Elbert County, CO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Elbert county colorado dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,926	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	395	6.7
Kindergarten	322	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,984	50.4
High school (grades 9-12)	1,570	26.5
College or graduate school	655	11.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,814	100.0
Less than 9th grade	178	1.4
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	785	6.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	3,510	27.4
Some college, no degree	3,927	30.6
Associate degree	1,011	7.9
Bachelor's degree	2,493	19.5
Graduate or professional degree	910	7.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	92.5	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	26.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	15,032	100.0
Never married	2,754	18.3
Now married, except separated	10,525	70.0
Separated	185	1.2
Widowed	359	2.4
Female	280	1.9
Divorced	1,209	8.0
Female	649	4.3

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	323	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	66	20.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	13,898	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,249	16.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,407	100.0
With a disability	393	7.3

Population 21 to 64 years	11,984	100.0
With a disability	1,356	11.3
Percent employed	66.3	(X)
No disability	10,628	88.7
Percent employed	83.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,169	100.0
With a disability	435	37.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	18,606	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,212	44.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	10,232	55.0
Same county	1,731	9.3
Different county	8,501	45.7
Same state	5,943	31.9
Different state	2,558	13.7
Elsewhere in 1995	162	0.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,872	100.0
Native	19,498	98.1
Born in United States	19,243	96.8
State of residence	8,928	44.9
Different state	10,315	51.9
Born outside United States	255	1.3
Foreign born	374	1.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	118	0.6
Naturalized citizen	147	0.7
Not a citizen	227	1.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	374	100.0
Europe	165	44.1
Asia	35	9.4
Africa	10	2.7
Oceania	9	2.4
Latin America	92	24.6
Northern America	63	16.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	18,606	100.0
English only	17,714	95.2
Language other than English	892	4.8
Speak English less than 'very well	216	1.2
Spanish	605	3.3
Speak English less than "very well"	168	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	270	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	48	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	13	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,872	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,312	112.3
Arab	58	0.3
Czech¹	241	1.2
Danish	311	1.6
Dutch	647	3.3
English	2,939	14.8
French (except Basque)¹	635	3.2
French Canadian¹	118	0.6
German	5,531	27.8
Greek	49	0.2
Hungarian	93	0.5
Irish¹	3,177	16.0
Italian	902	4.5
Lithuanian	38	0.2
Norwegian	605	3.0
Polish	628	3.2
Portuguese	72	0.4
Russian	159	0.8
Scotch-Irish	481	2.4
Scottish	631	3.2
Slovak	71	0.4
Subsaharan African	2	0.0
Swedish	804	4.0
Swiss	61	0.3
Ukrainian	7	0.0
United States or American	1,269	6.4
Welsh	161	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	9	0.0
Other ancestries	2,613	13.1

(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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