Las Animas County, CO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Las animas county colorado dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	3,954	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	253	6.4
Kindergarten	181	4.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,779	45.0
High school (grades 9-12)	856	21.6
College or graduate school	885	22.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,279	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,101	10.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,278	12.4
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,796	27.2
Some college, no degree	2,340	22.8
Associate degree	1,096	10.7
Bachelor's degree	1,027	10.0
Graduate or professional degree	641	6.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	12,171	100.0
Never married	2,999	24.6
Now married, except separated	6,419	52.7
Separated	179	1.5
Widowed	1,138	9.4
Female	925	7.6
Divorced	1,436	11.8
Female	788	6.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	382	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	197	51.6

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,519	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,844	16.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	3,527	100.0
With a disability	218	6.2

Population 21 to 64 years	7,994	100.0
With a disability	2,225	27.8
Percent employed	51.2	(X)
No disability	5,769	72.2
Percent employed	74.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,675	100.0
With a disability	1,228	45.9

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	14,388	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,390	58.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,789	40.2
Same county	2,808	19.5
Different county	2,981	20.7
Same state	1,199	8.3
Different state	1,782	12.4
Elsewhere in 1995	209	1.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	15,207	100.0
Native	14,850	97.7
Born in United States	14,783	97.2
State of residence	9,727	64.0
Different state	5,056	33.2
Born outside United States	67	0.4
Foreign born	357	2.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	153	1.0
Naturalized citizen	112	0.7
Not a citizen	245	1.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	357	100.0
Europe	55	15.4
Asia	43	12.0
Africa	10	2.8
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	245	68.6
Northern America	4	1.1

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	14,388	100.0
English only	11,397	79.2
Language other than English	2,991	20.8
Speak English less than 'very well	684	4.8
Spanish	2,693	18.7
Speak English less than "very well"	625	4.3
Other Indo-European languages	215	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	29	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	17	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	15,207	100.0
Total ancestries reported	15,646	102.9
Arab	68	0.4
Czech¹	60	0.4
Danish	43	0.3
Dutch	220	1.4
English	1,032	6.8
French (except Basque)¹	395	2.6
French Canadian¹	109	0.7
German	1,532	10.1
Greek	35	0.2
Hungarian	29	0.2
Irish¹	1,134	7.5
Italian	2,185	14.4
Lithuanian	13	0.1
Norwegian	160	1.1
Polish	229	1.5
Portuguese	9	0.1
Russian	15	0.1
Scotch-Irish	170	1.1
Scottish	220	1.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	15	0.1
Swedish	189	1.2
Swiss	22	0.1
Ukrainian	5	0.0
United States or American	779	5.1
Welsh	65	0.4
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	6,907	45.4

(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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