Kemmerer, WY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5642005, place: Kemmerer city, Wyoming)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 756 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 28 (3.7%)
Kindergarten: 34 (4.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 396 (52.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 214 (28.31%)
College or graduate school: 84 (11.11%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,719 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 48 (2.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 141 (8.2%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 634 (36.88%)
Some college, no degree: 447 (26%)
Associate degree: 105 (6.11%)
Bachelor's degree: 245 (14.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 99 (5.76%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,060 (100%)
Never married: 425 (20.63%)
Now married, except separated: 1,245 (60.44%)
Separated: 14 (0.68%)
Total Widowed: 151 (7.33%)
Widowed Female: 135 (6.55%)
Total Divorced: 225 (10.92%)
Divorced Female: 98 (4.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 18 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 15 (83.33%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,895 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 266 (14.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 732 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (5.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,507 (100%)
--With a disability: 208 (13.8%)
----Percent employed: 70.7%
--No disability: 1,299 (86.2%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 246 (100%)
--With a disability: 104 (42.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,527 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,487 (58.84%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,021 (40.4%)
--Same county: 527 (20.85%)
--Different county: 494 (19.55%)
----Same state: 190 (7.52%)
----Different state: 304 (12.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 19 (0.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,674 (100%)
Native: 2,631 (98.39%)
--Born in United States: 2,615 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,143 (42.74%)
----Different state: 1,472 (55.05%)
--Born outside United States: 16 (0.6%)
Foreign born: 43 (1.61%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10 (0.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 24 (0.9%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (0.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 43 (100%)
Europe: 15 (34.88%)
Asia: 5 (11.63%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 15 (34.88%)
Northern America: 8 (18.6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,527 (100%)
English only: 2,393 (94.7%)
Language other than English: 134 (5.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (2.18%)
--Spanish: 98 (3.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (2.02%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 29 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.08%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,674 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,792% (104.41%)
Arab: 5 (0.19%)
Czech: 25 (0.93%)
Danish: 127 (4.75%)
Dutch: 61 (2.28%)
English: 647 (24.2%)
French (except Basque): 56 (2.09%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.22%)
German: 411 (15.37%)
Greek: 4 (0.15%)
Hungarian: 4 (0.15%)
Irish: 224 (8.38%)
Italian: 231 (8.64%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 118 (4.41%)
Polish: 55 (2.06%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 15 (0.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 29 (1.08%)
Scottish: 78 (2.92%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 82 (3.07%)
Swiss: 39 (1.46%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.22%)
United States or American: 129 (4.82%)
Welsh: 39 (1.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 399 (14.92%)

Return to Kemmerer,WY.