Provo, UT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4962470, place: Provo city, Utah)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 53,054 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,207 (2.28%)
Kindergarten: 1,027 (1.94%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 8,387 (15.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,634 (8.73%)
College or graduate school: 37,799 (71.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 39,837 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,492 (3.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,722 (6.83%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 5,866 (14.73%)
Some college, no degree: 11,976 (30.06%)
Associate degree: 3,572 (8.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 9,861 (24.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,348 (10.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 85,526 (100%)
Never married: 40,374 (47.21%)
Now married, except separated: 39,241 (45.88%)
Separated: 509 (0.6%)
Total Widowed: 2,037 (2.38%)
Widowed Female: 1,717 (2.01%)
Total Divorced: 3,365 (3.93%)
Divorced Female: 2,128 (2.49%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,366 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 453 (33.16%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 81,900 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,610 (4.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 31,227 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,020 (6.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 58,314 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,789 (9.93%)
----Percent employed: 61.8%
--No disability: 52,525 (90.07%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
Population 65 years and over: 5,729 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,014 (35.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 96,213 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 26,555 (27.6%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 62,321 (64.77%)
--Same county: 23,252 (24.17%)
--Different county: 39,069 (40.61%)
----Same state: 8,680 (9.02%)
----Different state: 30,389 (31.59%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7,337 (7.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 105,258 (100%)
Native: 95,174 (90.42%)
--Born in United States: 93,657 (100%)
----State of residence: 48,705 (46.27%)
----Different state: 44,952 (42.71%)
--Born outside United States: 1,517 (1.44%)
Foreign born: 10,084 (9.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,930 (6.58%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,094 (1.99%)
--Not a citizen: 7,990 (7.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 10,084 (100%)
Europe: 956 (9.48%)
Asia: 1,578 (15.65%)
Africa: 157 (1.56%)
Oceania: 261 (2.59%)
Latin America: 6,373 (63.2%)
Northern America: 759 (7.53%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 96,213 (100%)
English only: 79,853 (83%)
Language other than English: 16,360 (17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,108 (6.35%)
--Spanish: 10,812 (11.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,666 (4.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3,197 (3.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 506 (0.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,121 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 897 (0.93%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 105,258 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 117,380% (111.52%)
Arab: 184 (0.17%)
Czech: 183 (0.17%)
Danish: 7,627 (7.25%)
Dutch: 1,868 (1.77%)
English: 32,044 (30.44%)
French (except Basque): 2,458 (2.34%)
French Canadian: 350 (0.33%)
German: 12,148 (11.54%)
Greek: 221 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 172 (0.16%)
Irish: 4,945 (4.7%)
Italian: 2,560 (2.43%)
Lithuanian: 57 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 3,030 (2.88%)
Polish: 604 (0.57%)
Portuguese: 348 (0.33%)
Russian: 403 (0.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,068 (1.01%)
Scottish: 5,151 (4.89%)
Slovak: 44 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 179 (0.17%)
Swedish: 4,316 (4.1%)
Swiss: 1,718 (1.63%)
Ukrainian: 130 (0.12%)
United States or American: 4,806 (4.57%)
Welsh: 2,495 (2.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0%)
Other ancestries: 28,266 (26.85%)

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