Welby, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0883120, place: Welby CDP, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,058 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 177 (5.79%)
Kindergarten: 189 (6.18%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,566 (51.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 664 (21.71%)
College or graduate school: 462 (15.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,010 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 679 (8.48%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,352 (16.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,677 (33.42%)
Some college, no degree: 1,951 (24.36%)
Associate degree: 578 (7.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 613 (7.65%)
Graduate or professional degree: 160 (2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,956 (100%)
Never married: 2,568 (25.79%)
Now married, except separated: 5,365 (53.89%)
Separated: 318 (3.19%)
Total Widowed: 458 (4.6%)
Widowed Female: 414 (4.16%)
Total Divorced: 1,247 (12.53%)
Divorced Female: 663 (6.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 536 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 150 (27.99%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,455 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,221 (12.91%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,933 (100%)
--With a disability: 293 (9.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,857 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,870 (23.8%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 5,987 (76.2%)
----Percent employed: 77.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,077 (100%)
--With a disability: 385 (35.75%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,904 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,856 (49.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,635 (47.34%)
--Same county: 2,873 (24.13%)
--Different county: 2,762 (23.2%)
----Same state: 1,772 (14.89%)
----Different state: 990 (8.32%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 413 (3.47%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,010 (100%)
Native: 11,496 (88.36%)
--Born in United States: 11,409 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,216 (55.47%)
----Different state: 4,193 (32.23%)
--Born outside United States: 87 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 1,514 (11.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 917 (7.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 404 (3.11%)
--Not a citizen: 1,110 (8.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,514 (100%)
Europe: 425 (28.07%)
Asia: 102 (6.74%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 979 (64.66%)
Northern America: 8 (0.53%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,904 (100%)
English only: 8,939 (75.09%)
Language other than English: 2,965 (24.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,316 (11.06%)
--Spanish: 2,294 (19.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,077 (9.05%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 542 (4.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 232 (1.95%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 108 (0.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.06%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,010 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,880% (106.69%)
Arab: 16 (0.12%)
Czech: 82 (0.63%)
Danish: 81 (0.62%)
Dutch: 334 (2.57%)
English: 707 (5.43%)
French (except Basque): 421 (3.24%)
French Canadian: 76 (0.58%)
German: 2,334 (17.94%)
Greek: 56 (0.43%)
Hungarian: 45 (0.35%)
Irish: 997 (7.66%)
Italian: 775 (5.96%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 195 (1.5%)
Polish: 153 (1.18%)
Portuguese: 63 (0.48%)
Russian: 144 (1.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 144 (1.11%)
Scottish: 223 (1.71%)
Slovak: 34 (0.26%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 308 (2.37%)
Swiss: 17 (0.13%)
Ukrainian: 223 (1.71%)
United States or American: 655 (5.03%)
Welsh: 84 (0.65%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,707 (43.87%)

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