General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1578800, place: Waimea CDP, Hawaii)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 434 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (6.68%)
Kindergarten: 16 (3.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 205 (47.24%)
High school (grades 9-12): 145 (33.41%)
College or graduate school: 39 (8.99%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 1,223 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 111 (9.08%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 103 (8.42%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 406 (33.2%)
Some college, no degree: 290 (23.71%)
Associate degree: 118 (9.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 147 (12.02%)
Graduate or professional degree: 48 (3.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 1,456 (100%)
Never married: 462 (31.73%)
Now married, except separated: 772 (53.02%)
Separated: 20 (1.37%)
Total Widowed: 109 (7.49%)
Widowed Female: 97 (6.66%)
Total Divorced: 93 (6.39%)
Divorced Female: 46 (3.16%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 32 (47.76%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 1,354 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 201 (14.84%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 403 (100%)
--With a disability: 24 (5.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 942 (100%)
--With a disability: 180 (19.11%)
----Percent employed: 74.4%
--No disability: 762 (80.89%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 357 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (46.78%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 1,702 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,102 (64.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 594 (34.9%)
--Same county: 475 (27.91%)
--Different county: 119 (6.99%)
----Same state: 88 (5.17%)
----Different state: 31 (1.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.35%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 1,792 (100%)
Native: 1,639 (91.46%)
--Born in United States: 1,635 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,441 (80.41%)
----Different state: 194 (10.83%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.22%)
Foreign born: 153 (8.54%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 34 (1.9%)
--Naturalized citizen: 109 (6.08%)
--Not a citizen: 44 (2.46%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 153 (100%)
Europe: 10 (6.54%)
Asia: 139 (90.85%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 4 (2.61%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 1,702 (100%)
English only: 1,429 (83.96%)
Language other than English: 273 (16.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 117 (6.87%)
--Spanish: 27 (1.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.18%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 235 (13.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (6.7%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 1,792 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,024% (112.95%)
Arab: 5 (0.28%)
Czech: 8 (0.45%)
Danish: 3 (0.17%)
Dutch: 6 (0.33%)
English: 39 (2.18%)
French (except Basque): 15 (0.84%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.39%)
German: 50 (2.79%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.11%)
Irish: 36 (2.01%)
Italian: 6 (0.33%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 15 (0.84%)
Polish: 14 (0.78%)
Portuguese: 95 (5.3%)
Russian: 3 (0.17%)
Scotch-Irish: 12 (0.67%)
Scottish: 19 (1.06%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 3 (0.17%)
Swiss: 2 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 1 (0.06%)
United States or American: 9 (0.5%)
Welsh: 3 (0.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,671 (93.25%)
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