Afton, WY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5600245, place: Afton town, Wyoming)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 526 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 35 (6.65%)
Kindergarten: 37 (7.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 259 (49.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 157 (29.85%)
College or graduate school: 38 (7.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,062 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 36 (3.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 116 (10.92%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 292 (27.5%)
Some college, no degree: 326 (30.7%)
Associate degree: 76 (7.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 132 (12.43%)
Graduate or professional degree: 84 (7.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,342 (100%)
Never married: 275 (20.49%)
Now married, except separated: 856 (63.79%)
Separated: 5 (0.37%)
Total Widowed: 84 (6.26%)
Widowed Female: 76 (5.66%)
Total Divorced: 122 (9.09%)
Divorced Female: 71 (5.29%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 29 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (27.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,224 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 160 (13.07%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 525 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (4.57%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 891 (100%)
--With a disability: 133 (14.93%)
----Percent employed: 61.7%
--No disability: 758 (85.07%)
----Percent employed: 83.1%
Population 65 years and over: 229 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (34.5%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,666 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,011 (60.68%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 652 (39.14%)
--Same county: 314 (18.85%)
--Different county: 338 (20.29%)
----Same state: 63 (3.78%)
----Different state: 275 (16.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 3 (0.18%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,815 (100%)
Native: 1,787 (98.46%)
--Born in United States: 1,785 (100%)
----State of residence: 935 (51.52%)
----Different state: 850 (46.83%)
--Born outside United States: 2 (0.11%)
Foreign born: 28 (1.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 9 (0.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.61%)
--Not a citizen: 17 (0.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 28 (100%)
Europe: 4 (14.29%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 21 (75%)
Northern America: 3 (10.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,666 (100%)
English only: 1,583 (95.02%)
Language other than English: 83 (4.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (1.92%)
--Spanish: 72 (4.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (1.92%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 3 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,815 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,876% (103.36%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.33%)
Danish: 110 (6.06%)
Dutch: 19 (1.05%)
English: 588 (32.4%)
French (except Basque): 60 (3.31%)
French Canadian: 3 (0.17%)
German: 212 (11.68%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.5%)
Irish: 107 (5.9%)
Italian: 26 (1.43%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 25 (1.38%)
Polish: 23 (1.27%)
Portuguese: 2 (0.11%)
Russian: 2 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 24 (1.32%)
Scottish: 79 (4.35%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 67 (3.69%)
Swiss: 76 (4.19%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 195 (10.74%)
Welsh: 23 (1.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 220 (12.12%)

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