General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0882350, place: Walsenburg city, Colorado)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 919 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 61 (6.64%)
Kindergarten: 78 (8.49%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 369 (40.15%)
High school (grades 9-12): 261 (28.4%)
College or graduate school: 150 (16.32%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,927 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 285 (9.74%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 565 (19.3%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,084 (37.03%)
Some college, no degree: 603 (20.6%)
Associate degree: 105 (3.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 169 (5.77%)
Graduate or professional degree: 116 (3.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 71%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 3,480 (100%)
Never married: 703 (20.2%)
Now married, except separated: 1,921 (55.2%)
Separated: 144 (4.14%)
Total Widowed: 360 (10.34%)
Widowed Female: 277 (7.96%)
Total Divorced: 352 (10.11%)
Divorced Female: 169 (4.86%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 52 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 33 (63.46%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 3,304 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 573 (17.34%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 730 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (10.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,716 (100%)
--With a disability: 479 (27.91%)
----Percent employed: 30.3%
--No disability: 1,237 (72.09%)
----Percent employed: 72.7%
Population 65 years and over: 707 (100%)
--With a disability: 273 (38.61%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 3,963 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,283 (57.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,654 (41.74%)
--Same county: 746 (18.82%)
--Different county: 908 (22.91%)
----Same state: 518 (13.07%)
----Different state: 390 (9.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (0.66%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 4,184 (100%)
Native: 4,142 (99%)
--Born in United States: 4,113 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,721 (65.03%)
----Different state: 1,392 (33.27%)
--Born outside United States: 29 (0.69%)
Foreign born: 42 (1%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.22%)
--Naturalized citizen: 13 (0.31%)
--Not a citizen: 29 (0.69%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 42 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 6 (14.29%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 16 (38.1%)
Northern America: 20 (47.62%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 3,963 (100%)
English only: 3,046 (76.86%)
Language other than English: 917 (23.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 197 (4.97%)
--Spanish: 899 (22.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 197 (4.97%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 12 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 4,184 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,283% (78.47%)
Arab: 44 (1.05%)
Czech: 12 (0.29%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 29 (0.69%)
English: 182 (4.35%)
French (except Basque): 86 (2.06%)
French Canadian: 52 (1.24%)
German: 213 (5.09%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.14%)
Irish: 178 (4.25%)
Italian: 209 (5%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 38 (0.91%)
Polish: 24 (0.57%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 15 (0.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 27 (0.65%)
Scottish: 48 (1.15%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 32 (0.76%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 108 (2.58%)
Welsh: 9 (0.22%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,971 (47.11%)
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