Alamosa County, CO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Alamosa county colorado dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,251	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	227	4.3
Kindergarten	208	4.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,045	38.9
High school (grades 9-12)	826	15.7
College or graduate school	1,945	37.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	8,567	100.0
Less than 9th grade	685	8.0
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	804	9.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,320	27.1
Some college, no degree	2,105	24.6
Associate degree	343	4.0
Bachelor's degree	1,318	15.4
Graduate or professional degree	992	11.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	82.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	27.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,574	100.0
Never married	3,396	29.3
Now married, except separated	6,272	54.2
Separated	180	1.6
Widowed	525	4.5
Female	465	4.0
Divorced	1,201	10.4
Female	671	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	203	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	118	58.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,863	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,280	11.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,310	100.0
With a disability	283	6.6

Population 21 to 64 years	8,164	100.0
With a disability	1,510	18.5
Percent employed	58.3	(X)
No disability	6,654	81.5
Percent employed	77.1	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,349	100.0
With a disability	681	50.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,975	100.0
Same house in 1995	7,241	51.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,549	46.9
Same county	2,863	20.5
Different county	3,686	26.4
Same state	2,352	16.8
Different state	1,334	9.5
Elsewhere in 1995	185	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,966	100.0
Native	14,263	95.3
Born in United States	14,151	94.6
State of residence	9,528	63.7
Different state	4,623	30.9
Born outside United States	112	0.7
Foreign born	703	4.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	294	2.0
Naturalized citizen	218	1.5
Not a citizen	485	3.2

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	703	100.0
Europe	47	6.7
Asia	42	6.0
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	12	1.7
Latin America	594	84.5
Northern America	8	1.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,975	100.0
English only	10,014	71.7
Language other than English	3,961	28.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,240	8.9
Spanish	3,682	26.3
Speak English less than "very well"	1,129	8.1
Other Indo-European languages	85	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	34	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	73	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	22	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,966	100.0
Total ancestries reported	14,560	97.3
Arab	7	0.0
Czech¹	35	0.2
Danish	247	1.7
Dutch	381	2.5
English	1,146	7.7
French (except Basque)¹	339	2.3
French Canadian¹	48	0.3
German	2,067	13.8
Greek	6	0.0
Hungarian	16	0.1
Irish¹	1,009	6.7
Italian	297	2.0
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	250	1.7
Polish	161	1.1
Portuguese	31	0.2
Russian	26	0.2
Scotch-Irish	182	1.2
Scottish	311	2.1
Slovak	38	0.3
Subsaharan African	12	0.1
Swedish	274	1.8
Swiss	43	0.3
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	1,027	6.9
Welsh	73	0.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	5	0.0
Other ancestries	6,529	43.6

(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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