General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1579700, place: Waipahu CDP, Hawaii)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,871 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 265 (2.99%)
Kindergarten: 474 (5.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,089 (46.09%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,344 (26.42%)
College or graduate school: 1,699 (19.15%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 21,085 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,006 (19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,621 (12.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,995 (33.18%)
Some college, no degree: 3,738 (17.73%)
Associate degree: 1,376 (6.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,161 (10.25%)
Graduate or professional degree: 188 (0.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 68.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 25,939 (100%)
Never married: 8,133 (31.35%)
Now married, except separated: 13,643 (52.6%)
Separated: 474 (1.83%)
Total Widowed: 2,081 (8.02%)
Widowed Female: 1,661 (6.4%)
Total Divorced: 1,608 (6.2%)
Divorced Female: 989 (3.81%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 2,683 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 740 (27.58%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 24,176 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,376 (9.83%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 7,963 (100%)
--With a disability: 675 (8.48%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 17,526 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,868 (27.78%)
----Percent employed: 56.9%
--No disability: 12,658 (72.22%)
----Percent employed: 69.9%
Population 65 years and over: 5,211 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,687 (51.56%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 30,895 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,118 (58.64%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 10,718 (34.69%)
--Same county: 9,666 (31.29%)
--Different county: 1,052 (3.41%)
----Same state: 326 (1.06%)
----Different state: 726 (2.35%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,059 (6.66%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 33,109 (100%)
Native: 20,633 (62.32%)
--Born in United States: 19,374 (100%)
----State of residence: 17,768 (53.67%)
----Different state: 1,606 (4.85%)
--Born outside United States: 1,259 (3.8%)
Foreign born: 12,476 (37.68%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4,434 (13.39%)
--Naturalized citizen: 7,861 (23.74%)
--Not a citizen: 4,615 (13.94%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 12,476 (100%)
Europe: 50 (0.4%)
Asia: 11,396 (91.34%)
Africa: 9 (0.07%)
Oceania: 922 (7.39%)
Latin America: 99 (0.79%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 30,895 (100%)
English only: 15,516 (50.22%)
Language other than English: 15,379 (49.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,410 (27.22%)
--Spanish: 144 (0.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (0.23%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 70 (0.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.03%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 15,160 (49.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,323 (26.94%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 33,109 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 32,808% (99.09%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 9 (0.03%)
Dutch: 6 (0.02%)
English: 58 (0.18%)
French (except Basque): 113 (0.34%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 223 (0.67%)
Greek: 16 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 158 (0.48%)
Italian: 107 (0.32%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 34 (0.1%)
Polish: 20 (0.06%)
Portuguese: 742 (2.24%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (0.08%)
Scottish: 6 (0.02%)
Slovak: 26 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.01%)
Swedish: 0 (0%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 227 (0.69%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 19 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 31,014 (93.67%)
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