Sandy, UT

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4967440, place: Sandy city, Utah)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 31,687 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,995 (6.3%)
Kindergarten: 1,571 (4.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 13,986 (44.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 8,208 (25.9%)
College or graduate school: 5,927 (18.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 47,893 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 690 (1.44%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,369 (4.95%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,766 (20.39%)
Some college, no degree: 14,600 (30.48%)
Associate degree: 3,827 (7.99%)
Bachelor's degree: 11,363 (23.73%)
Graduate or professional degree: 5,278 (11.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 34.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 63,923 (100%)
Never married: 17,374 (27.18%)
Now married, except separated: 39,465 (61.74%)
Separated: 680 (1.06%)
Total Widowed: 1,808 (2.83%)
Widowed Female: 1,492 (2.33%)
Total Divorced: 4,596 (7.19%)
Divorced Female: 2,697 (4.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,749 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 631 (36.08%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 57,641 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,725 (9.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 28,180 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,788 (6.34%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 48,222 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,006 (12.45%)
----Percent employed: 73.1%
--No disability: 42,216 (87.55%)
----Percent employed: 81.2%
Population 65 years and over: 4,482 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,809 (40.36%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 81,377 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 48,439 (59.52%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 31,772 (39.04%)
--Same county: 20,348 (25%)
--Different county: 11,424 (14.04%)
----Same state: 2,606 (3.2%)
----Different state: 8,818 (10.84%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,166 (1.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 88,259 (100%)
Native: 83,669 (94.8%)
--Born in United States: 82,918 (100%)
----State of residence: 55,046 (62.37%)
----Different state: 27,872 (31.58%)
--Born outside United States: 751 (0.85%)
Foreign born: 4,590 (5.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,649 (1.87%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,392 (2.71%)
--Not a citizen: 2,198 (2.49%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,590 (100%)
Europe: 1,424 (31.02%)
Asia: 1,157 (25.21%)
Africa: 68 (1.48%)
Oceania: 164 (3.57%)
Latin America: 1,362 (29.67%)
Northern America: 415 (9.04%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 81,377 (100%)
English only: 74,243 (91.23%)
Language other than English: 7,134 (8.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,203 (2.71%)
--Spanish: 2,950 (3.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,119 (1.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,762 (3.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 593 (0.73%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,261 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 473 (0.58%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 88,259 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 103,031% (116.74%)
Arab: 269 (0.3%)
Czech: 325 (0.37%)
Danish: 6,065 (6.87%)
Dutch: 1,990 (2.25%)
English: 27,315 (30.95%)
French (except Basque): 2,322 (2.63%)
French Canadian: 275 (0.31%)
German: 13,149 (14.9%)
Greek: 889 (1.01%)
Hungarian: 196 (0.22%)
Irish: 6,181 (7%)
Italian: 2,832 (3.21%)
Lithuanian: 49 (0.06%)
Norwegian: 3,363 (3.81%)
Polish: 901 (1.02%)
Portuguese: 84 (0.1%)
Russian: 389 (0.44%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,033 (1.17%)
Scottish: 4,198 (4.76%)
Slovak: 90 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 80 (0.09%)
Swedish: 4,773 (5.41%)
Swiss: 1,512 (1.71%)
Ukrainian: 87 (0.1%)
United States or American: 5,680 (6.44%)
Welsh: 2,200 (2.49%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.01%)
Other ancestries: 16,775 (19.01%)

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