Yuma, CO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:0886750, place: Yuma city, Colorado)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 898 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 101 (11.25%)
Kindergarten: 49 (5.46%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 446 (49.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 227 (25.28%)
College or graduate school: 75 (8.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,096 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 304 (14.5%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 250 (11.93%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 679 (32.4%)
Some college, no degree: 408 (19.47%)
Associate degree: 156 (7.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 217 (10.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 82 (3.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 73.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,565 (100%)
Never married: 535 (20.86%)
Now married, except separated: 1,469 (57.27%)
Separated: 52 (2.03%)
Total Widowed: 273 (10.64%)
Widowed Female: 236 (9.2%)
Total Divorced: 236 (9.2%)
Divorced Female: 144 (5.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,360 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 266 (11.27%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 806 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (8.19%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,714 (100%)
--With a disability: 428 (24.97%)
----Percent employed: 52.1%
--No disability: 1,286 (75.03%)
----Percent employed: 79.3%
Population 65 years and over: 499 (100%)
--With a disability: 264 (52.91%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,076 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,584 (51.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,246 (40.51%)
--Same county: 590 (19.18%)
--Different county: 656 (21.33%)
----Same state: 424 (13.78%)
----Different state: 232 (7.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 246 (8%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,311 (100%)
Native: 2,833 (85.56%)
--Born in United States: 2,811 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,994 (60.22%)
----Different state: 817 (24.68%)
--Born outside United States: 22 (0.66%)
Foreign born: 478 (14.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 300 (9.06%)
--Naturalized citizen: 78 (2.36%)
--Not a citizen: 400 (12.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 478 (100%)
Europe: 9 (1.88%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 469 (98.12%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,076 (100%)
English only: 2,438 (79.26%)
Language other than English: 638 (20.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 385 (12.52%)
--Spanish: 622 (20.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 385 (12.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 16 (0.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,311 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,469% (104.77%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 20 (0.6%)
Danish: 18 (0.54%)
Dutch: 86 (2.6%)
English: 331 (10%)
French (except Basque): 62 (1.87%)
French Canadian: 27 (0.82%)
German: 1,081 (32.65%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 463 (13.98%)
Italian: 58 (1.75%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 65 (1.96%)
Polish: 14 (0.42%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (0.79%)
Scottish: 22 (0.66%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 132 (3.99%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 159 (4.8%)
Welsh: 7 (0.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 884 (26.7%)

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