Ames Lake, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5301920, place: Ames Lake CDP, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 304 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 67 (22.04%)
Kindergarten: 11 (3.62%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 109 (35.86%)
High school (grades 9-12): 41 (13.49%)
College or graduate school: 76 (25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 968 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4 (0.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 22 (2.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 138 (14.26%)
Some college, no degree: 269 (27.79%)
Associate degree: 70 (7.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 394 (40.7%)
Graduate or professional degree: 71 (7.33%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 97.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 48%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,077 (100%)
Never married: 194 (18.01%)
Now married, except separated: 775 (71.96%)
Separated: 0 (0%)
Total Widowed: 20 (1.86%)
Widowed Female: 15 (1.39%)
Total Divorced: 88 (8.17%)
Divorced Female: 34 (3.16%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 27 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 8 (29.63%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,037 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 119 (11.48%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 242 (100%)
--With a disability: 7 (2.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 944 (100%)
--With a disability: 150 (15.89%)
----Percent employed: 60.7%
--No disability: 794 (84.11%)
----Percent employed: 84.4%
Population 65 years and over: 65 (100%)
--With a disability: 17 (26.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,251 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 555 (44.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 638 (51%)
--Same county: 467 (37.33%)
--Different county: 171 (13.67%)
----Same state: 0 (0%)
----Different state: 171 (13.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 58 (4.64%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,430 (100%)
Native: 1,301 (90.98%)
--Born in United States: 1,292 (100%)
----State of residence: 623 (43.57%)
----Different state: 669 (46.78%)
--Born outside United States: 9 (0.63%)
Foreign born: 129 (9.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 61 (4.27%)
--Naturalized citizen: 87 (6.08%)
--Not a citizen: 42 (2.94%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 129 (100%)
Europe: 24 (18.6%)
Asia: 48 (37.21%)
Africa: 7 (5.43%)
Oceania: 6 (4.65%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 44 (34.11%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,251 (100%)
English only: 1,126 (90.01%)
Language other than English: 125 (9.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (3.04%)
--Spanish: 31 (2.48%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 53 (4.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (3.04%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 41 (3.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,430 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,496% (104.62%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 17 (1.19%)
Danish: 8 (0.56%)
Dutch: 61 (4.27%)
English: 244 (17.06%)
French (except Basque): 22 (1.54%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 281 (19.65%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 104 (7.27%)
Italian: 60 (4.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 91 (6.36%)
Polish: 32 (2.24%)
Portuguese: 36 (2.52%)
Russian: 34 (2.38%)
Scotch-Irish: 31 (2.17%)
Scottish: 49 (3.43%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 85 (5.94%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.42%)
United States or American: 88 (6.15%)
Welsh: 6 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 241 (16.85%)

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