Elko, NV

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3222500, place: Elko city, Nevada)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,700 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 236 (5.02%)
Kindergarten: 224 (4.77%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,273 (48.36%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,086 (23.11%)
College or graduate school: 881 (18.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,114 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 847 (8.37%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,319 (13.04%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,808 (27.76%)
Some college, no degree: 2,617 (25.88%)
Associate degree: 791 (7.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,206 (11.92%)
Graduate or professional degree: 526 (5.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 78.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,431 (100%)
Never married: 2,846 (22.89%)
Now married, except separated: 7,053 (56.74%)
Separated: 177 (1.42%)
Total Widowed: 641 (5.16%)
Widowed Female: 561 (4.51%)
Total Divorced: 1,714 (13.79%)
Divorced Female: 739 (5.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 170 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 83 (48.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,637 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,482 (12.74%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,190 (100%)
--With a disability: 294 (7.02%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,511 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,746 (18.36%)
----Percent employed: 60.6%
--No disability: 7,765 (81.64%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,286 (100%)
--With a disability: 599 (46.58%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,167 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,070 (46.61%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,788 (51.35%)
--Same county: 4,329 (28.54%)
--Different county: 3,459 (22.81%)
----Same state: 867 (5.72%)
----Different state: 2,592 (17.09%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 309 (2.04%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,599 (100%)
Native: 14,588 (87.88%)
--Born in United States: 14,452 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,472 (32.97%)
----Different state: 8,980 (54.1%)
--Born outside United States: 136 (0.82%)
Foreign born: 2,011 (12.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 783 (4.72%)
--Naturalized citizen: 683 (4.11%)
--Not a citizen: 1,328 (8%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,011 (100%)
Europe: 153 (7.61%)
Asia: 111 (5.52%)
Africa: 60 (2.98%)
Oceania: 12 (0.6%)
Latin America: 1,473 (73.25%)
Northern America: 202 (10.04%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,167 (100%)
English only: 11,897 (78.44%)
Language other than English: 3,270 (21.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,404 (9.26%)
--Spanish: 2,699 (17.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,259 (8.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 253 (1.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 54 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 91 (0.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.16%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,599 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,509% (105.48%)
Arab: 6 (0.04%)
Czech: 97 (0.58%)
Danish: 266 (1.6%)
Dutch: 252 (1.52%)
English: 1,796 (10.82%)
French (except Basque): 595 (3.58%)
French Canadian: 170 (1.02%)
German: 2,656 (16%)
Greek: 44 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 29 (0.17%)
Irish: 1,866 (11.24%)
Italian: 688 (4.14%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 328 (1.98%)
Polish: 256 (1.54%)
Portuguese: 78 (0.47%)
Russian: 34 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 283 (1.7%)
Scottish: 383 (2.31%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 35 (0.21%)
Swedish: 403 (2.43%)
Swiss: 103 (0.62%)
Ukrainian: 45 (0.27%)
United States or American: 1,021 (6.15%)
Welsh: 162 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 5,898 (35.53%)

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