Grand Junction, CO Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school10,482100.0
Nursery school, preschool6806.5
Kindergarten3793.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)4,10739.2
High school (grades 9-12)2,05019.6
College or graduate school3,26631.2
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over28,158100.0
Less than 9th grade1,4145.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,82810.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,51426.7
Some college, no degree7,01724.9
Associate degree1,9957.1
Bachelor's degree4,87217.3
Graduate or professional degree2,5188.9
Percent high school graduate or higher84.9(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher26.2(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over34,790100.0
Never married8,92625.7
Now married, except separated18,15552.2
Separated4851.4
Widowed2,8448.2
Female
2,4096.9
Divorced4,38012.6
Female
2,5497.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years345100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren18553.6
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over33,212100.0
Civilian veterans5,45116.4
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years9,114100.0
With a disability91210.0
Population 21 to 64 years22,542100.0
With a disability5,20023.1
Percent employed
60.3(X)
No disability17,34276.9
Percent employed
80.5(X)
Population 65 years and over7,235100.0
With a disability2,95140.8
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over39,775100.0
Same house in 199516,53641.6
Different house in the U.S. in 199522,74057.2
Same county
11,84029.8
Different county
10,90027.4
Same state
4,44111.2
Different state
6,45916.2
Elsewhere in 19954991.3
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population42,225100.0
Native40,49195.9
Born in United States
40,22995.3
State of residence
19,80746.9
Different state
20,42248.4
Born outside United States
2620.6
Foreign born1,7344.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000
8682.1
Naturalized citizen
6901.6
Not a citizen
1,0442.5
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,734100.0
Europe38021.9
Asia18010.4
Africa00.0
Oceania160.9
Latin America1,05560.8
Northern America1035.9
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over39,775100.0
English only35,99990.5
Language other than English3,7769.5
Speak English less than 'very well
1,4103.5
Spanish
2,9477.4
Speak English less than "very well"
1,1753.0
Other Indo-European languages
6481.6
Speak English less than "very well"
1550.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages
1450.4
Speak English less than "very well"
800.2
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population42,225100.0

Total ancestries reported

45,279107.2
Arab670.2
Czech13290.8
Danish5881.4
Dutch7241.7
English6,39615.1
French (except Basque)11,4293.4
French Canadian11860.4
German9,12821.6
Greek1340.3
Hungarian1230.3
Irish14,78911.3
Italian1,8254.3
Lithuanian620.1
Norwegian1,1812.8
Polish7091.7
Portuguese1010.2
Russian2310.5
Scotch-Irish1,0302.4
Scottish1,1592.7
Slovak270.1
Subsaharan African740.2
Swedish1,3813.3
Swiss1130.3
Ukrainian910.2
United States or American3,3277.9
Welsh5731.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)270.1
Other ancestries9,47522.4
(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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