Great Falls, MT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3032800, place: Great Falls city, Montana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,008 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 909 (6.49%)
Kindergarten: 738 (5.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 6,616 (47.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,465 (24.74%)
College or graduate school: 2,280 (16.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 37,527 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,472 (3.92%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,342 (8.91%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 12,306 (32.79%)
Some college, no degree: 9,443 (25.16%)
Associate degree: 2,570 (6.85%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,734 (15.28%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,660 (7.09%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 87.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 44,943 (100%)
Never married: 10,142 (22.57%)
Now married, except separated: 24,500 (54.51%)
Separated: 722 (1.61%)
Total Widowed: 3,614 (8.04%)
Widowed Female: 2,931 (6.52%)
Total Divorced: 5,965 (13.27%)
Divorced Female: 3,502 (7.79%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 517 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 209 (40.43%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 41,151 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,385 (20.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 12,403 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,204 (9.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 29,761 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,936 (19.95%)
----Percent employed: 54.4%
--No disability: 23,825 (80.05%)
----Percent employed: 80.2%
Population 65 years and over: 8,297 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,388 (40.83%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 53,004 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 28,118 (53.05%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 24,268 (45.79%)
--Same county: 13,763 (25.97%)
--Different county: 10,505 (19.82%)
----Same state: 4,405 (8.31%)
----Different state: 6,100 (11.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 618 (1.17%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 56,644 (100%)
Native: 55,249 (97.54%)
--Born in United States: 54,398 (100%)
----State of residence: 32,533 (57.43%)
----Different state: 21,865 (38.6%)
--Born outside United States: 851 (1.5%)
Foreign born: 1,395 (2.46%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 244 (0.43%)
--Naturalized citizen: 951 (1.68%)
--Not a citizen: 444 (0.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,395 (100%)
Europe: 723 (51.83%)
Asia: 279 (20%)
Africa: 12 (0.86%)
Oceania: 10 (0.72%)
Latin America: 94 (6.74%)
Northern America: 277 (19.86%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 53,004 (100%)
English only: 50,419 (95.12%)
Language other than English: 2,585 (4.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 651 (1.23%)
--Spanish: 904 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 229 (0.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,163 (2.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 256 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 282 (0.53%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 91 (0.17%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 56,644 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 65,656% (115.91%)
Arab: 67 (0.12%)
Czech: 682 (1.2%)
Danish: 836 (1.48%)
Dutch: 1,493 (2.64%)
English: 6,299 (11.12%)
French (except Basque): 2,436 (4.3%)
French Canadian: 713 (1.26%)
German: 14,350 (25.33%)
Greek: 231 (0.41%)
Hungarian: 239 (0.42%)
Irish: 8,630 (15.24%)
Italian: 2,005 (3.54%)
Lithuanian: 36 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 6,488 (11.45%)
Polish: 1,518 (2.68%)
Portuguese: 126 (0.22%)
Russian: 377 (0.67%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,352 (2.39%)
Scottish: 1,647 (2.91%)
Slovak: 175 (0.31%)
Subsaharan African: 68 (0.12%)
Swedish: 2,031 (3.59%)
Swiss: 291 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 111 (0.2%)
United States or American: 3,273 (5.78%)
Welsh: 517 (0.91%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 24 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 9,641 (17.02%)

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