Columbia Falls, MT

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3016600, place: Columbia Falls city, Montana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 877 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 34 (3.88%)
Kindergarten: 49 (5.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 462 (52.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 238 (27.14%)
College or graduate school: 94 (10.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,339 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 106 (4.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 247 (10.56%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 779 (33.3%)
Some college, no degree: 709 (30.31%)
Associate degree: 182 (7.78%)
Bachelor's degree: 279 (11.93%)
Graduate or professional degree: 37 (1.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,877 (100%)
Never married: 579 (20.13%)
Now married, except separated: 1,661 (57.73%)
Separated: 75 (2.61%)
Total Widowed: 195 (6.78%)
Widowed Female: 158 (5.49%)
Total Divorced: 367 (12.76%)
Divorced Female: 229 (7.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 72 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 14 (19.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,679 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 551 (20.57%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 882 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (6.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,026 (100%)
--With a disability: 263 (12.98%)
----Percent employed: 44.5%
--No disability: 1,763 (87.02%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 396 (100%)
--With a disability: 169 (42.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,419 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,590 (46.5%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,829 (53.5%)
--Same county: 1,037 (30.33%)
--Different county: 792 (23.16%)
----Same state: 171 (5%)
----Different state: 621 (18.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,701 (100%)
Native: 3,694 (99.81%)
--Born in United States: 3,638 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,689 (45.64%)
----Different state: 1,949 (52.66%)
--Born outside United States: 56 (1.51%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 7 (100%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,419 (100%)
English only: 3,335 (97.54%)
Language other than English: 84 (2.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.2%)
--Spanish: 37 (1.08%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,701 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,178% (112.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 17 (0.46%)
Danish: 115 (3.11%)
Dutch: 111 (3%)
English: 467 (12.62%)
French (except Basque): 221 (5.97%)
French Canadian: 52 (1.41%)
German: 846 (22.86%)
Greek: 6 (0.16%)
Hungarian: 23 (0.62%)
Irish: 434 (11.73%)
Italian: 120 (3.24%)
Lithuanian: 28 (0.76%)
Norwegian: 468 (12.65%)
Polish: 121 (3.27%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 22 (0.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 100 (2.7%)
Scottish: 151 (4.08%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 49 (1.32%)
Swiss: 45 (1.22%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 238 (6.43%)
Welsh: 40 (1.08%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 504 (13.62%)

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