Amboy, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5301850, place: Amboy CDP, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 759 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (2.64%)
Kindergarten: 37 (4.87%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 427 (56.26%)
High school (grades 9-12): 212 (27.93%)
College or graduate school: 63 (8.3%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,205 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17 (1.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 177 (14.69%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 442 (36.68%)
Some college, no degree: 368 (30.54%)
Associate degree: 42 (3.49%)
Bachelor's degree: 95 (7.88%)
Graduate or professional degree: 64 (5.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,557 (100%)
Never married: 399 (25.63%)
Now married, except separated: 1,022 (65.64%)
Separated: 4 (0.26%)
Total Widowed: 34 (2.18%)
Widowed Female: 28 (1.8%)
Total Divorced: 98 (6.29%)
Divorced Female: 36 (2.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 8 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,406 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 217 (15.43%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 759 (100%)
--With a disability: 48 (6.32%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,161 (100%)
--With a disability: 235 (20.24%)
----Percent employed: 60.4%
--No disability: 926 (79.76%)
----Percent employed: 77.3%
Population 65 years and over: 138 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (55.8%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 2,058 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,285 (62.44%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 772 (37.51%)
--Same county: 506 (24.59%)
--Different county: 266 (12.93%)
----Same state: 94 (4.57%)
----Different state: 172 (8.36%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1 (0.05%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 2,225 (100%)
Native: 2,195 (98.65%)
--Born in United States: 2,190 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,078 (48.45%)
----Different state: 1,112 (49.98%)
--Born outside United States: 5 (0.22%)
Foreign born: 30 (1.35%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 20 (0.9%)
--Not a citizen: 10 (0.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 30 (100%)
Europe: 6 (20%)
Asia: 19 (63.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 5 (16.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 2,058 (100%)
English only: 1,901 (92.37%)
Language other than English: 157 (7.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.68%)
--Spanish: 21 (1.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 63 (3.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.1%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 30 (1.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12 (0.58%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 2,225 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,318% (104.18%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 11 (0.49%)
Danish: 53 (2.38%)
Dutch: 33 (1.48%)
English: 289 (12.99%)
French (except Basque): 31 (1.39%)
French Canadian: 37 (1.66%)
German: 346 (15.55%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.09%)
Irish: 206 (9.26%)
Italian: 76 (3.42%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 132 (5.93%)
Polish: 98 (4.4%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 2 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 73 (3.28%)
Scottish: 46 (2.07%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.18%)
Swedish: 143 (6.43%)
Swiss: 34 (1.53%)
Ukrainian: 7 (0.31%)
United States or American: 207 (9.3%)
Welsh: 2 (0.09%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 486 (21.84%)

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