Washington, MO

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2977416, place: Washington city, Missouri)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,265 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 275 (8.42%)
Kindergarten: 190 (5.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,464 (44.84%)
High school (grades 9-12): 719 (22.02%)
College or graduate school: 617 (18.9%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,669 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 682 (7.87%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 727 (8.39%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,884 (33.27%)
Some college, no degree: 2,019 (23.29%)
Associate degree: 621 (7.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,155 (13.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 581 (6.7%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,353 (100%)
Never married: 2,487 (24.02%)
Now married, except separated: 5,901 (57%)
Separated: 162 (1.56%)
Total Widowed: 900 (8.69%)
Widowed Female: 738 (7.13%)
Total Divorced: 903 (8.72%)
Divorced Female: 579 (5.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 191 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 72 (37.7%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,794 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,246 (12.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,932 (100%)
--With a disability: 162 (5.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,030 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,141 (16.23%)
----Percent employed: 69.3%
--No disability: 5,889 (83.77%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,908 (100%)
--With a disability: 699 (36.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,169 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,366 (52.31%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,771 (47.42%)
--Same county: 3,564 (29.29%)
--Different county: 2,207 (18.14%)
----Same state: 1,658 (13.62%)
----Different state: 549 (4.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 32 (0.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,092 (100%)
Native: 12,910 (98.61%)
--Born in United States: 12,856 (100%)
----State of residence: 10,769 (82.26%)
----Different state: 2,087 (15.94%)
--Born outside United States: 54 (0.41%)
Foreign born: 182 (1.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 66 (0.5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 112 (0.86%)
--Not a citizen: 70 (0.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 182 (100%)
Europe: 109 (59.89%)
Asia: 50 (27.47%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 23 (12.64%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,169 (100%)
English only: 11,826 (97.18%)
Language other than English: 343 (2.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 99 (0.81%)
--Spanish: 188 (1.54%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 69 (0.57%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 119 (0.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 36 (0.3%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 18 (0.15%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,092 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,740% (104.95%)
Arab: 48 (0.37%)
Czech: 75 (0.57%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 179 (1.37%)
English: 1,296 (9.9%)
French (except Basque): 541 (4.13%)
French Canadian: 67 (0.51%)
German: 6,498 (49.63%)
Greek: 15 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 48 (0.37%)
Irish: 1,526 (11.66%)
Italian: 219 (1.67%)
Lithuanian: 64 (0.49%)
Norwegian: 99 (0.76%)
Polish: 241 (1.84%)
Portuguese: 25 (0.19%)
Russian: 25 (0.19%)
Scotch-Irish: 203 (1.55%)
Scottish: 200 (1.53%)
Slovak: 11 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 129 (0.99%)
Swiss: 62 (0.47%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 852 (6.51%)
Welsh: 105 (0.8%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,212 (9.26%)

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