General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5305210, place: Bellevue city, Washington)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 25,798 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,243 (8.69%)
Kindergarten: 1,069 (4.14%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 10,605 (41.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 5,151 (19.97%)
College or graduate school: 6,730 (26.09%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 78,035 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,661 (2.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,755 (3.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,920 (12.71%)
Some college, no degree: 16,091 (20.62%)
Associate degree: 5,387 (6.9%)
Bachelor's degree: 27,056 (34.67%)
Graduate or professional degree: 15,165 (19.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 54.1%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 89,929 (100%)
Never married: 22,783 (25.33%)
Now married, except separated: 52,583 (58.47%)
Separated: 935 (1.04%)
Total Widowed: 4,560 (5.07%)
Widowed Female: 3,849 (4.28%)
Total Divorced: 9,068 (10.08%)
Divorced Female: 5,761 (6.41%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,104 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 334 (30.25%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 86,161 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 10,389 (12.06%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 19,981 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,445 (7.23%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 68,400 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,218 (13.48%)
----Percent employed: 68.5%
--No disability: 59,182 (86.52%)
----Percent employed: 78.3%
Population 65 years and over: 14,295 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,824 (33.75%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 103,087 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 48,371 (46.92%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 46,062 (44.68%)
--Same county: 28,437 (27.59%)
--Different county: 17,625 (17.1%)
----Same state: 4,474 (4.34%)
----Different state: 13,151 (12.76%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 8,654 (8.39%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 109,189 (100%)
Native: 82,407 (75.47%)
--Born in United States: 80,951 (100%)
----State of residence: 36,771 (33.68%)
----Different state: 44,180 (40.46%)
--Born outside United States: 1,456 (1.33%)
Foreign born: 26,782 (24.53%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 14,308 (13.1%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11,034 (10.11%)
--Not a citizen: 15,748 (14.42%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 26,782 (100%)
Europe: 5,768 (21.54%)
Asia: 14,886 (55.58%)
Africa: 685 (2.56%)
Oceania: 328 (1.22%)
Latin America: 3,377 (12.61%)
Northern America: 1,738 (6.49%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 103,087 (100%)
English only: 75,405 (73.15%)
Language other than English: 27,682 (26.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 12,707 (12.33%)
--Spanish: 4,860 (4.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,595 (2.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7,969 (7.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,991 (2.9%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 13,664 (13.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6,765 (6.56%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 109,189 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 124,425% (113.95%)
Arab: 827 (0.76%)
Czech: 889 (0.81%)
Danish: 1,159 (1.06%)
Dutch: 1,763 (1.61%)
English: 13,993 (12.82%)
French (except Basque): 3,804 (3.48%)
French Canadian: 855 (0.78%)
German: 17,214 (15.77%)
Greek: 410 (0.38%)
Hungarian: 539 (0.49%)
Irish: 11,271 (10.32%)
Italian: 3,557 (3.26%)
Lithuanian: 218 (0.2%)
Norwegian: 5,149 (4.72%)
Polish: 2,283 (2.09%)
Portuguese: 271 (0.25%)
Russian: 2,547 (2.33%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,904 (1.74%)
Scottish: 3,372 (3.09%)
Slovak: 96 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 574 (0.53%)
Swedish: 3,874 (3.55%)
Swiss: 592 (0.54%)
Ukrainian: 634 (0.58%)
United States or American: 3,677 (3.37%)
Welsh: 950 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 145 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 41,858 (38.34%)
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