Boise, ID

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1608830, place: Boise City city, Idaho)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 50,353 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,941 (5.84%)
Kindergarten: 2,431 (4.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 21,274 (42.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 10,475 (20.8%)
College or graduate school: 13,232 (26.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 117,575 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,299 (1.96%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 8,165 (6.94%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 24,872 (21.15%)
Some college, no degree: 34,324 (29.19%)
Associate degree: 8,430 (7.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 27,001 (22.96%)
Graduate or professional degree: 12,484 (10.62%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 146,791 (100%)
Never married: 39,705 (27.05%)
Now married, except separated: 78,256 (53.31%)
Separated: 1,653 (1.13%)
Total Widowed: 7,229 (4.92%)
Widowed Female: 6,162 (4.2%)
Total Divorced: 19,948 (13.59%)
Divorced Female: 11,605 (7.91%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,898 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 717 (37.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 138,407 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 19,312 (13.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 42,319 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,365 (7.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 109,765 (100%)
--With a disability: 15,786 (14.38%)
----Percent employed: 64.1%
--No disability: 93,979 (85.62%)
----Percent employed: 84.1%
Population 65 years and over: 17,670 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,224 (40.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 172,899 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 75,315 (43.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 93,126 (53.86%)
--Same county: 51,098 (29.55%)
--Different county: 42,028 (24.31%)
----Same state: 12,950 (7.49%)
----Different state: 29,078 (16.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4,458 (2.58%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 185,937 (100%)
Native: 176,975 (95.18%)
--Born in United States: 174,877 (100%)
----State of residence: 80,326 (43.2%)
----Different state: 94,551 (50.85%)
--Born outside United States: 2,098 (1.13%)
Foreign born: 8,962 (4.82%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,829 (2.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,421 (1.84%)
--Not a citizen: 5,541 (2.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 8,962 (100%)
Europe: 3,735 (41.68%)
Asia: 2,549 (28.44%)
Africa: 221 (2.47%)
Oceania: 33 (0.37%)
Latin America: 1,836 (20.49%)
Northern America: 588 (6.56%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 172,899 (100%)
English only: 158,488 (91.67%)
Language other than English: 14,411 (8.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,642 (3.26%)
--Spanish: 5,988 (3.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,044 (1.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 5,072 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,036 (1.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,487 (1.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,303 (0.75%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 185,937 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 206,348% (110.98%)
Arab: 519 (0.28%)
Czech: 1,514 (0.81%)
Danish: 3,900 (2.1%)
Dutch: 4,673 (2.51%)
English: 32,070 (17.25%)
French (except Basque): 6,701 (3.6%)
French Canadian: 1,418 (0.76%)
German: 38,259 (20.58%)
Greek: 672 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 523 (0.28%)
Irish: 23,234 (12.5%)
Italian: 5,843 (3.14%)
Lithuanian: 306 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 6,957 (3.74%)
Polish: 2,839 (1.53%)
Portuguese: 647 (0.35%)
Russian: 1,386 (0.75%)
Scotch-Irish: 4,215 (2.27%)
Scottish: 7,186 (3.86%)
Slovak: 162 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 258 (0.14%)
Swedish: 6,140 (3.3%)
Swiss: 1,560 (0.84%)
Ukrainian: 428 (0.23%)
United States or American: 13,208 (7.1%)
Welsh: 3,344 (1.8%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 174 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 38,212 (20.55%)

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