Shelby, MT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3067450, place: Shelby city, Montana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 806 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (4.34%)
Kindergarten: 51 (6.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 375 (46.53%)
High school (grades 9-12): 261 (32.38%)
College or graduate school: 84 (10.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,206 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 114 (5.17%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 276 (12.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 850 (38.53%)
Some college, no degree: 528 (23.93%)
Associate degree: 120 (5.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 236 (10.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 82 (3.72%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,626 (100%)
Never married: 548 (20.87%)
Now married, except separated: 1,440 (54.84%)
Separated: 50 (1.9%)
Total Widowed: 285 (10.85%)
Widowed Female: 208 (7.92%)
Total Divorced: 303 (11.54%)
Divorced Female: 138 (5.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 35 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (22.86%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,441 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 398 (16.3%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 737 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (4.61%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,507 (100%)
--With a disability: 300 (19.91%)
----Percent employed: 67%
--No disability: 1,207 (80.09%)
----Percent employed: 84%
Population 65 years and over: 424 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (48.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,085 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,677 (54.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,400 (45.38%)
--Same county: 596 (19.32%)
--Different county: 804 (26.06%)
----Same state: 575 (18.64%)
----Different state: 229 (7.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,222 (100%)
Native: 3,146 (97.64%)
--Born in United States: 3,117 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,217 (68.81%)
----Different state: 900 (27.93%)
--Born outside United States: 29 (0.9%)
Foreign born: 76 (2.36%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 13 (0.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 49 (1.52%)
--Not a citizen: 27 (0.84%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 76 (100%)
Europe: 30 (39.47%)
Asia: 4 (5.26%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 42 (55.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,085 (100%)
English only: 2,970 (96.27%)
Language other than English: 115 (3.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.75%)
--Spanish: 35 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 59 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.32%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,222 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,527% (109.47%)
Arab: 9 (0.28%)
Czech: 40 (1.24%)
Danish: 25 (0.78%)
Dutch: 89 (2.76%)
English: 387 (12.01%)
French (except Basque): 128 (3.97%)
French Canadian: 39 (1.21%)
German: 685 (21.26%)
Greek: 4 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 556 (17.26%)
Italian: 61 (1.89%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 585 (18.16%)
Polish: 73 (2.27%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.12%)
Russian: 23 (0.71%)
Scotch-Irish: 65 (2.02%)
Scottish: 69 (2.14%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 79 (2.45%)
Swiss: 5 (0.16%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.19%)
United States or American: 203 (6.3%)
Welsh: 14 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 373 (11.58%)

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