Social Statistics

Missoula, Montana

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	19,468	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	774	4.0
Kindergarten	528	2.7
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,283	27.1
High school (grades 9-12)	2,627	13.5
College or graduate school	10,256	52.7

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	33,964	100.0
Less than 9th grade	941	2.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,938	5.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,440	21.9
Some college, no degree	9,044	26.6
Associate degree	1,694	5.0
Bachelor's degree	8,660	25.5
Graduate or professional degree	4,247	12.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	91.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	38.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	47,645	100.0
Never married	18,945	39.8
Now married, except separated	20,228	42.5
Separated	609	1.3
Widowed	2,561	5.4
Female	2,098	4.4
Divorced	5,302	11.1
Female	3,107	6.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	436	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	176	40.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	45,650	100.0
Civilian veterans	5,552	12.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	13,071	100.0
With a disability	1,178	9.0

Population 21 to 64 years	34,443	100.0
With a disability	5,125	14.9
Percent employed	58.2	(X)
No disability	29,318	85.1
Percent employed	80.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,980	100.0
With a disability	2,538	42.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	53,944	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,720	38.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	32,473	60.2
Same county	14,790	27.4
Different county	17,683	32.8
Same state	7,012	13.0
Different state	10,671	19.8
Elsewhere in 1995	751	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	56,968	100.0
Native	55,519	97.5
Born in United States	55,064	96.7
State of residence	27,870	48.9
Different state	27,194	47.7
Born outside United States	455	0.8
Foreign born	1,449	2.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	663	1.2
Naturalized citizen	721	1.3
Not a citizen	728	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,449	100.0
Europe	662	45.7
Asia	402	27.7
Africa	5	0.3
Oceania	35	2.4
Latin America	102	7.0
Northern America	243	16.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	53,944	100.0
English only	50,995	94.5
Language other than English	2,949	5.5
Speak English less than 'very well	819	1.5
Spanish	1,036	1.9
Speak English less than "very well"	233	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	1,271	2.4
Speak English less than "very well"	266	0.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages	437	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	273	0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	56,968	100.0
Total ancestries reported	66,467	116.7
Arab	132	0.2
Czech¹	469	0.8
Danish	865	1.5
Dutch	1,089	1.9
English	7,301	12.8
French (except Basque)¹	2,823	5.0
French Canadian¹	711	1.2
German	14,165	24.9
Greek	215	0.4
Hungarian	316	0.6
Irish¹	9,795	17.2
Italian	2,565	4.5
Lithuanian	97	0.2
Norwegian	5,400	9.5
Polish	1,224	2.1
Portuguese	62	0.1
Russian	593	1.0
Scotch-Irish	1,591	2.8
Scottish	2,104	3.7
Slovak	64	0.1
Subsaharan African	19	0.0
Swedish	2,177	3.8
Swiss	327	0.6
Ukrainian	105	0.2
United States or American	2,094	3.7
Welsh	836	1.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	16	0.0
Other ancestries	9,312	16.3

(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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