Wheat Ridge, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0884440, place: Wheat Ridge city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 7,147 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 581 (8.13%)
Kindergarten: 420 (5.88%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,997 (41.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,552 (21.72%)
College or graduate school: 1,597 (22.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 23,603 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 891 (3.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,499 (10.59%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,112 (30.13%)
Some college, no degree: 6,011 (25.47%)
Associate degree: 1,165 (4.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,009 (16.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,916 (8.12%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 25.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 27,183 (100%)
Never married: 6,525 (24%)
Now married, except separated: 13,676 (50.31%)
Separated: 553 (2.03%)
Total Widowed: 2,531 (9.31%)
Widowed Female: 2,085 (7.67%)
Total Divorced: 3,898 (14.34%)
Divorced Female: 2,226 (8.19%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 312 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 170 (54.49%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 26,010 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,572 (13.73%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,800 (100%)
--With a disability: 462 (7.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,731 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,662 (19.55%)
----Percent employed: 63%
--No disability: 15,069 (80.45%)
----Percent employed: 83.4%
Population 65 years and over: 5,992 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,460 (41.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 30,925 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,433 (49.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,730 (47.63%)
--Same county: 7,276 (23.53%)
--Different county: 7,454 (24.1%)
----Same state: 4,708 (15.22%)
----Different state: 2,746 (8.88%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 762 (2.46%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 33,015 (100%)
Native: 31,032 (93.99%)
--Born in United States: 30,774 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,541 (50.1%)
----Different state: 14,233 (43.11%)
--Born outside United States: 258 (0.78%)
Foreign born: 1,983 (6.01%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,043 (3.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 748 (2.27%)
--Not a citizen: 1,235 (3.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,983 (100%)
Europe: 614 (30.96%)
Asia: 292 (14.73%)
Africa: 12 (0.61%)
Oceania: 27 (1.36%)
Latin America: 954 (48.11%)
Northern America: 84 (4.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 30,925 (100%)
English only: 27,747 (89.72%)
Language other than English: 3,178 (10.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,377 (4.45%)
--Spanish: 2,071 (6.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 907 (2.93%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 759 (2.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 287 (0.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 263 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 154 (0.5%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 33,015 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 37,405% (113.3%)
Arab: 111 (0.34%)
Czech: 319 (0.97%)
Danish: 285 (0.86%)
Dutch: 687 (2.08%)
English: 4,579 (13.87%)
French (except Basque): 1,299 (3.93%)
French Canadian: 336 (1.02%)
German: 7,914 (23.97%)
Greek: 45 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 119 (0.36%)
Irish: 4,381 (13.27%)
Italian: 2,587 (7.84%)
Lithuanian: 67 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 762 (2.31%)
Polish: 663 (2.01%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.02%)
Russian: 329 (1%)
Scotch-Irish: 890 (2.7%)
Scottish: 851 (2.58%)
Slovak: 31 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 38 (0.12%)
Swedish: 1,324 (4.01%)
Swiss: 120 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 82 (0.25%)
United States or American: 1,353 (4.1%)
Welsh: 255 (0.77%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,971 (24.14%)

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