Canyon County, ID Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Canyon county idaho dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	35,560	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,954	5.5
Kindergarten	2,306	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	17,635	49.6
High school (grades 9-12)	8,154	22.9
College or graduate school	5,511	15.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	76,619	100.0
Less than 9th grade	8,290	10.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	10,081	13.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	23,239	30.3
Some college, no degree	19,356	25.3
Associate degree	4,238	5.5
Bachelor's degree	7,903	10.3
Graduate or professional degree	3,512	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.0	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	97,385	100.0
Never married	21,093	21.7
Now married, except separated	59,231	60.8
Separated	1,607	1.7
Widowed	5,236	5.4
Female	4,325	4.4
Divorced	10,218	10.5
Female	5,743	5.9

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	2,392	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	1,094	45.7

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	90,560	100.0
Civilian veterans	11,730	13.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	34,653	100.0
With a disability	2,660	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	69,698	100.0
With a disability	12,467	17.9
Percent employed	59.5	(X)
No disability	57,231	82.1
Percent employed	79.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	13,697	100.0
With a disability	6,402	46.7

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	119,519	100.0
Same house in 1995	54,153	45.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	62,976	52.7
Same county	31,847	26.6
Different county	31,129	26.0
Same state	14,542	12.2
Different state	16,587	13.9
Elsewhere in 1995	2,390	2.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	131,441	100.0
Native	120,081	91.4
Born in United States	119,110	90.6
State of residence	62,393	47.5
Different state	56,717	43.2
Born outside United States	971	0.7
Foreign born	11,360	8.6
Entered 1990 to March 2000	5,496	4.2
Naturalized citizen	3,322	2.5
Not a citizen	8,038	6.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	11,360	100.0
Europe	876	7.7
Asia	730	6.4
Africa	28	0.2
Oceania	96	0.8
Latin America	9,407	82.8
Northern America	223	2.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	119,519	100.0
English only	98,451	82.4
Language other than English	21,068	17.6
Speak English less than 'very well	9,956	8.3
Spanish	18,643	15.6
Speak English less than "very well"	9,166	7.7
Other Indo-European languages	1,395	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	365	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	834	0.7
Speak English less than "very well"	342	0.3

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	131,441	100.0
Total ancestries reported	129,176	98.3
Arab	127	0.1
Czech¹	736	0.6
Danish	2,111	1.6
Dutch	3,033	2.3
English	17,735	13.5
French (except Basque)¹	3,204	2.4
French Canadian¹	548	0.4
German	21,368	16.3
Greek	143	0.1
Hungarian	173	0.1
Irish¹	11,952	9.1
Italian	2,474	1.9
Lithuanian	99	0.1
Norwegian	3,232	2.5
Polish	960	0.7
Portuguese	357	0.3
Russian	315	0.2
Scotch-Irish	2,227	1.7
Scottish	3,511	2.7
Slovak	7	0.0
Subsaharan African	46	0.0
Swedish	3,403	2.6
Swiss	917	0.7
Ukrainian	54	0.0
United States or American	10,134	7.7
Welsh	1,124	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	35	0.0
Other ancestries	39,151	29.8

(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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