Language Spoken At Home in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 5 years and over | 17,129 | 100% |
English only | 16,080 | 93.9% |
Language other than English | 1,049 | 6.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 391 | 2.3% |
Spanish | 850 | 5.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 370 | 2.2% |
Other Indo-European languages | 178 | 1.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 20 | 0.1% |
Asian and Pacific Islander languages | 1 | 0.0% |
Speak English less than very well | 1 | 0.0% |
Other languages | 20 | 0.1% |
Speak English less than very well | 0 | 0.0% |
Ancestry in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 17,879 | 100% |
American | 652 | 3.6% |
Arab | 20 | 0.1% |
Czech | 204 | 1.1% |
Danish | 99 | 0.6% |
Dutch | 400 | 2.2% |
English | 2,923 | 16.3% |
French (except Basque) | 756 | 4.2% |
French Canadian | 120 | 0.7% |
German | 4,585 | 25.6% |
Greek | 74 | 0.4% |
Hungarian | 21 | 0.1% |
Irish | 2,858 | 16.0% |
Italian | 898 | 5.0% |
Lithuanian | 46 | 0.3% |
Norwegian | 592 | 3.3% |
Polish | 481 | 2.7% |
Portuguese | 106 | 0.6% |
Russian | 60 | 0.3% |
Scotch-Irish | 303 | 1.7% |
Scottish | 702 | 3.9% |
Slovak | 29 | 0.2% |
Subsaharan African | 0 | 0.0% |
Swedish | 562 | 3.1% |
Swiss | 133 | 0.7% |
Ukrainian | 21 | 0.1% |
Welsh | 176 | 1.0% |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) | 5 | 0.0% |
Households By Type in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total households | 7,680 | 100% |
Family households (families) | 4,955 | 64.5% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,615 | 21.0% |
Married-couple family | 4,075 | 53.1% |
With own children under 18 years | 1,047 | 13.6% |
Male householder, no wife present, family | 311 | 4.0% |
With own children under 18 years | 186 | 2.4% |
Female householder, no husband present, family | 569 | 7.4% |
With own children under 18 years | 382 | 5.0% |
Nonfamily households | 2,725 | 35.5% |
Householder living alone | 2,361 | 30.7% |
65 years and over | 985 | 12.8% |
Households with one or more people under 18 years | 1,770 | 23.0% |
Households with one or more people 65 years and over | 2,510 | 32.7% |
Average household size | 2 | 0% |
Average family size | 3 | 0% |
Relationship in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population in households | 16,636 | 100% |
Householder | 7,680 | 46.2% |
Spouse | 4,046 | 24.3% |
Child | 3,506 | 21.1% |
Other relatives | 559 | 3.4% |
Nonrelatives | 845 | 5.1% |
Unmarried partner | 315 | 1.9% |
Marital Status in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Males 15 years and over | 8,253 | 100% |
Never married | 2,728 | 33.1% |
Now married, except separated | 4,340 | 52.6% |
Separated | 111 | 1.3% |
Widowed | 190 | 2.3% |
Divorced | 884 | 10.7% |
Females 15 years and over | 7,205 | 100% |
Never married | 974 | 13.5% |
Now married, except separated | 4,208 | 58.4% |
Separated | 18 | 0.2% |
Widowed | 881 | 12.2% |
Divorced | 1,124 | 15.6% |
Fertility in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months | 232 | 100% |
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) | 38 | 16.4% |
Per 1,000 unmarried women | 26 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old | 75 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old | 99 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old | 182 | 0% |
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old | 0 | 0% |
Grandparents in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years | 79 | 100% |
Responsible for grandchildren | 58 | 73.4% |
Less than 1 year | 8 | 10.1% |
1 or 2 years | 0 | 0.0% |
3 or 4 years | 8 | 10.1% |
5 or more years | 42 | 53.2% |
Number of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years | 58 | 100% |
Who are female | 23 | 39.7% |
Who are married | 42 | 72.4% |
School Enrollment in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school | 2,968 | 100% |
Nursery school, preschool | 246 | 8.3% |
Kindergarten | 198 | 6.7% |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) | 1,333 | 44.9% |
High school (grades 9-12) | 720 | 24.3% |
College or graduate school | 471 | 15.9% |
Educational Attainment in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 25 years and over | 13,791 | 100% |
Less than 9th grade | 477 | 3.5% |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma | 720 | 5.2% |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) | 3,885 | 28.2% |
Some college, no degree | 3,192 | 23.1% |
Associate's degree | 911 | 6.6% |
Bachelor's degree | 3,041 | 22.1% |
Graduate or professional degree | 1,565 | 11.3% |
Percent high school graduate or higher | 0 | 91.3% |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher | 0 | 33.4% |
Veteran Status in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Civilian population 18 years and over | 14,907 | 100% |
Civilian veterans | 2,336 | 15.7% |
Disability Status Of The Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total Civilian Noninstitutionalized Population | 16,657 | 100% |
With a disability | 2,151 | 12.9% |
Under 18 years | 2,960 | 100% |
With a disability | 89 | 3.0% |
18 to 64 years | 10,153 | 100% |
With a disability | 899 | 8.9% |
65 years and over | 3,544 | 100% |
With a disability | 1,163 | 32.8% |
Residence 1 Year Ago in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population 1 year and over | 17,729 | 100% |
Same house | 14,985 | 84.5% |
Different house in the U.S. | 2,722 | 15.4% |
Same county | 944 | 5.3% |
Different county | 1,778 | 10.0% |
Same state | 1,185 | 6.7% |
Different state | 593 | 3.3% |
Abroad | 22 | 0.1% |
Place Of Birth in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Total population | 17,879 | 100% |
Native | 17,311 | 96.8% |
Born in United States | 17,096 | 95.6% |
State of residence | 6,986 | 39.1% |
Different state | 10,110 | 56.5% |
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s) | 215 | 1.2% |
Foreign born | 568 | 3.2% |
U.S. Citizenship Status in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population | 568 | 100% |
Naturalized U.S. citizen | 237 | 41.7% |
Not a U.S. citizen | 331 | 58.3% |
Year of Entry in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Population born outside the United States | 783 | 100% |
Native | 215 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 0 | 0.0% |
Entered before 2010 | 215 | 100.0% |
Foreign born | 568 | 100% |
Entered 2010 or later | 54 | 9.5% |
Entered before 2010 | 514 | 90.5% |
World Region Of Birth Of Foreign Born in Chaffee County
*Base on 2012 Data
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea | 568 | 100% |
Europe | 164 | 28.9% |
Asia | 43 | 7.6% |
Africa | 13 | 2.3% |
Oceania | 8 | 1.4% |
Latin America | 305 | 53.7% |
Northern America | 35 | 6.2% |