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Aurora Colorado Social and demographic information
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Aurora Colorado Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Aurora 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 |
275,936 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
73,812 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
231,244 |
83.8 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
4,603 |
6.2 |
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Born in
United States |
226,456 |
82.1 |
| Kindergarten |
4,211 |
5.7 |
|
State
of residence |
93,554 |
33.9 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
34,109 |
46.2 |
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Different state |
132,902 |
48.2 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
15,630 |
21.2 |
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Born
outside United States |
4,788 |
1.7 |
| College or
graduate school |
15,259 |
20.7 |
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Foreign born |
44,692 |
16.2 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
26,457 |
9.6 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
13,456 |
4.9 |
| Population
25 years and over |
172,456 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
31,236 |
11.3 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
9,954 |
5.8 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
15,937 |
9.2 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
42,781 |
24.8 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
44,687 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
47,976 |
27.8 |
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Europe |
5,628 |
12.6 |
| Associate
degree |
13,457 |
7.8 |
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Asia |
9,288 |
20.8 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
30,902 |
17.9 |
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Africa |
2,010 |
4.5 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
11,449 |
6.6 |
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Oceania |
185 |
0.4 |
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Latin America |
26,920 |
60.2 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
85.0 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
656 |
1.5 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
24.6 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
253,989 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
211,744 |
100.0 |
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English only |
196,319 |
77.3 |
| Never married |
60,706 |
28.7 |
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Language other
than English |
57,670 |
22.7 |
| Now married,
except separated |
110,358 |
52.1 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
31,319 |
12.3 |
| Separated |
4,509 |
2.1 |
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Spanish |
38,352 |
15.1 |
| Widowed |
9,047 |
4.3 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
22,783 |
9.0 |
| Female |
7,396 |
3.5 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
8,113 |
3.2 |
| Divorced |
27,124 |
12.8 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
3,033 |
1.2 |
| Female |
16,313 |
7.7 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
8,732 |
3.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
4,606 |
1.8 |
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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 |
275,936 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
5,423 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
301,625 |
109.3 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
2,278 |
42.0 |
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Arab |
1,329 |
0.5 |
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Czech¹ |
1,522 |
0.6 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
2,027 |
0.7 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
198,356 |
100.0 |
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Dutch |
4,901 |
1.8 |
| Civilian
veterans |
29,745 |
15.0 |
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English |
24,340 |
8.8 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
7,499 |
2.7 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
1,784 |
0.6 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
50,449 |
18.3 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
64,513 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
1,302 |
0.5 |
| With a
disability |
5,664 |
8.8 |
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Hungarian |
1,172 |
0.4 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
166,766 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
28,326 |
10.3 |
| With a
disability |
30,379 |
18.2 |
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Italian |
9,993 |
3.6 |
| Percent
employed |
64.6 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
460 |
0.2 |
| No disability |
136,387 |
81.8 |
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Norwegian |
5,964 |
2.2 |
| Percent
employed |
81.3 |
(X) |
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Polish |
5,612 |
2.0 |
| Population
65 years and over |
19,744 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
457 |
0.2 |
| With a
disability |
8,083 |
40.9 |
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Russian |
3,150 |
1.1 |
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Scotch-Irish |
4,576 |
1.7 |
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Scottish |
5,481 |
2.0 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
342 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
253,989 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
4,064 |
1.5 |
| Same house in
1995 |
101,817 |
40.1 |
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Swedish |
5,918 |
2.1 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
137,440 |
54.1 |
|
Swiss |
954 |
0.3 |
| Same county |
50,945 |
20.1 |
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Ukrainian |
856 |
0.3 |
| Different
county |
86,495 |
34.1 |
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United States
or American |
12,393 |
4.5 |
| Same state |
43,631 |
17.2 |
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Welsh |
2,207 |
0.8 |
| Different
state |
42,864 |
16.9 |
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West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
933 |
0.3 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
14,732 |
5.8 |
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Other
ancestries |
113,614 |
41.2 |
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| Date: December
29, 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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