Archuleta County, CO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Archuleta county colorado dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,222	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	106	4.8
Kindergarten	152	6.8
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,172	52.7
High school (grades 9-12)	651	29.3
College or graduate school	141	6.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	6,821	100.0
Less than 9th grade	256	3.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	611	9.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,829	26.8
Some college, no degree	1,790	26.2
Associate degree	356	5.2
Bachelor's degree	1,331	19.5
Graduate or professional degree	648	9.5

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	29.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	7,885	100.0
Never married	1,443	18.3
Now married, except separated	4,997	63.4
Separated	144	1.8
Widowed	325	4.1
Female	264	3.3
Divorced	976	12.4
Female	535	6.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	146	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	87	59.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	7,398	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,205	16.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,253	100.0
With a disability	204	9.1

Population 21 to 64 years	5,912	100.0
With a disability	1,363	23.1
Percent employed	63.4	(X)
No disability	4,549	76.9
Percent employed	73.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,133	100.0
With a disability	372	32.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	9,359	100.0
Same house in 1995	3,935	42.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,367	57.3
Same county	1,890	20.2
Different county	3,477	37.2
Same state	918	9.8
Different state	2,559	27.3
Elsewhere in 1995	57	0.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	9,898	100.0
Native	9,608	97.1
Born in United States	9,561	96.6
State of residence	2,915	29.5
Different state	6,646	67.1
Born outside United States	47	0.5
Foreign born	290	2.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	99	1.0
Naturalized citizen	158	1.6
Not a citizen	132	1.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	290	100.0
Europe	151	52.1
Asia	5	1.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	5	1.7
Latin America	103	35.5
Northern America	26	9.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	9,359	100.0
English only	8,241	88.1
Language other than English	1,118	11.9
Speak English less than 'very well	280	3.0
Spanish	924	9.9
Speak English less than "very well"	232	2.5
Other Indo-European languages	169	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	42	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	0	0.0
Speak English less than "very well"	0	0.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	9,898	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,730	108.4
Arab	22	0.2
Czech¹	67	0.7
Danish	68	0.7
Dutch	272	2.7
English	1,360	13.7
French (except Basque)¹	361	3.6
French Canadian¹	68	0.7
German	2,346	23.7
Greek	20	0.2
Hungarian	14	0.1
Irish¹	1,421	14.4
Italian	416	4.2
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	200	2.0
Polish	147	1.5
Portuguese	45	0.5
Russian	96	1.0
Scotch-Irish	249	2.5
Scottish	210	2.1
Slovak	5	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	151	1.5
Swiss	31	0.3
Ukrainian	35	0.4
United States or American	384	3.9
Welsh	88	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	11	0.1
Other ancestries	2,641	26.7

(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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