Helena, MT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3035600, place: Helena city, Montana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,359 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 327 (5.14%)
Kindergarten: 336 (5.28%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,385 (37.51%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,575 (24.77%)
College or graduate school: 1,736 (27.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,995 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 335 (1.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 907 (5.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,099 (24.12%)
Some college, no degree: 4,066 (23.92%)
Associate degree: 830 (4.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,352 (25.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,406 (14.16%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 21,041 (100%)
Never married: 5,487 (26.08%)
Now married, except separated: 10,744 (51.06%)
Separated: 231 (1.1%)
Total Widowed: 1,306 (6.21%)
Widowed Female: 1,127 (5.36%)
Total Divorced: 3,273 (15.56%)
Divorced Female: 1,862 (8.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 172 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 48 (27.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 19,860 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,276 (16.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,504 (100%)
--With a disability: 394 (7.16%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,899 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,712 (18.2%)
----Percent employed: 56%
--No disability: 12,187 (81.8%)
----Percent employed: 83.8%
Population 65 years and over: 3,320 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,391 (41.9%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 24,089 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,826 (49.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 12,085 (50.17%)
--Same county: 5,589 (23.2%)
--Different county: 6,496 (26.97%)
----Same state: 2,811 (11.67%)
----Different state: 3,685 (15.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 178 (0.74%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,563 (100%)
Native: 25,126 (98.29%)
--Born in United States: 24,898 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,176 (55.46%)
----Different state: 10,722 (41.94%)
--Born outside United States: 228 (0.89%)
Foreign born: 437 (1.71%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 168 (0.66%)
--Naturalized citizen: 225 (0.88%)
--Not a citizen: 212 (0.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 437 (100%)
Europe: 195 (44.62%)
Asia: 128 (29.29%)
Africa: 4 (0.92%)
Oceania: 9 (2.06%)
Latin America: 40 (9.15%)
Northern America: 61 (13.96%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 24,089 (100%)
English only: 23,129 (96.01%)
Language other than English: 960 (3.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 236 (0.98%)
--Spanish: 509 (2.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 311 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 90 (0.37%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 132 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.11%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,563 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 31,485% (123.17%)
Arab: 17 (0.07%)
Czech: 238 (0.93%)
Danish: 391 (1.53%)
Dutch: 404 (1.58%)
English: 3,889 (15.21%)
French (except Basque): 1,373 (5.37%)
French Canadian: 192 (0.75%)
German: 6,794 (26.58%)
Greek: 89 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 111 (0.43%)
Irish: 5,473 (21.41%)
Italian: 1,216 (4.76%)
Lithuanian: 82 (0.32%)
Norwegian: 2,550 (9.98%)
Polish: 542 (2.12%)
Portuguese: 101 (0.4%)
Russian: 190 (0.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 945 (3.7%)
Scottish: 852 (3.33%)
Slovak: 82 (0.32%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.04%)
Swedish: 793 (3.1%)
Swiss: 94 (0.37%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,154 (4.51%)
Welsh: 296 (1.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 3,598 (14.08%)

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