Ely, NV

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:3223500, place: Ely city, Nevada)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,140 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 63 (5.53%)
Kindergarten: 45 (3.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 539 (47.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 328 (28.77%)
College or graduate school: 165 (14.47%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,604 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 131 (5.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 308 (11.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,001 (38.44%)
Some college, no degree: 626 (24.04%)
Associate degree: 153 (5.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 258 (9.91%)
Graduate or professional degree: 127 (4.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,110 (100%)
Never married: 739 (23.76%)
Now married, except separated: 1,536 (49.39%)
Separated: 8 (0.26%)
Total Widowed: 321 (10.32%)
Widowed Female: 269 (8.65%)
Total Divorced: 506 (16.27%)
Divorced Female: 239 (7.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 71 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 71 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,889 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 526 (18.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,044 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (5.27%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,062 (100%)
--With a disability: 371 (17.99%)
----Percent employed: 40.2%
--No disability: 1,691 (82.01%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 566 (100%)
--With a disability: 288 (50.88%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,757 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,056 (54.72%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,675 (44.58%)
--Same county: 629 (16.74%)
--Different county: 1,046 (27.84%)
----Same state: 335 (8.92%)
----Different state: 711 (18.92%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 26 (0.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,027 (100%)
Native: 3,890 (96.6%)
--Born in United States: 3,834 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,861 (46.21%)
----Different state: 1,973 (48.99%)
--Born outside United States: 56 (1.39%)
Foreign born: 137 (3.4%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14 (0.35%)
--Naturalized citizen: 92 (2.28%)
--Not a citizen: 45 (1.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 137 (100%)
Europe: 60 (43.8%)
Asia: 39 (28.47%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 31 (22.63%)
Northern America: 7 (5.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,757 (100%)
English only: 3,450 (91.83%)
Language other than English: 307 (8.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 95 (2.53%)
--Spanish: 168 (4.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (0.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 89 (2.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (1.09%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 44 (1.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (0.88%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,027 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,236% (105.19%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 118 (2.93%)
Dutch: 98 (2.43%)
English: 869 (21.58%)
French (except Basque): 159 (3.95%)
French Canadian: 12 (0.3%)
German: 601 (14.92%)
Greek: 85 (2.11%)
Hungarian: 33 (0.82%)
Irish: 342 (8.49%)
Italian: 247 (6.13%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 62 (1.54%)
Polish: 80 (1.99%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 14 (0.35%)
Scotch-Irish: 46 (1.14%)
Scottish: 154 (3.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 58 (1.44%)
Swiss: 9 (0.22%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 148 (3.68%)
Welsh: 18 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,083 (26.89%)

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