Battle Ground, WA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5304475, place: Battle Ground city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,631 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 188 (7.15%)
Kindergarten: 131 (4.98%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,479 (56.21%)
High school (grades 9-12): 600 (22.81%)
College or graduate school: 233 (8.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,970 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 206 (4.14%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 509 (10.24%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,415 (28.47%)
Some college, no degree: 1,594 (32.07%)
Associate degree: 427 (8.59%)
Bachelor's degree: 529 (10.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 290 (5.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,386 (100%)
Never married: 1,319 (20.65%)
Now married, except separated: 3,831 (59.99%)
Separated: 91 (1.42%)
Total Widowed: 310 (4.85%)
Widowed Female: 243 (3.81%)
Total Divorced: 835 (13.08%)
Divorced Female: 482 (7.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 78 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 37 (47.44%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,913 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 714 (12.08%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,634 (100%)
--With a disability: 146 (5.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,957 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,093 (22.05%)
----Percent employed: 62.6%
--No disability: 3,864 (77.95%)
----Percent employed: 81%
Population 65 years and over: 525 (100%)
--With a disability: 271 (51.62%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,232 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,392 (29.06%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,643 (68.55%)
--Same county: 3,332 (40.48%)
--Different county: 2,311 (28.07%)
----Same state: 574 (6.97%)
----Different state: 1,737 (21.1%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 197 (2.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,344 (100%)
Native: 8,822 (94.41%)
--Born in United States: 8,731 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,642 (38.98%)
----Different state: 5,089 (54.46%)
--Born outside United States: 91 (0.97%)
Foreign born: 522 (5.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 350 (3.75%)
--Naturalized citizen: 134 (1.43%)
--Not a citizen: 388 (4.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 522 (100%)
Europe: 286 (54.79%)
Asia: 53 (10.15%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 5 (0.96%)
Latin America: 79 (15.13%)
Northern America: 99 (18.97%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,232 (100%)
English only: 7,476 (90.82%)
Language other than English: 756 (9.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 318 (3.86%)
--Spanish: 314 (3.81%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 147 (1.79%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 341 (4.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 147 (1.79%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 52 (0.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 16 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,344 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,422% (100.83%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 16 (0.17%)
Danish: 120 (1.28%)
Dutch: 339 (3.63%)
English: 1,000 (10.7%)
French (except Basque): 257 (2.75%)
French Canadian: 114 (1.22%)
German: 1,551 (16.6%)
Greek: 34 (0.36%)
Hungarian: 35 (0.37%)
Irish: 724 (7.75%)
Italian: 348 (3.72%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 558 (5.97%)
Polish: 154 (1.65%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.37%)
Russian: 191 (2.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 101 (1.08%)
Scottish: 268 (2.87%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 351 (3.76%)
Swiss: 45 (0.48%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 788 (8.43%)
Welsh: 109 (1.17%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,284 (24.44%)

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