Rio Blanco County, CO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Rio blanco county colorado dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,726	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	72	4.2
Kindergarten	85	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	728	42.2
High school (grades 9-12)	456	26.4
College or graduate school	385	22.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	3,857	100.0
Less than 9th grade	163	4.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	285	7.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,234	32.0
Some college, no degree	1,100	28.5
Associate degree	323	8.4
Bachelor's degree	495	12.8
Graduate or professional degree	257	6.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	88.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	19.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	4,741	100.0
Never married	1,063	22.4
Now married, except separated	2,924	61.7
Separated	70	1.5
Widowed	205	4.3
Female	170	3.6
Divorced	479	10.1
Female	217	4.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	86	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	59	68.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	4,381	100.0
Civilian veterans	673	15.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,583	100.0
With a disability	102	6.4

Population 21 to 64 years	3,379	100.0
With a disability	444	13.1
Percent employed	56.1	(X)
No disability	2,935	86.9
Percent employed	81.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	655	100.0
With a disability	255	38.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	5,639	100.0
Same house in 1995	2,894	51.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	2,667	47.3
Same county	1,211	21.5
Different county	1,456	25.8
Same state	780	13.8
Different state	676	12.0
Elsewhere in 1995	78	1.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	5,986	100.0
Native	5,797	96.8
Born in United States	5,765	96.3
State of residence	3,024	50.5
Different state	2,741	45.8
Born outside United States	32	0.5
Foreign born	189	3.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	102	1.7
Naturalized citizen	66	1.1
Not a citizen	123	2.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	189	100.0
Europe	55	29.1
Asia	25	13.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	95	50.3
Northern America	14	7.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	5,639	100.0
English only	5,268	93.4
Language other than English	371	6.6
Speak English less than 'very well	162	2.9
Spanish	248	4.4
Speak English less than "very well"	120	2.1
Other Indo-European languages	113	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	37	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	3	0.1
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	5,986	100.0
Total ancestries reported	6,237	104.2
Arab	2	0.0
Czech¹	40	0.7
Danish	84	1.4
Dutch	164	2.7
English	918	15.3
French (except Basque)¹	250	4.2
French Canadian¹	49	0.8
German	1,301	21.7
Greek	21	0.4
Hungarian	33	0.6
Irish¹	825	13.8
Italian	114	1.9
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	149	2.5
Polish	127	2.1
Portuguese	13	0.2
Russian	45	0.8
Scotch-Irish	123	2.1
Scottish	219	3.7
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	199	3.3
Swiss	36	0.6
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	479	8.0
Welsh	77	1.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	967	16.2

(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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