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Denver Colorado Social and demographic information
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Denver Colorado Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Denver city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
554,636 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
130,485 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
458,035 |
82.6 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
8,268 |
6.3 |
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Born in
United States |
452,118 |
81.5 |
| Kindergarten |
7,345 |
5.6 |
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State
of residence |
222,531 |
40.1 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
53,341 |
40.9 |
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Different state |
229,587 |
41.4 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
23,222 |
17.8 |
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Born
outside United States |
5,917 |
1.1 |
| College or
graduate school |
38,309 |
29.4 |
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Foreign born |
96,601 |
17.4 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
60,316 |
10.9 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
22,144 |
4.0 |
| Population
25 years and over |
374,478 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
74,457 |
13.4 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
34,253 |
9.1 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
44,781 |
12.0 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
74,922 |
20.0 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
96,601 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
73,090 |
19.5 |
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Europe |
10,158 |
10.5 |
| Associate
degree |
18,367 |
4.9 |
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Asia |
12,893 |
13.3 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
82,750 |
22.1 |
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Africa |
3,385 |
3.5 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
46,315 |
12.4 |
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Oceania |
469 |
0.5 |
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Latin America |
68,115 |
70.5 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
78.9 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
1,581 |
1.6 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
34.5 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
517,349 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
451,498 |
100.0 |
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English only |
377,881 |
73.0 |
| Never married |
162,109 |
35.9 |
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Language other
than English |
139,468 |
27.0 |
| Now married,
except separated |
195,070 |
43.2 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
75,498 |
14.6 |
| Separated |
10,588 |
2.3 |
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Spanish |
108,889 |
21.0 |
| Widowed |
26,412 |
5.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
62,690 |
12.1 |
| Female |
21,272 |
4.7 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
15,090 |
2.9 |
| Divorced |
57,319 |
12.7 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
5,002 |
1.0 |
| Female |
32,494 |
7.2 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
10,762 |
2.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
6,174 |
1.2 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
554,636 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
11,428 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
588,847 |
106.2 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
4,710 |
41.2 |
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Arab |
2,193 |
0.4 |
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Czech¹ |
3,174 |
0.6 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
3,379 |
0.6 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
433,596 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
8,133 |
1.5 |
| Civilian
veterans |
48,558 |
11.2 |
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English |
45,841 |
8.3 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
13,622 |
2.5 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
2,625 |
0.5 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
76,686 |
13.8 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
104,835 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
2,321 |
0.4 |
| With a
disability |
10,584 |
10.1 |
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Hungarian |
2,039 |
0.4 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
346,164 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
53,171 |
9.6 |
| With a
disability |
70,306 |
20.3 |
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Italian |
19,333 |
3.5 |
| Percent
employed |
58.9 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
1,213 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
275,858 |
79.7 |
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Norwegian |
8,643 |
1.6 |
| Percent
employed |
79.0 |
(X) |
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Polish |
11,055 |
2.0 |
| Population
65 years and over |
60,016 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
817 |
0.1 |
| With a
disability |
25,053 |
41.7 |
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Russian |
7,785 |
1.4 |
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Scotch-Irish |
8,810 |
1.6 |
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Scottish |
11,046 |
2.0 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
617 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
517,349 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
5,775 |
1.0 |
| Same house in
1995 |
220,801 |
42.7 |
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Swedish |
10,158 |
1.8 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
262,354 |
50.7 |
|
Swiss |
1,877 |
0.3 |
| Same county |
125,795 |
24.3 |
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Ukrainian |
1,570 |
0.3 |
| Different
county |
136,559 |
26.4 |
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United States
or American |
18,640 |
3.4 |
| Same state |
64,503 |
12.5 |
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Welsh |
4,039 |
0.7 |
| Different
state |
72,056 |
13.9 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
672 |
0.1 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
34,194 |
6.6 |
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Other
ancestries |
263,613 |
47.5 |
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| Date: December
30, 2004 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (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.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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