Twin Falls, ID

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1682810, place: Twin Falls city, Idaho)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,060 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 564 (6.23%)
Kindergarten: 494 (5.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,844 (42.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,957 (21.6%)
College or graduate school: 2,201 (24.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 21,056 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,317 (6.25%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,578 (12.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,308 (29.96%)
Some college, no degree: 5,702 (27.08%)
Associate degree: 1,674 (7.95%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,340 (11.11%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,137 (5.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 26,760 (100%)
Never married: 6,068 (22.68%)
Now married, except separated: 14,702 (54.94%)
Separated: 524 (1.96%)
Total Widowed: 2,104 (7.86%)
Widowed Female: 1,721 (6.43%)
Total Divorced: 3,362 (12.56%)
Divorced Female: 2,022 (7.56%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 488 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 254 (52.05%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 25,188 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,507 (13.92%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 8,179 (100%)
--With a disability: 756 (9.24%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 17,783 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,712 (20.87%)
----Percent employed: 59.2%
--No disability: 14,071 (79.13%)
----Percent employed: 81.6%
Population 65 years and over: 4,921 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,413 (49.03%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 31,432 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 14,961 (47.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,724 (50.03%)
--Same county: 8,102 (25.78%)
--Different county: 7,622 (24.25%)
----Same state: 3,734 (11.88%)
----Different state: 3,888 (12.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 747 (2.38%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 34,164 (100%)
Native: 32,001 (93.67%)
--Born in United States: 31,818 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,239 (50.46%)
----Different state: 14,579 (42.67%)
--Born outside United States: 183 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 2,163 (6.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,063 (3.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 798 (2.34%)
--Not a citizen: 1,365 (4%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,163 (100%)
Europe: 816 (37.73%)
Asia: 278 (12.85%)
Africa: 18 (0.83%)
Oceania: 6 (0.28%)
Latin America: 964 (44.57%)
Northern America: 81 (3.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 31,432 (100%)
English only: 27,686 (88.08%)
Language other than English: 3,746 (11.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,424 (4.53%)
--Spanish: 2,406 (7.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 828 (2.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,084 (3.45%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 461 (1.47%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 212 (0.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 34,164 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,529% (104%)
Arab: 28 (0.08%)
Czech: 239 (0.7%)
Danish: 847 (2.48%)
Dutch: 869 (2.54%)
English: 6,529 (19.11%)
French (except Basque): 1,067 (3.12%)
French Canadian: 267 (0.78%)
German: 6,363 (18.62%)
Greek: 96 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.04%)
Irish: 3,429 (10.04%)
Italian: 795 (2.33%)
Lithuanian: 29 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 993 (2.91%)
Polish: 249 (0.73%)
Portuguese: 174 (0.51%)
Russian: 145 (0.42%)
Scotch-Irish: 778 (2.28%)
Scottish: 979 (2.87%)
Slovak: 9 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 20 (0.06%)
Swedish: 1,067 (3.12%)
Swiss: 138 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 75 (0.22%)
United States or American: 2,657 (7.78%)
Welsh: 453 (1.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,222 (21.14%)

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