Post Falls, ID

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1664810, place: Post Falls city, Idaho)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,495 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 404 (8.99%)
Kindergarten: 321 (7.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,233 (49.68%)
High school (grades 9-12): 851 (18.93%)
College or graduate school: 686 (15.26%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,371 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 298 (2.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 922 (8.89%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,497 (33.72%)
Some college, no degree: 3,101 (29.9%)
Associate degree: 901 (8.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,245 (12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 407 (3.92%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,538 (100%)
Never married: 2,484 (19.81%)
Now married, except separated: 7,810 (62.29%)
Separated: 164 (1.31%)
Total Widowed: 684 (5.46%)
Widowed Female: 619 (4.94%)
Total Divorced: 1,396 (11.13%)
Divorced Female: 806 (6.43%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 207 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 139 (67.15%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,826 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,824 (15.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,096 (100%)
--With a disability: 306 (7.47%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,509 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,806 (18.99%)
----Percent employed: 57.4%
--No disability: 7,703 (81.01%)
----Percent employed: 78.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,750 (100%)
--With a disability: 805 (46%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,395 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,449 (41.89%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,817 (57.27%)
--Same county: 4,046 (26.28%)
--Different county: 4,771 (30.99%)
----Same state: 760 (4.94%)
----Different state: 4,011 (26.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 129 (0.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 17,028 (100%)
Native: 16,614 (97.57%)
--Born in United States: 16,468 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,179 (30.41%)
----Different state: 11,289 (66.3%)
--Born outside United States: 146 (0.86%)
Foreign born: 414 (2.43%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 120 (0.7%)
--Naturalized citizen: 281 (1.65%)
--Not a citizen: 133 (0.78%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 414 (100%)
Europe: 200 (48.31%)
Asia: 54 (13.04%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 10 (2.42%)
Latin America: 53 (12.8%)
Northern America: 97 (23.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,395 (100%)
English only: 14,708 (95.54%)
Language other than English: 687 (4.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 171 (1.11%)
--Spanish: 313 (2.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 131 (0.85%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 268 (1.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.23%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 51 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 17,028 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 18,510% (108.7%)
Arab: 65 (0.38%)
Czech: 135 (0.79%)
Danish: 258 (1.52%)
Dutch: 327 (1.92%)
English: 1,883 (11.06%)
French (except Basque): 835 (4.9%)
French Canadian: 229 (1.34%)
German: 4,298 (25.24%)
Greek: 41 (0.24%)
Hungarian: 49 (0.29%)
Irish: 2,371 (13.92%)
Italian: 954 (5.6%)
Lithuanian: 30 (0.18%)
Norwegian: 959 (5.63%)
Polish: 193 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 63 (0.37%)
Russian: 70 (0.41%)
Scotch-Irish: 378 (2.22%)
Scottish: 497 (2.92%)
Slovak: 9 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 733 (4.3%)
Swiss: 107 (0.63%)
Ukrainian: 73 (0.43%)
United States or American: 1,245 (7.31%)
Welsh: 194 (1.14%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,514 (14.76%)

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