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DP-2. Social Characteristics: 1990
Data Set: 1990 Summary Tape File 3 (STF 3) - Sample data
Geographic Area: Colorado

NOTE: For information on confidentiality, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expstf390.htm.


Subject


Number

 

 

URBAN AND RURAL RESIDENCE

 

Total population

3,294,394

Urban population

2,715,749

Rural population

578,645

Farm population

45,118

 

 

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

 

Persons 3 years and over enrolled in school

896,144

Preprimary school

67,170

Elementary or high school

561,573

Percent in private school

6.4

College

267,401

 

 

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

 

Persons 25 years and over

2,107,072

Less than 9th grade

118,252

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

209,804

High school graduate

558,312

Some college, no degree

506,037

Associate degree

146,411

Bachelor's degree

379,150

Graduate or professional degree

189,106

 

 

Percent high school graduate or higher

84.4

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

27.0

 

 

RESIDENCE IN 1985

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,042,986

Lived in same house

1,374,328

Lived in different house in U.S.

1,612,618

Same state

1,146,904

Same county

740,270

Different county

406,634

Different state

465,714

Lived abroad

56,040

 

 

DISABILITY OF CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED PERSONS

 

Persons 16 to 64 years

2,134,254

With a mobility or self-care limitation

67,478

With a mobility limitation

34,651

With a self-care limitation

47,918

With a work disability

167,224

In labor force

80,970

Prevented from working

69,427

 

 

Persons 65 years and over

311,442

With a mobility or self-care limitation

53,242

With a mobility limitation

42,196

With a self-care limitation

29,329

 

 

CHILDREN EVER BORN PER 1,000 WOMEN

 

Women 15 to 24 years

294

Women 25 to 34 years

1,253

Women 35 to 44 years

1,814

 

 

VETERAN STATUS

 

Civilian veterans 16 years and over

409,932

65 years and over

85,385

 

 

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

 

Total population

3,294,394

Native population

3,151,960

Percent born in state of residence

45.3

Foreign-born population

142,434

Entered the U.S. 1980 to 1990

57,039

 

 

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

 

Persons 5 years and over

3,042,986

Speak a language other than English

320,631

Do not speak English "very well"

109,889

Speak Spanish

203,896

Do not speak English "very well"

69,100

Speak Asian or Pacific Island language

35,167

Do not speak English "very well"

19,377

 

 

ANCESTRY

 

Total ancestries reported

4,306,630

Arab

7,602

Austrian

16,646

Belgian

5,106

Canadian

6,242

Czech

30,941

Danish

42,801

Dutch

100,024

English

581,979

Finnish

8,632

French (except Basque)

149,165

French Canadian

24,387

German

1,064,547

Greek

11,999

Hungarian

16,861

Irish

538,742

Italian

156,607

Lithuanian

7,232

Norwegian

75,646

Polish

82,257

Portuguese

4,654

Romanian

3,211

Russian

36,104

Scotch-Irish

95,012

Scottish

100,952

Slovak

24,257

Subsaharan African

3,610

Swedish

125,097

Swiss

20,288

Ukrainian

6,984

United States or American

96,610

Welsh

41,520

West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)

2,130

Yugoslavian

9,277

Other ancestries

809,508

(X) Not applicable
Source: U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1990 Census of Population and Housing, Summary Tape File 3 (Sample Data)
             Matrices P1, P6, P13, P28, P33, P34, P36, P38, P39, P42, P43, P54, P58, P64, P66, P69.