Benson, UT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4905050, place: Benson CDP, Utah)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 547 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 41 (7.5%)
Kindergarten: 49 (8.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 210 (38.39%)
High school (grades 9-12): 147 (26.87%)
College or graduate school: 100 (18.28%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 737 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 19 (2.58%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 49 (6.65%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 167 (22.66%)
Some college, no degree: 260 (35.28%)
Associate degree: 73 (9.91%)
Bachelor's degree: 138 (18.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 31 (4.21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 999 (100%)
Never married: 265 (26.53%)
Now married, except separated: 657 (65.77%)
Separated: 7 (0.7%)
Total Widowed: 53 (5.31%)
Widowed Female: 42 (4.2%)
Total Divorced: 17 (1.7%)
Divorced Female: 10 (1%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 50 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 897 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 87 (9.7%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 510 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (6.08%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 649 (100%)
--With a disability: 93 (14.33%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
--No disability: 556 (85.67%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 145 (100%)
--With a disability: 69 (47.59%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,304 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 839 (64.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 442 (33.9%)
--Same county: 258 (19.79%)
--Different county: 184 (14.11%)
----Same state: 80 (6.13%)
----Different state: 104 (7.98%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 23 (1.76%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,425 (100%)
Native: 1,344 (94.32%)
--Born in United States: 1,332 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,046 (73.4%)
----Different state: 286 (20.07%)
--Born outside United States: 12 (0.84%)
Foreign born: 81 (5.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 40 (2.81%)
--Naturalized citizen: 37 (2.6%)
--Not a citizen: 44 (3.09%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 81 (100%)
Europe: 13 (16.05%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 48 (59.26%)
Northern America: 20 (24.69%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,304 (100%)
English only: 1,206 (92.48%)
Language other than English: 98 (7.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 47 (3.6%)
--Spanish: 73 (5.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (2.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 25 (1.92%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (1.15%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,425 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,726% (121.12%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 307 (21.54%)
Dutch: 14 (0.98%)
English: 522 (36.63%)
French (except Basque): 6 (0.42%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.42%)
German: 179 (12.56%)
Greek: 18 (1.26%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 10 (0.7%)
Italian: 31 (2.18%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 65 (4.56%)
Polish: 13 (0.91%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 73 (5.12%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 64 (4.49%)
Swiss: 87 (6.11%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 95 (6.67%)
Welsh: 17 (1.19%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.35%)
Other ancestries: 214 (15.02%)

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