Pitkin County, CO Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,799	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	218	7.8
Kindergarten	97	3.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,193	42.6
High school (grades 9-12)	632	22.6
College or graduate school	659	23.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	11,322	100.0
Less than 9th grade	168	1.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	249	2.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,237	10.9
Some college, no degree	2,610	23.1
Associate degree	592	5.2
Bachelor's degree	4,531	40.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,935	17.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	96.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	57.1	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	12,833	100.0
Never married	5,049	39.3
Now married, except separated	5,697	44.4
Separated	195	1.5
Widowed	233	1.8
Female	165	1.3
Divorced	1,659	12.9
Female	916	7.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	35	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	0	0.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	12,417	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,113	9.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,184	100.0
With a disability	126	5.8

Population 21 to 64 years	11,045	100.0
With a disability	1,789	16.2
Percent employed	87.8	(X)
No disability	9,256	83.8
Percent employed	82.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	997	100.0
With a disability	133	13.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	14,260	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,275	44.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	7,299	51.2
Same county	3,347	23.5
Different county	3,952	27.7
Same state	1,390	9.7
Different state	2,562	18.0
Elsewhere in 1995	686	4.8

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,872	100.0
Native	13,255	89.1
Born in United States	13,130	88.3
State of residence	3,242	21.8
Different state	9,888	66.5
Born outside United States	125	0.8
Foreign born	1,617	10.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	751	5.0
Naturalized citizen	588	4.0
Not a citizen	1,029	6.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,617	100.0
Europe	537	33.2
Asia	149	9.2
Africa	61	3.8
Oceania	74	4.6
Latin America	641	39.6
Northern America	155	9.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	14,260	100.0
English only	12,535	87.9
Language other than English	1,725	12.1
Speak English less than 'very well	620	4.3
Spanish	962	6.7
Speak English less than "very well"	490	3.4
Other Indo-European languages	648	4.5
Speak English less than "very well"	97	0.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	64	0.4
Speak English less than "very well"	28	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,872	100.0
Total ancestries reported	17,330	116.5
Arab	6	0.0
Czech¹	226	1.5
Danish	149	1.0
Dutch	443	3.0
English	2,564	17.2
French (except Basque)¹	694	4.7
French Canadian¹	142	1.0
German	2,754	18.5
Greek	87	0.6
Hungarian	134	0.9
Irish¹	2,236	15.0
Italian	848	5.7
Lithuanian	98	0.7
Norwegian	492	3.3
Polish	404	2.7
Portuguese	39	0.3
Russian	443	3.0
Scotch-Irish	315	2.1
Scottish	746	5.0
Slovak	10	0.1
Subsaharan African	92	0.6
Swedish	450	3.0
Swiss	204	1.4
Ukrainian	47	0.3
United States or American	666	4.5
Welsh	287	1.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	12	0.1
Other ancestries	2,742	18.4

(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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