Delta County, CO Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Delta county colorado dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,975	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	395	6.6
Kindergarten	392	6.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,087	51.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,563	26.2
College or graduate school	538	9.0

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	19,330	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,335	6.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,511	13.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,569	34.0
Some college, no degree	4,581	23.7
Associate degree	934	4.8
Bachelor's degree	2,411	12.5
Graduate or professional degree	989	5.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	80.1	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	17.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	22,427	100.0
Never married	3,384	15.1
Now married, except separated	14,388	64.2
Separated	276	1.2
Widowed	1,810	8.1
Female	1,344	6.0
Divorced	2,569	11.5
Female	1,388	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	401	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	173	43.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	21,185	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,832	18.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	5,737	100.0
With a disability	288	5.0

Population 21 to 64 years	14,404	100.0
With a disability	2,712	18.8
Percent employed	51.7	(X)
No disability	11,692	81.2
Percent employed	74.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,382	100.0
With a disability	2,494	46.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	26,174	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,612	52.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	12,106	46.3
Same county	5,276	20.2
Different county	6,830	26.1
Same state	3,567	13.6
Different state	3,263	12.5
Elsewhere in 1995	456	1.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	27,834	100.0
Native	26,669	95.8
Born in United States	26,526	95.3
State of residence	13,662	49.1
Different state	12,864	46.2
Born outside United States	143	0.5
Foreign born	1,165	4.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	609	2.2
Naturalized citizen	290	1.0
Not a citizen	875	3.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,165	100.0
Europe	138	11.8
Asia	46	3.9
Africa	2	0.2
Oceania	4	0.3
Latin America	928	79.7
Northern America	47	4.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	26,174	100.0
English only	23,472	89.7
Language other than English	2,702	10.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,139	4.4
Spanish	2,181	8.3
Speak English less than "very well"	1,043	4.0
Other Indo-European languages	433	1.7
Speak English less than "very well"	65	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	66	0.3
Speak English less than "very well"	26	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	27,834	100.0
Total ancestries reported	27,602	99.2
Arab	20	0.1
Czech¹	176	0.6
Danish	220	0.8
Dutch	795	2.9
English	3,890	14.0
French (except Basque)¹	858	3.1
French Canadian¹	99	0.4
German	5,578	20.0
Greek	58	0.2
Hungarian	115	0.4
Irish¹	2,902	10.4
Italian	822	3.0
Lithuanian	8	0.0
Norwegian	505	1.8
Polish	509	1.8
Portuguese	23	0.1
Russian	67	0.2
Scotch-Irish	766	2.8
Scottish	743	2.7
Slovak	4	0.0
Subsaharan African	6	0.0
Swedish	635	2.3
Swiss	265	1.0
Ukrainian	31	0.1
United States or American	2,626	9.4
Welsh	326	1.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	5,553	20.0

(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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