Spearfish, SD

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4660020, place: Spearfish city, South Dakota)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,038 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 69 (2.27%)
Kindergarten: 81 (2.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 929 (30.58%)
High school (grades 9-12): 439 (14.45%)
College or graduate school: 1,520 (50.03%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,094 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 263 (5.16%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 405 (7.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,249 (24.52%)
Some college, no degree: 1,458 (28.62%)
Associate degree: 255 (5.01%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,018 (19.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 446 (8.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 28.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,197 (100%)
Never married: 1,920 (26.68%)
Now married, except separated: 3,736 (51.91%)
Separated: 95 (1.32%)
Total Widowed: 682 (9.48%)
Widowed Female: 561 (7.79%)
Total Divorced: 764 (10.62%)
Divorced Female: 428 (5.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,866 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 983 (14.32%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,361 (100%)
--With a disability: 123 (5.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,414 (100%)
--With a disability: 570 (12.91%)
----Percent employed: 51.1%
--No disability: 3,844 (87.09%)
----Percent employed: 77.8%
Population 65 years and over: 1,352 (100%)
--With a disability: 638 (47.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,276 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,078 (37.19%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,176 (62.54%)
--Same county: 1,822 (22.02%)
--Different county: 3,354 (40.53%)
----Same state: 2,014 (24.34%)
----Different state: 1,340 (16.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 22 (0.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,616 (100%)
Native: 8,455 (98.13%)
--Born in United States: 8,418 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,162 (59.91%)
----Different state: 3,256 (37.79%)
--Born outside United States: 37 (0.43%)
Foreign born: 161 (1.87%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 86 (1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 59 (0.68%)
--Not a citizen: 102 (1.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 161 (100%)
Europe: 74 (45.96%)
Asia: 29 (18.01%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 44 (27.33%)
Northern America: 14 (8.7%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,276 (100%)
English only: 7,840 (94.73%)
Language other than English: 436 (5.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 121 (1.46%)
--Spanish: 216 (2.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 92 (1.11%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 154 (1.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.25%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,616 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,241% (107.25%)
Arab: 6 (0.07%)
Czech: 128 (1.49%)
Danish: 203 (2.36%)
Dutch: 242 (2.81%)
English: 1,032 (11.98%)
French (except Basque): 385 (4.47%)
French Canadian: 72 (0.84%)
German: 3,006 (34.89%)
Greek: 7 (0.08%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.1%)
Irish: 1,077 (12.5%)
Italian: 143 (1.66%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 1,168 (13.56%)
Polish: 129 (1.5%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.07%)
Russian: 117 (1.36%)
Scotch-Irish: 112 (1.3%)
Scottish: 52 (0.6%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.15%)
Swedish: 216 (2.51%)
Swiss: 31 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.1%)
United States or American: 226 (2.62%)
Welsh: 37 (0.43%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 809 (9.39%)

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