La Plata County, CO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

La plata county colorado dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	13,191	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	681	5.2
Kindergarten	553	4.2
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,594	34.8
High school (grades 9-12)	2,631	19.9
College or graduate school	4,732	35.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	27,973	100.0
Less than 9th grade	793	2.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,619	5.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,462	23.1
Some college, no degree	7,229	25.8
Associate degree	1,700	6.1
Bachelor's degree	6,788	24.3
Graduate or professional degree	3,382	12.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	91.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	36.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	36,018	100.0
Never married	11,058	30.7
Now married, except separated	18,779	52.1
Separated	482	1.3
Widowed	1,495	4.2
Female	1,179	3.3
Divorced	4,204	11.7
Female	2,375	6.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	419	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	173	41.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	33,989	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,290	12.6

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,432	100.0
With a disability	669	6.4

Population 21 to 64 years	26,824	100.0
With a disability	3,286	12.3
Percent employed	58.9	(X)
No disability	23,538	87.7
Percent employed	79.4	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,977	100.0
With a disability	1,554	39.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	41,643	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,914	45.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	22,300	53.6
Same county	9,323	22.4
Different county	12,977	31.2
Same state	3,780	9.1
Different state	9,197	22.1
Elsewhere in 1995	429	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	43,941	100.0
Native	42,770	97.3
Born in United States	42,256	96.2
State of residence	16,370	37.3
Different state	25,886	58.9
Born outside United States	514	1.2
Foreign born	1,171	2.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	492	1.1
Naturalized citizen	546	1.2
Not a citizen	625	1.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,171	100.0
Europe	356	30.4
Asia	150	12.8
Africa	56	4.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	488	41.7
Northern America	121	10.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	41,643	100.0
English only	37,708	90.6
Language other than English	3,935	9.4
Speak English less than 'very well	1,117	2.7
Spanish	2,425	5.8
Speak English less than "very well"	851	2.0
Other Indo-European languages	615	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	90	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	101	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	48	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	43,941	100.0
Total ancestries reported	49,996	113.8
Arab	59	0.1
Czech¹	341	0.8
Danish	362	0.8
Dutch	1,090	2.5
English	6,420	14.6
French (except Basque)¹	1,638	3.7
French Canadian¹	325	0.7
German	9,489	21.6
Greek	103	0.2
Hungarian	155	0.4
Irish¹	5,886	13.4
Italian	1,910	4.3
Lithuanian	92	0.2
Norwegian	908	2.1
Polish	764	1.7
Portuguese	92	0.2
Russian	405	0.9
Scotch-Irish	977	2.2
Scottish	1,772	4.0
Slovak	27	0.1
Subsaharan African	75	0.2
Swedish	1,181	2.7
Swiss	338	0.8
Ukrainian	90	0.2
United States or American	3,556	8.1
Welsh	558	1.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	21	0.0
Other ancestries	11,362	25.9

(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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