General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5683040, place: Wheatland town, Wyoming)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 775 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 71 (9.16%)
Kindergarten: 28 (3.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 397 (51.23%)
High school (grades 9-12): 189 (24.39%)
College or graduate school: 90 (11.61%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 2,580 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 170 (6.59%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 283 (10.97%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 945 (36.63%)
Some college, no degree: 585 (22.67%)
Associate degree: 176 (6.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 270 (10.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 151 (5.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 2,981 (100%)
Never married: 455 (15.26%)
Now married, except separated: 1,838 (61.66%)
Separated: 18 (0.6%)
Total Widowed: 348 (11.67%)
Widowed Female: 298 (10%)
Total Divorced: 322 (10.8%)
Divorced Female: 189 (6.34%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (55.22%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 2,829 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 591 (20.89%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 701 (100%)
--With a disability: 62 (8.84%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,879 (100%)
--With a disability: 323 (17.19%)
----Percent employed: 48.3%
--No disability: 1,556 (82.81%)
----Percent employed: 81.9%
Population 65 years and over: 747 (100%)
--With a disability: 235 (31.46%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 3,416 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,989 (58.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,387 (40.6%)
--Same county: 655 (19.17%)
--Different county: 732 (21.43%)
----Same state: 320 (9.37%)
----Different state: 412 (12.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 40 (1.17%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 3,575 (100%)
Native: 3,490 (97.62%)
--Born in United States: 3,449 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,678 (46.94%)
----Different state: 1,771 (49.54%)
--Born outside United States: 41 (1.15%)
Foreign born: 85 (2.38%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 47 (1.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 23 (0.64%)
--Not a citizen: 62 (1.73%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 85 (100%)
Europe: 9 (10.59%)
Asia: 9 (10.59%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 67 (78.82%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 3,416 (100%)
English only: 3,186 (93.27%)
Language other than English: 230 (6.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 97 (2.84%)
--Spanish: 191 (5.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 79 (2.31%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 39 (1.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.53%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 3,575 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,730% (104.34%)
Arab: 3 (0.08%)
Czech: 36 (1.01%)
Danish: 18 (0.5%)
Dutch: 148 (4.14%)
English: 431 (12.06%)
French (except Basque): 118 (3.3%)
French Canadian: 14 (0.39%)
German: 1,040 (29.09%)
Greek: 7 (0.2%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 542 (15.16%)
Italian: 84 (2.35%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 141 (3.94%)
Polish: 10 (0.28%)
Portuguese: 12 (0.34%)
Russian: 46 (1.29%)
Scotch-Irish: 113 (3.16%)
Scottish: 79 (2.21%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 112 (3.13%)
Swiss: 25 (0.7%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 166 (4.64%)
Welsh: 25 (0.7%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 560 (15.66%)
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