Cottonwood West, UT

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4916395, place: Cottonwood West CDP, Utah)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,567 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 292 (6.39%)
Kindergarten: 325 (7.12%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,484 (32.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,063 (23.28%)
College or graduate school: 1,403 (30.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 12,820 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 124 (0.97%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 801 (6.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,533 (19.76%)
Some college, no degree: 4,177 (32.58%)
Associate degree: 751 (5.86%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,854 (22.26%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,580 (12.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 15,572 (100%)
Never married: 3,870 (24.85%)
Now married, except separated: 8,565 (55%)
Separated: 145 (0.93%)
Total Widowed: 1,158 (7.44%)
Widowed Female: 1,016 (6.52%)
Total Divorced: 1,834 (11.78%)
Divorced Female: 1,100 (7.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 325 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 155 (47.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 14,774 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,939 (13.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,493 (100%)
--With a disability: 256 (7.33%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 10,588 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,632 (15.41%)
----Percent employed: 66.7%
--No disability: 8,956 (84.59%)
----Percent employed: 80.6%
Population 65 years and over: 3,438 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,312 (38.16%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 17,538 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,893 (56.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,376 (42.06%)
--Same county: 5,001 (28.52%)
--Different county: 2,375 (13.54%)
----Same state: 714 (4.07%)
----Different state: 1,661 (9.47%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 269 (1.53%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 18,608 (100%)
Native: 17,453 (93.79%)
--Born in United States: 17,322 (100%)
----State of residence: 12,126 (65.17%)
----Different state: 5,196 (27.92%)
--Born outside United States: 131 (0.7%)
Foreign born: 1,155 (6.21%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 544 (2.92%)
--Naturalized citizen: 494 (2.65%)
--Not a citizen: 661 (3.55%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,155 (100%)
Europe: 448 (38.79%)
Asia: 336 (29.09%)
Africa: 17 (1.47%)
Oceania: 25 (2.16%)
Latin America: 235 (20.35%)
Northern America: 94 (8.14%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 17,538 (100%)
English only: 15,723 (89.65%)
Language other than English: 1,815 (10.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 546 (3.11%)
--Spanish: 650 (3.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 185 (1.05%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 880 (5.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 289 (1.65%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 273 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (0.41%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 18,608 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,405% (120.41%)
Arab: 31 (0.17%)
Czech: 57 (0.31%)
Danish: 1,175 (6.31%)
Dutch: 411 (2.21%)
English: 5,867 (31.53%)
French (except Basque): 394 (2.12%)
French Canadian: 71 (0.38%)
German: 2,303 (12.38%)
Greek: 287 (1.54%)
Hungarian: 87 (0.47%)
Irish: 1,378 (7.41%)
Italian: 672 (3.61%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 719 (3.86%)
Polish: 243 (1.31%)
Portuguese: 36 (0.19%)
Russian: 129 (0.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 327 (1.76%)
Scottish: 1,456 (7.82%)
Slovak: 10 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 32 (0.17%)
Swedish: 1,127 (6.06%)
Swiss: 328 (1.76%)
Ukrainian: 39 (0.21%)
United States or American: 1,067 (5.73%)
Welsh: 619 (3.33%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 15 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 3,525 (18.94%)

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