Delta County, CO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Delta county colorado dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics






Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school5,975100.0
Nursery school, preschool3956.6
Kindergarten3926.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,08751.7
High school (grades 9-12)1,56326.2
College or graduate school5389.0
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over19,330100.0
Less than 9th grade1,3356.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,51113.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)6,56934.0
Some college, no degree4,58123.7
Associate degree9344.8
Bachelor's degree2,41112.5
Graduate or professional degree9895.1
Percent high school graduate or higher80.1(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher17.6(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over22,427100.0
Never married3,38415.1
Now married, except separated14,38864.2
Separated2761.2
Widowed1,8108.1
Female
1,3446.0
Divorced2,56911.5
Female
1,3886.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years401100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren17343.1
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over21,185100.0
Civilian veterans3,83218.1
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years5,737100.0
With a disability2885.0
Population 21 to 64 years14,404100.0
With a disability2,71218.8
Percent employed
51.7(X)
No disability11,69281.2
Percent employed
74.6(X)
Population 65 years and over5,382100.0
With a disability2,49446.3
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over26,174100.0
Same house in 199513,61252.0
Different house in the U.S. in 199512,10646.3
Same county
5,27620.2
Different county
6,83026.1
Same state
3,56713.6
Different state
3,26312.5
Elsewhere in 19954561.7
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population27,834100.0
Native26,66995.8
Born in United States
26,52695.3
State of residence
13,66249.1
Different state
12,86446.2
Born outside United States
1430.5
Foreign born1,1654.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000
6092.2
Naturalized citizen
2901.0
Not a citizen
8753.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,165100.0
Europe13811.8
Asia463.9
Africa20.2
Oceania40.3
Latin America92879.7
Northern America474.0
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over26,174100.0
English only23,47289.7
Language other than English2,70210.3
Speak English less than 'very well
1,1394.4
Spanish
2,1818.3
Speak English less than "very well"
1,0434.0
Other Indo-European languages
4331.7
Speak English less than "very well"
650.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages
660.3
Speak English less than "very well"
260.1
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population27,834100.0

Total ancestries reported

27,60299.2
Arab200.1
Czech11760.6
Danish2200.8
Dutch7952.9
English3,89014.0
French (except Basque)18583.1
French Canadian1990.4
German5,57820.0
Greek580.2
Hungarian1150.4
Irish12,90210.4
Italian8223.0
Lithuanian80.0
Norwegian5051.8
Polish5091.8
Portuguese230.1
Russian670.2
Scotch-Irish7662.8
Scottish7432.7
Slovak40.0
Subsaharan African60.0
Swedish6352.3
Swiss2651.0
Ukrainian310.1
United States or American2,6269.4
Welsh3261.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)20.0
Other ancestries5,55320.0
(X) Not applicable.
1 The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.



Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19


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