Hilo, HI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1514650, place: Hilo CDP, Hawaii)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 12,303 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 691 (5.62%)
Kindergarten: 561 (4.56%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,851 (39.43%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,823 (22.95%)
College or graduate school: 3,377 (27.45%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26,554 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,512 (5.69%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,236 (8.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,343 (31.42%)
Some college, no degree: 5,064 (19.07%)
Associate degree: 2,955 (11.13%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,251 (16.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,193 (8.26%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 32,683 (100%)
Never married: 10,161 (31.09%)
Now married, except separated: 16,095 (49.25%)
Separated: 663 (2.03%)
Total Widowed: 2,529 (7.74%)
Widowed Female: 2,079 (6.36%)
Total Divorced: 3,235 (9.9%)
Divorced Female: 1,734 (5.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,518 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 523 (34.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 30,556 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,289 (14.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,914 (100%)
--With a disability: 544 (5.49%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 21,540 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,793 (17.61%)
----Percent employed: 46.6%
--No disability: 17,747 (82.39%)
----Percent employed: 73.6%
Population 65 years and over: 6,393 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,470 (38.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 38,509 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,174 (60.18%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 14,437 (37.49%)
--Same county: 10,615 (27.56%)
--Different county: 3,822 (9.92%)
----Same state: 1,873 (4.86%)
----Different state: 1,949 (5.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 898 (2.33%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 40,798 (100%)
Native: 37,861 (92.8%)
--Born in United States: 37,410 (100%)
----State of residence: 32,104 (78.69%)
----Different state: 5,306 (13.01%)
--Born outside United States: 451 (1.11%)
Foreign born: 2,937 (7.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,140 (2.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,460 (3.58%)
--Not a citizen: 1,477 (3.62%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,937 (100%)
Europe: 207 (7.05%)
Asia: 2,030 (69.12%)
Africa: 29 (0.99%)
Oceania: 446 (15.19%)
Latin America: 122 (4.15%)
Northern America: 103 (3.51%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 38,509 (100%)
English only: 31,756 (82.46%)
Language other than English: 6,753 (17.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,843 (7.38%)
--Spanish: 491 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 336 (0.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 54 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5,916 (15.36%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,680 (6.96%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 40,798 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 47,453% (116.31%)
Arab: 17 (0.04%)
Czech: 43 (0.11%)
Danish: 93 (0.23%)
Dutch: 200 (0.49%)
English: 1,211 (2.97%)
French (except Basque): 393 (0.96%)
French Canadian: 106 (0.26%)
German: 1,278 (3.13%)
Greek: 55 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 36 (0.09%)
Irish: 986 (2.42%)
Italian: 505 (1.24%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 221 (0.54%)
Polish: 185 (0.45%)
Portuguese: 3,664 (8.98%)
Russian: 188 (0.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 187 (0.46%)
Scottish: 245 (0.6%)
Slovak: 14 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 51 (0.13%)
Swedish: 169 (0.41%)
Swiss: 26 (0.06%)
Ukrainian: 33 (0.08%)
United States or American: 430 (1.05%)
Welsh: 97 (0.24%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 17 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 37,003 (90.7%)

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