scottish: 116 (1.29%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 93 (1.03%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 396 (4.39%)
Welsh: 35 (0.39%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,505 (49.96%)

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