Lewiston, ID

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1646540, place: Lewiston city, Idaho)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,033 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 492 (6.12%)
Kindergarten: 430 (5.35%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,214 (40.01%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,735 (21.6%)
College or graduate school: 2,162 (26.91%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 20,463 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 809 (3.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,007 (9.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 6,485 (31.69%)
Some college, no degree: 5,393 (26.35%)
Associate degree: 1,759 (8.6%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,870 (14.03%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,140 (5.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 19.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 25,161 (100%)
Never married: 5,936 (23.59%)
Now married, except separated: 13,712 (54.5%)
Separated: 255 (1.01%)
Total Widowed: 1,941 (7.71%)
Widowed Female: 1,517 (6.03%)
Total Divorced: 3,317 (13.18%)
Divorced Female: 1,896 (7.54%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 368 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 163 (44.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 23,754 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,067 (17.12%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 6,823 (100%)
--With a disability: 600 (8.79%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,942 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,005 (17.74%)
----Percent employed: 57.2%
--No disability: 13,937 (82.26%)
----Percent employed: 82.7%
Population 65 years and over: 5,051 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,124 (42.05%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 29,240 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,469 (52.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,575 (46.43%)
--Same county: 6,922 (23.67%)
--Different county: 6,653 (22.75%)
----Same state: 2,499 (8.55%)
----Different state: 4,154 (14.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 196 (0.67%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 31,047 (100%)
Native: 30,387 (97.87%)
--Born in United States: 30,192 (100%)
----State of residence: 15,641 (50.38%)
----Different state: 14,551 (46.87%)
--Born outside United States: 195 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 660 (2.13%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 268 (0.86%)
--Naturalized citizen: 351 (1.13%)
--Not a citizen: 309 (1%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 660 (100%)
Europe: 172 (26.06%)
Asia: 259 (39.24%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 8 (1.21%)
Latin America: 95 (14.39%)
Northern America: 126 (19.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 29,240 (100%)
English only: 28,161 (96.31%)
Language other than English: 1,079 (3.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 363 (1.24%)
--Spanish: 444 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 160 (0.55%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 276 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 303 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 122 (0.42%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 31,047 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 32,137% (103.51%)
Arab: 8 (0.03%)
Czech: 81 (0.26%)
Danish: 286 (0.92%)
Dutch: 769 (2.48%)
English: 4,119 (13.27%)
French (except Basque): 963 (3.1%)
French Canadian: 250 (0.81%)
German: 8,068 (25.99%)
Greek: 37 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 42 (0.14%)
Irish: 3,910 (12.59%)
Italian: 776 (2.5%)
Lithuanian: 22 (0.07%)
Norwegian: 1,803 (5.81%)
Polish: 329 (1.06%)
Portuguese: 38 (0.12%)
Russian: 95 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 695 (2.24%)
Scottish: 887 (2.86%)
Slovak: 9 (0.03%)
Subsaharan African: 10 (0.03%)
Swedish: 1,267 (4.08%)
Swiss: 195 (0.63%)
Ukrainian: 35 (0.11%)
United States or American: 2,669 (8.6%)
Welsh: 296 (0.95%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 9 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 4,469 (14.39%)

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