Torrington, WY

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5677530, place: Torrington city, Wyoming)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,383 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 74 (5.35%)
Kindergarten: 112 (8.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 648 (46.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 299 (21.62%)
College or graduate school: 250 (18.08%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,910 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 228 (5.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 321 (8.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,270 (32.48%)
Some college, no degree: 1,032 (26.39%)
Associate degree: 359 (9.18%)
Bachelor's degree: 518 (13.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 182 (4.65%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,660 (100%)
Never married: 1,016 (21.8%)
Now married, except separated: 2,489 (53.41%)
Separated: 65 (1.39%)
Total Widowed: 512 (10.99%)
Widowed Female: 450 (9.66%)
Total Divorced: 578 (12.4%)
Divorced Female: 329 (7.06%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 39 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (69.23%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,418 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 672 (15.21%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,275 (100%)
--With a disability: 86 (6.75%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,936 (100%)
--With a disability: 720 (24.52%)
----Percent employed: 65.6%
--No disability: 2,216 (75.48%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,061 (100%)
--With a disability: 554 (52.21%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,485 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,919 (53.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,551 (46.51%)
--Same county: 1,245 (22.7%)
--Different county: 1,306 (23.81%)
----Same state: 471 (8.59%)
----Different state: 835 (15.22%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 15 (0.27%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,813 (100%)
Native: 5,667 (97.49%)
--Born in United States: 5,627 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,285 (39.31%)
----Different state: 3,342 (57.49%)
--Born outside United States: 40 (0.69%)
Foreign born: 146 (2.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 21 (0.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 86 (1.48%)
--Not a citizen: 60 (1.03%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 146 (100%)
Europe: 17 (11.64%)
Asia: 8 (5.48%)
Africa: 15 (10.27%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 97 (66.44%)
Northern America: 9 (6.16%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,485 (100%)
English only: 5,088 (92.76%)
Language other than English: 397 (7.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 186 (3.39%)
--Spanish: 295 (5.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 150 (2.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 94 (1.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.66%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,813 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,540% (112.51%)
Arab: 19 (0.33%)
Czech: 152 (2.61%)
Danish: 63 (1.08%)
Dutch: 103 (1.77%)
English: 751 (12.92%)
French (except Basque): 130 (2.24%)
French Canadian: 15 (0.26%)
German: 2,151 (37%)
Greek: 7 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 5 (0.09%)
Irish: 624 (10.73%)
Italian: 92 (1.58%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 180 (3.1%)
Polish: 61 (1.05%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 155 (2.67%)
Scotch-Irish: 215 (3.7%)
Scottish: 170 (2.92%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 18 (0.31%)
Swedish: 136 (2.34%)
Swiss: 46 (0.79%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 267 (4.59%)
Welsh: 75 (1.29%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,102 (18.96%)

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