Wheat Ridge, CO Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school7,147100.0
Nursery school, preschool5818.1
Kindergarten4205.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)2,99741.9
High school (grades 9-12)1,55221.7
College or graduate school1,59722.3
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over23,603100.0
Less than 9th grade8913.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,49910.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,11230.1
Some college, no degree6,01125.5
Associate degree1,1654.9
Bachelor's degree4,00917.0
Graduate or professional degree1,9168.1
Percent high school graduate or higher85.6(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher25.1(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over27,183100.0
Never married6,52524.0
Now married, except separated13,67650.3
Separated5532.0
Widowed2,5319.3
Female
2,0857.7
Divorced3,89814.3
Female
2,2268.2
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years312100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren17054.5
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over26,010100.0
Civilian veterans3,57213.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years5,800100.0
With a disability4628.0
Population 21 to 64 years18,731100.0
With a disability3,66219.6
Percent employed
63.0(X)
No disability15,06980.4
Percent employed
83.4(X)
Population 65 years and over5,992100.0
With a disability2,46041.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over30,925100.0
Same house in 199515,43349.9
Different house in the U.S. in 199514,73047.6
Same county
7,27623.5
Different county
7,45424.1
Same state
4,70815.2
Different state
2,7468.9
Elsewhere in 19957622.5
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population33,015100.0
Native31,03294.0
Born in United States
30,77493.2
State of residence
16,54150.1
Different state
14,23343.1
Born outside United States
2580.8
Foreign born1,9836.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1,0433.2
Naturalized citizen
7482.3
Not a citizen
1,2353.7
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,983100.0
Europe61431.0
Asia29214.7
Africa120.6
Oceania271.4
Latin America95448.1
Northern America844.2
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over30,925100.0
English only27,74789.7
Language other than English3,17810.3
Speak English less than 'very well
1,3774.5
Spanish
2,0716.7
Speak English less than "very well"
9072.9
Other Indo-European languages
7592.5
Speak English less than "very well"
2870.9
Asian and Pacific Island languages
2630.9
Speak English less than "very well"
1540.5
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population33,015100.0

Total ancestries reported

37,405113.3
Arab1110.3
Czech13191.0
Danish2850.9
Dutch6872.1
English4,57913.9
French (except Basque)11,2993.9
French Canadian13361.0
German7,91424.0
Greek450.1
Hungarian1190.4
Irish14,38113.3
Italian2,5877.8
Lithuanian670.2
Norwegian7622.3
Polish6632.0
Portuguese70.0
Russian3291.0
Scotch-Irish8902.7
Scottish8512.6
Slovak310.1
Subsaharan African380.1
Swedish1,3244.0
Swiss1200.4
Ukrainian820.2
United States or American1,3534.1
Welsh2550.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)00.0
Other ancestries7,97124.1
(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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