La Verkin, UT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4943440, place: La Verkin city, Utah)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,016 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 33 (3.25%)
Kindergarten: 75 (7.38%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 563 (55.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 273 (26.87%)
College or graduate school: 72 (7.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,879 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 38 (2.02%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 253 (13.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 590 (31.4%)
Some college, no degree: 627 (33.37%)
Associate degree: 112 (5.96%)
Bachelor's degree: 198 (10.54%)
Graduate or professional degree: 61 (3.25%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,393 (100%)
Never married: 517 (21.6%)
Now married, except separated: 1,413 (59.05%)
Separated: 21 (0.88%)
Total Widowed: 141 (5.89%)
Widowed Female: 123 (5.14%)
Total Divorced: 301 (12.58%)
Divorced Female: 142 (5.93%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 74 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 18 (24.32%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,175 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 353 (16.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,029 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (6.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,580 (100%)
--With a disability: 327 (20.7%)
----Percent employed: 58.4%
--No disability: 1,253 (79.3%)
----Percent employed: 73.8%
Population 65 years and over: 419 (100%)
--With a disability: 189 (45.11%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,061 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,309 (42.76%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,739 (56.81%)
--Same county: 653 (21.33%)
--Different county: 1,086 (35.48%)
----Same state: 594 (19.41%)
----Different state: 492 (16.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (0.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,395 (100%)
Native: 3,283 (96.7%)
--Born in United States: 3,252 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,961 (57.76%)
----Different state: 1,291 (38.03%)
--Born outside United States: 31 (0.91%)
Foreign born: 112 (3.3%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 19 (0.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 35 (1.03%)
--Not a citizen: 77 (2.27%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 112 (100%)
Europe: 9 (8.04%)
Asia: 6 (5.36%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 74 (66.07%)
Northern America: 23 (20.54%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,061 (100%)
English only: 2,857 (93.34%)
Language other than English: 204 (6.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 64 (2.09%)
--Spanish: 158 (5.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 52 (1.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 34 (1.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,395 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,586% (105.63%)
Arab: 6 (0.18%)
Czech: 17 (0.5%)
Danish: 266 (7.84%)
Dutch: 52 (1.53%)
English: 902 (26.57%)
French (except Basque): 133 (3.92%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.21%)
German: 437 (12.87%)
Greek: 45 (1.33%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 208 (6.13%)
Italian: 31 (0.91%)
Lithuanian: 5 (0.15%)
Norwegian: 38 (1.12%)
Polish: 17 (0.5%)
Portuguese: 1 (0.03%)
Russian: 22 (0.65%)
Scotch-Irish: 38 (1.12%)
Scottish: 130 (3.83%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 88 (2.59%)
Swiss: 88 (2.59%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 245 (7.22%)
Welsh: 101 (2.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 709 (20.88%)

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