Washington, DC

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1150000, place: Washington city, District of Columbia)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 157,475 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9,409 (5.97%)
Kindergarten: 7,400 (4.7%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 54,474 (34.59%)
High school (grades 9-12): 26,694 (16.95%)
College or graduate school: 59,498 (37.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 384,535 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 29,803 (7.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 55,446 (14.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 79,169 (20.59%)
Some college, no degree: 59,281 (15.42%)
Associate degree: 10,599 (2.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 69,496 (18.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 80,741 (21%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 39.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 474,417 (100%)
Never married: 229,806 (48.44%)
Now married, except separated: 141,992 (29.93%)
Separated: 19,746 (4.16%)
Total Widowed: 36,829 (7.76%)
Widowed Female: 29,420 (6.2%)
Total Divorced: 46,044 (9.71%)
Divorced Female: 26,944 (5.68%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 16,842 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8,183 (48.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 454,454 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 44,484 (9.79%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 112,797 (100%)
--With a disability: 11,288 (10.01%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 349,658 (100%)
--With a disability: 76,412 (21.85%)
----Percent employed: 52.8%
--No disability: 273,246 (78.15%)
----Percent employed: 73.4%
Population 65 years and over: 66,478 (100%)
--With a disability: 28,280 (42.54%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 539,658 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 269,299 (49.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 239,960 (44.47%)
--Same county: 126,931 (23.52%)
--Different county: 113,029 (20.94%)
----Same state: 0 (0%)
----Different state: 113,029 (20.94%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 30,399 (5.63%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 572,059 (100%)
Native: 498,498 (87.14%)
--Born in United States: 491,363 (100%)
----State of residence: 224,352 (39.22%)
----Different state: 267,011 (46.68%)
--Born outside United States: 7,135 (1.25%)
Foreign born: 73,561 (12.86%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 37,533 (6.56%)
--Naturalized citizen: 22,050 (3.85%)
--Not a citizen: 51,511 (9%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 73,555 (100%)
Europe: 12,909 (17.55%)
Asia: 12,503 (17%)
Africa: 9,208 (12.52%)
Oceania: 585 (0.8%)
Latin America: 37,079 (50.41%)
Northern America: 1,271 (1.73%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 539,658 (100%)
English only: 449,241 (83.25%)
Language other than English: 90,417 (16.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38,236 (7.09%)
--Spanish: 49,461 (9.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25,355 (4.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 23,721 (4.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,815 (1.08%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 8,974 (1.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,508 (0.84%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 572,059 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 524,577% (91.7%)
Arab: 3,120 (0.55%)
Czech: 1,578 (0.28%)
Danish: 1,047 (0.18%)
Dutch: 2,879 (0.5%)
English: 25,214 (4.41%)
French (except Basque): 6,942 (1.21%)
French Canadian: 1,431 (0.25%)
German: 27,415 (4.79%)
Greek: 1,893 (0.33%)
Hungarian: 2,048 (0.36%)
Irish: 28,207 (4.93%)
Italian: 12,587 (2.2%)
Lithuanian: 1,156 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 2,336 (0.41%)
Polish: 7,910 (1.38%)
Portuguese: 682 (0.12%)
Russian: 8,338 (1.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 4,185 (0.73%)
Scottish: 6,536 (1.14%)
Slovak: 640 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 16,000 (2.8%)
Swedish: 3,013 (0.53%)
Swiss: 1,153 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 1,247 (0.22%)
United States or American: 9,919 (1.73%)
Welsh: 2,067 (0.36%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7,861 (1.37%)
Other ancestries: 337,173 (58.94%)

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