Powell, WY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5662450, place: Powell city, Wyoming)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,793 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 69 (3.85%)
Kindergarten: 44 (2.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 575 (32.07%)
High school (grades 9-12): 253 (14.11%)
College or graduate school: 852 (47.52%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,250 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 158 (4.86%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 333 (10.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 956 (29.42%)
Some college, no degree: 866 (26.65%)
Associate degree: 219 (6.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 500 (15.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 218 (6.71%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,460 (100%)
Never married: 1,363 (30.56%)
Now married, except separated: 2,149 (48.18%)
Separated: 58 (1.3%)
Total Widowed: 403 (9.04%)
Widowed Female: 303 (6.79%)
Total Divorced: 487 (10.92%)
Divorced Female: 307 (6.88%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 47 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 32 (68.09%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,244 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 428 (10.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,520 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (7.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,563 (100%)
--With a disability: 405 (15.8%)
----Percent employed: 50.9%
--No disability: 2,158 (84.2%)
----Percent employed: 80%
Population 65 years and over: 872 (100%)
--With a disability: 311 (35.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,081 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,062 (40.58%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,968 (58.41%)
--Same county: 1,242 (24.44%)
--Different county: 1,726 (33.97%)
----Same state: 733 (14.43%)
----Different state: 993 (19.54%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 51 (1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,354 (100%)
Native: 5,262 (98.28%)
--Born in United States: 5,242 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,420 (45.2%)
----Different state: 2,822 (52.71%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.37%)
Foreign born: 92 (1.72%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 24 (0.45%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42 (0.78%)
--Not a citizen: 50 (0.93%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 92 (100%)
Europe: 30 (32.61%)
Asia: 15 (16.3%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 34 (36.96%)
Northern America: 13 (14.13%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,081 (100%)
English only: 4,769 (93.86%)
Language other than English: 312 (6.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 79 (1.55%)
--Spanish: 260 (5.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 58 (1.14%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 44 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8 (0.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,354 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,975% (111.6%)
Arab: 8 (0.15%)
Czech: 16 (0.3%)
Danish: 191 (3.57%)
Dutch: 171 (3.19%)
English: 909 (16.98%)
French (except Basque): 181 (3.38%)
French Canadian: 29 (0.54%)
German: 1,389 (25.94%)
Greek: 44 (0.82%)
Hungarian: 58 (1.08%)
Irish: 700 (13.07%)
Italian: 135 (2.52%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.35%)
Norwegian: 332 (6.2%)
Polish: 151 (2.82%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 57 (1.06%)
Scotch-Irish: 55 (1.03%)
Scottish: 219 (4.09%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 190 (3.55%)
Swiss: 14 (0.26%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 296 (5.53%)
Welsh: 81 (1.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 730 (13.63%)

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