Weston County, WY Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Weston county wyoming dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	1,585	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	76	4.8
Kindergarten	87	5.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	748	47.2
High school (grades 9-12)	475	30.0
College or graduate school	199	12.6

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	4,554	100.0
Less than 9th grade	249	5.5
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	425	9.3
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,831	40.2
Some college, no degree	1,112	24.4
Associate degree	277	6.1
Bachelor's degree	461	10.1
Graduate or professional degree	199	4.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	14.5	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	5,433	100.0
Never married	918	16.9
Now married, except separated	3,596	66.2
Separated	40	0.7
Widowed	424	7.8
Female	353	6.5
Divorced	455	8.4
Female	209	3.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	71	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	59	83.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	5,046	100.0
Civilian veterans	846	16.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	1,487	100.0
With a disability	78	5.2

Population 21 to 64 years	3,579	100.0
With a disability	695	19.4
Percent employed	56.5	(X)
No disability	2,884	80.6
Percent employed	79.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	971	100.0
With a disability	470	48.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	6,304	100.0
Same house in 1995	3,954	62.7
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	2,309	36.6
Same county	1,189	18.9
Different county	1,120	17.8
Same state	561	8.9
Different state	559	8.9
Elsewhere in 1995	41	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	6,644	100.0
Native	6,593	99.2
Born in United States	6,574	98.9
State of residence	2,968	44.7
Different state	3,606	54.3
Born outside United States	19	0.3
Foreign born	51	0.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000	11	0.2
Naturalized citizen	20	0.3
Not a citizen	31	0.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	51	100.0
Europe	16	31.4
Asia	18	35.3
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	11	21.6
Northern America	6	11.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	6,304	100.0
English only	6,190	98.2
Language other than English	114	1.8
Speak English less than 'very well	37	0.6
Spanish	51	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	27	0.4
Other Indo-European languages	50	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	6	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	10	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	4	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	6,644	100.0
Total ancestries reported	7,831	117.9
Arab	0	0.0
Czech¹	57	0.9
Danish	110	1.7
Dutch	244	3.7
English	1,095	16.5
French (except Basque)¹	255	3.8
French Canadian¹	21	0.3
German	2,259	34.0
Greek	12	0.2
Hungarian	53	0.8
Irish¹	969	14.6
Italian	160	2.4
Lithuanian	2	0.0
Norwegian	358	5.4
Polish	188	2.8
Portuguese	2	0.0
Russian	64	1.0
Scotch-Irish	187	2.8
Scottish	159	2.4
Slovak	4	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	348	5.2
Swiss	25	0.4
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	381	5.7
Welsh	50	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	828	12.5

(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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