Airway Heights, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5300905, place: Airway Heights city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 939 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 47 (5.01%)
Kindergarten: 53 (5.64%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 350 (37.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 185 (19.7%)
College or graduate school: 304 (32.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,262 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 202 (6.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 442 (13.55%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,165 (35.71%)
Some college, no degree: 995 (30.5%)
Associate degree: 224 (6.87%)
Bachelor's degree: 195 (5.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 39 (1.2%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,846 (100%)
Never married: 387 (10.06%)
Now married, except separated: 2,793 (72.62%)
Separated: 103 (2.68%)
Total Widowed: 283 (7.36%)
Widowed Female: 71 (1.85%)
Total Divorced: 280 (7.28%)
Divorced Female: 166 (4.32%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 60 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 40 (66.67%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,712 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 726 (19.56%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 595 (100%)
--With a disability: 70 (11.76%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,811 (100%)
--With a disability: 651 (35.95%)
----Percent employed: 27.6%
--No disability: 1,160 (64.05%)
----Percent employed: 63.4%
Population 65 years and over: 168 (100%)
--With a disability: 64 (38.1%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,290 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,583 (36.9%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,653 (61.84%)
--Same county: 1,052 (24.52%)
--Different county: 1,601 (37.32%)
----Same state: 1,378 (32.12%)
----Different state: 223 (5.2%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 54 (1.26%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 4,526 (100%)
Native: 4,201 (92.82%)
--Born in United States: 4,157 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,050 (45.29%)
----Different state: 2,107 (46.55%)
--Born outside United States: 44 (0.97%)
Foreign born: 325 (7.18%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 58 (1.28%)
--Naturalized citizen: 61 (1.35%)
--Not a citizen: 264 (5.83%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 325 (100%)
Europe: 91 (28%)
Asia: 148 (45.54%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 78 (24%)
Northern America: 8 (2.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,290 (100%)
English only: 3,837 (89.44%)
Language other than English: 453 (10.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 134 (3.12%)
--Spanish: 304 (7.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 73 (1.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 59 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.28%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 85 (1.98%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (1.14%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 4,526 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,715% (59.99%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 14 (0.31%)
Danish: 17 (0.38%)
Dutch: 52 (1.15%)
English: 160 (3.54%)
French (except Basque): 88 (1.94%)
French Canadian: 20 (0.44%)
German: 605 (13.37%)
Greek: 5 (0.11%)
Hungarian: 9 (0.2%)
Irish: 429 (9.48%)
Italian: 127 (2.81%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.24%)
Norwegian: 109 (2.41%)
Polish: 22 (0.49%)
Portuguese: 5 (0.11%)
Russian: 15 (0.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (1.28%)
Scottish: 41 (0.91%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.07%)
Swedish: 46 (1.02%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 172 (3.8%)
Welsh: 4 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 703 (15.53%)

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