Algona, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5301290, place: Algona city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 645 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 24 (3.72%)
Kindergarten: 38 (5.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 337 (52.25%)
High school (grades 9-12): 184 (28.53%)
College or graduate school: 62 (9.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,564 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 49 (3.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 137 (8.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 672 (42.97%)
Some college, no degree: 498 (31.84%)
Associate degree: 107 (6.84%)
Bachelor's degree: 101 (6.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,855 (100%)
Never married: 417 (22.48%)
Now married, except separated: 1,100 (59.3%)
Separated: 35 (1.89%)
Total Widowed: 53 (2.86%)
Widowed Female: 28 (1.51%)
Total Divorced: 250 (13.48%)
Divorced Female: 97 (5.23%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 92 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (40.22%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,705 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 259 (15.19%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 649 (100%)
--With a disability: 37 (5.7%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,480 (100%)
--With a disability: 261 (17.64%)
----Percent employed: 68.6%
--No disability: 1,219 (82.36%)
----Percent employed: 77.9%
Population 65 years and over: 154 (100%)
--With a disability: 60 (38.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,287 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,317 (57.59%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 928 (40.58%)
--Same county: 627 (27.42%)
--Different county: 301 (13.16%)
----Same state: 183 (8%)
----Different state: 118 (5.16%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 42 (1.84%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,451 (100%)
Native: 2,154 (87.88%)
--Born in United States: 2,129 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,356 (55.32%)
----Different state: 773 (31.54%)
--Born outside United States: 25 (1.02%)
Foreign born: 297 (12.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 149 (6.08%)
--Naturalized citizen: 166 (6.77%)
--Not a citizen: 131 (5.34%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 297 (100%)
Europe: 62 (20.88%)
Asia: 148 (49.83%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 7 (2.36%)
Latin America: 70 (23.57%)
Northern America: 10 (3.37%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,287 (100%)
English only: 1,959 (85.66%)
Language other than English: 328 (14.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 144 (6.3%)
--Spanish: 100 (4.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (1.75%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 73 (3.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 33 (1.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 155 (6.78%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (3.1%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,451 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,373% (96.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 26 (1.06%)
Danish: 10 (0.41%)
Dutch: 40 (1.63%)
English: 201 (8.2%)
French (except Basque): 92 (3.75%)
French Canadian: 38 (1.55%)
German: 427 (17.42%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 205 (8.36%)
Italian: 21 (0.86%)
Lithuanian: 11 (0.45%)
Norwegian: 143 (5.83%)
Polish: 19 (0.78%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.69%)
Russian: 60 (2.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 41 (1.67%)
Scottish: 91 (3.71%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.45%)
Swedish: 66 (2.69%)
Swiss: 6 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 5 (0.2%)
United States or American: 119 (4.86%)
Welsh: 23 (0.94%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 4 (0.16%)
Other ancestries: 697 (28.44%)

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