Washington, PA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4281328, place: Washington city, Pennsylvania)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,681 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 235 (6.38%)
Kindergarten: 194 (5.27%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,410 (38.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 625 (16.98%)
College or graduate school: 1,217 (33.06%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,056 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 814 (8.09%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,783 (17.73%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,137 (41.14%)
Some college, no degree: 1,426 (14.18%)
Associate degree: 585 (5.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 953 (9.48%)
Graduate or professional degree: 358 (3.56%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 74.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,581 (100%)
Never married: 4,346 (34.54%)
Now married, except separated: 4,988 (39.65%)
Separated: 301 (2.39%)
Total Widowed: 1,355 (10.77%)
Widowed Female: 1,139 (9.05%)
Total Divorced: 1,591 (12.65%)
Divorced Female: 934 (7.42%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 308 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 133 (43.18%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,103 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,666 (13.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,204 (100%)
--With a disability: 337 (10.52%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,265 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,292 (27.73%)
----Percent employed: 44.4%
--No disability: 5,973 (72.27%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
Population 65 years and over: 2,586 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,223 (47.29%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,320 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,942 (55.46%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,255 (43.68%)
--Same county: 4,349 (30.37%)
--Different county: 1,906 (13.31%)
----Same state: 1,172 (8.18%)
----Different state: 734 (5.13%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 123 (0.86%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,312 (100%)
Native: 15,134 (98.84%)
--Born in United States: 15,086 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,080 (85.42%)
----Different state: 2,006 (13.1%)
--Born outside United States: 48 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 178 (1.16%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 36 (0.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 118 (0.77%)
--Not a citizen: 60 (0.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 178 (100%)
Europe: 35 (19.66%)
Asia: 88 (49.44%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 6 (3.37%)
Latin America: 37 (20.79%)
Northern America: 12 (6.74%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,320 (100%)
English only: 13,749 (96.01%)
Language other than English: 571 (3.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (0.66%)
--Spanish: 200 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 39 (0.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 274 (1.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 62 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,312 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 17,516% (114.39%)
Arab: 101 (0.66%)
Czech: 135 (0.88%)
Danish: 25 (0.16%)
Dutch: 251 (1.64%)
English: 1,447 (9.45%)
French (except Basque): 246 (1.61%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.07%)
German: 3,173 (20.72%)
Greek: 67 (0.44%)
Hungarian: 280 (1.83%)
Irish: 2,820 (18.42%)
Italian: 2,106 (13.75%)
Lithuanian: 87 (0.57%)
Norwegian: 13 (0.08%)
Polish: 977 (6.38%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.05%)
Russian: 194 (1.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 844 (5.51%)
Scottish: 226 (1.48%)
Slovak: 252 (1.65%)
Subsaharan African: 83 (0.54%)
Swedish: 72 (0.47%)
Swiss: 18 (0.12%)
Ukrainian: 65 (0.42%)
United States or American: 668 (4.36%)
Welsh: 264 (1.72%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 10 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 3,074 (20.08%)

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