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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Platte County, Wyoming |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
2,147 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
133 |
6.2 |
Kindergarten |
104 |
4.8 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
1,160 |
54.0 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
577 |
26.9 |
College or graduate school |
173 |
8.1 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
6,034 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
312 |
5.2 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
601 |
10.0 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
2,323 |
38.5 |
Some college, no degree |
1,464 |
24.3 |
Associate degree |
416 |
6.9 |
Bachelor's degree |
643 |
10.7 |
Graduate or professional degree |
275 |
4.6 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
84.9 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
15.2 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
7,052 |
100.0 |
Never married |
1,183 |
16.8 |
Now married, except separated |
4,535 |
64.3 |
Separated |
44 |
0.6 |
Widowed |
563 |
8.0 |
Female |
471 |
6.7 |
Divorced |
727 |
10.3 |
Female |
378 |
5.4 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
92 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
53 |
57.6 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
6,575 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
1,299 |
19.8 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
2,058 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
174 |
8.5 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
4,807 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
810 |
16.9 |
Percent employed |
50.5 |
(X) |
No disability |
3,997 |
83.1 |
Percent employed |
84.2 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
1,384 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
474 |
34.2 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
8,348 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
5,162 |
61.8 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
3,104 |
37.2 |
Same county |
1,402 |
16.8 |
Different county |
1,702 |
20.4 |
Same state |
768 |
9.2 |
Different state |
934 |
11.2 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
82 |
1.0 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
8,807 |
100.0 |
Native |
8,671 |
98.5 |
Born in United States |
8,602 |
97.7 |
State of residence |
4,249 |
48.2 |
Different state |
4,353 |
49.4 |
Born outside United States |
69 |
0.8 |
Foreign born |
136 |
1.5 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
75 |
0.9 |
Naturalized citizen |
37 |
0.4 |
Not a citizen |
99 |
1.1 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
136 |
100.0 |
Europe |
15 |
11.0 |
Asia |
16 |
11.8 |
Africa |
0 |
0.0 |
Oceania |
0 |
0.0 |
Latin America |
103 |
75.7 |
Northern America |
2 |
1.5 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
8,348 |
100.0 |
English only |
7,956 |
95.3 |
Language other than English |
392 |
4.7 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
144 |
1.7 |
Spanish |
315 |
3.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
115 |
1.4 |
Other Indo-European languages |
69 |
0.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
28 |
0.3 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
7 |
0.1 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
0 |
0.0 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
8,807 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
10,540 |
119.7 |
Arab |
5 |
0.1 |
Czech1 |
75 |
0.9 |
Danish |
96 |
1.1 |
Dutch |
361 |
4.1 |
English |
1,370 |
15.6 |
French (except Basque)1 |
291 |
3.3 |
French Canadian1 |
28 |
0.3 |
German |
2,986 |
33.9 |
Greek |
26 |
0.3 |
Hungarian |
11 |
0.1 |
Irish1 |
1,623 |
18.4 |
Italian |
251 |
2.9 |
Lithuanian |
6 |
0.1 |
Norwegian |
380 |
4.3 |
Polish |
45 |
0.5 |
Portuguese |
28 |
0.3 |
Russian |
76 |
0.9 |
Scotch-Irish |
231 |
2.6 |
Scottish |
249 |
2.8 |
Slovak |
6 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
0 |
0.0 |
Swedish |
371 |
4.2 |
Swiss |
68 |
0.8 |
Ukrainian |
15 |
0.2 |
United States or American |
552 |
6.3 |
Welsh |
76 |
0.9 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
0 |
0.0 |
Other ancestries |
1,314 |
14.9 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) 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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