Bellingham, WA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5305280, place: Bellingham city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 23,346 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 827 (3.54%)
Kindergarten: 613 (2.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,887 (20.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,436 (10.43%)
College or graduate school: 14,583 (62.46%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 39,202 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,337 (3.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,154 (8.05%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 9,025 (23.02%)
Some college, no degree: 9,394 (23.96%)
Associate degree: 3,345 (8.53%)
Bachelor's degree: 8,566 (21.85%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,381 (11.18%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 33%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 57,387 (100%)
Never married: 22,961 (40.01%)
Now married, except separated: 24,120 (42.03%)
Separated: 739 (1.29%)
Total Widowed: 3,530 (6.15%)
Widowed Female: 2,891 (5.04%)
Total Divorced: 6,037 (10.52%)
Divorced Female: 3,514 (6.12%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 493 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 160 (32.45%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 55,361 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,261 (11.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 15,112 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,148 (7.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 39,244 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,438 (13.86%)
----Percent employed: 54.2%
--No disability: 33,806 (86.14%)
----Percent employed: 76.7%
Population 65 years and over: 7,886 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,365 (42.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 63,389 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 22,030 (34.75%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 39,508 (62.33%)
--Same county: 17,520 (27.64%)
--Different county: 21,988 (34.69%)
----Same state: 14,761 (23.29%)
----Different state: 7,227 (11.4%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,851 (2.92%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 66,815 (100%)
Native: 60,727 (90.89%)
--Born in United States: 59,575 (100%)
----State of residence: 32,981 (49.36%)
----Different state: 26,594 (39.8%)
--Born outside United States: 1,152 (1.72%)
Foreign born: 6,088 (9.11%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,560 (3.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 2,694 (4.03%)
--Not a citizen: 3,394 (5.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 6,088 (100%)
Europe: 1,565 (25.71%)
Asia: 2,108 (34.63%)
Africa: 26 (0.43%)
Oceania: 72 (1.18%)
Latin America: 987 (16.21%)
Northern America: 1,330 (21.85%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 63,389 (100%)
English only: 57,204 (90.24%)
Language other than English: 6,185 (9.76%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,427 (3.83%)
--Spanish: 2,069 (3.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 921 (1.45%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,338 (3.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 612 (0.97%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,563 (2.47%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 829 (1.31%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 66,815 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 74,978% (112.22%)
Arab: 245 (0.37%)
Czech: 337 (0.5%)
Danish: 833 (1.25%)
Dutch: 2,328 (3.48%)
English: 8,761 (13.11%)
French (except Basque): 2,357 (3.53%)
French Canadian: 625 (0.94%)
German: 12,880 (19.28%)
Greek: 258 (0.39%)
Hungarian: 282 (0.42%)
Irish: 8,236 (12.33%)
Italian: 2,233 (3.34%)
Lithuanian: 124 (0.19%)
Norwegian: 5,024 (7.52%)
Polish: 1,224 (1.83%)
Portuguese: 169 (0.25%)
Russian: 694 (1.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,858 (2.78%)
Scottish: 3,086 (4.62%)
Slovak: 48 (0.07%)
Subsaharan African: 150 (0.22%)
Swedish: 2,913 (4.36%)
Swiss: 342 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 499 (0.75%)
United States or American: 2,938 (4.4%)
Welsh: 1,001 (1.5%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 89 (0.13%)
Other ancestries: 15,444 (23.11%)

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