Buffalo, WY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5610685, place: Buffalo city, Wyoming)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 778 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 39 (5.01%)
Kindergarten: 57 (7.33%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 402 (51.67%)
High school (grades 9-12): 213 (27.38%)
College or graduate school: 67 (8.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,708 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 34 (1.26%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 179 (6.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 914 (33.75%)
Some college, no degree: 790 (29.17%)
Associate degree: 204 (7.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 463 (17.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 124 (4.58%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,027 (100%)
Never married: 411 (13.58%)
Now married, except separated: 1,863 (61.55%)
Separated: 38 (1.26%)
Total Widowed: 318 (10.51%)
Widowed Female: 277 (9.15%)
Total Divorced: 397 (13.12%)
Divorced Female: 208 (6.87%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 21 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 21 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,859 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 633 (22.14%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 736 (100%)
--With a disability: 71 (9.65%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,954 (100%)
--With a disability: 358 (18.32%)
----Percent employed: 46.6%
--No disability: 1,596 (81.68%)
----Percent employed: 74.8%
Population 65 years and over: 777 (100%)
--With a disability: 386 (49.68%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,514 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,695 (48.24%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,766 (50.26%)
--Same county: 609 (17.33%)
--Different county: 1,157 (32.93%)
----Same state: 289 (8.22%)
----Different state: 868 (24.7%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 53 (1.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,758 (100%)
Native: 3,734 (99.36%)
--Born in United States: 3,711 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,704 (45.34%)
----Different state: 2,007 (53.41%)
--Born outside United States: 23 (0.61%)
Foreign born: 24 (0.64%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (0.64%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 24 (100%)
Europe: 17 (70.83%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 7 (29.17%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,514 (100%)
English only: 3,409 (97.01%)
Language other than English: 105 (2.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.74%)
--Spanish: 70 (1.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.51%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 35 (1%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,758 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,862% (102.77%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 22 (0.59%)
Danish: 84 (2.24%)
Dutch: 39 (1.04%)
English: 720 (19.16%)
French (except Basque): 101 (2.69%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.21%)
German: 1,026 (27.3%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 12 (0.32%)
Irish: 526 (14%)
Italian: 133 (3.54%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 174 (4.63%)
Polish: 63 (1.68%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.4%)
Russian: 16 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 70 (1.86%)
Scottish: 130 (3.46%)
Slovak: 8 (0.21%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 127 (3.38%)
Swiss: 32 (0.85%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 177 (4.71%)
Welsh: 74 (1.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 305 (8.12%)

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