Big Lake, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5306050, place: Big Lake CDP, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 404 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (12.13%)
Kindergarten: 55 (13.61%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 202 (50%)
High school (grades 9-12): 64 (15.84%)
College or graduate school: 34 (8.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 863 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 6 (0.7%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 79 (9.15%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 181 (20.97%)
Some college, no degree: 236 (27.35%)
Associate degree: 105 (12.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 152 (17.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 104 (12.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,002 (100%)
Never married: 200 (19.96%)
Now married, except separated: 632 (63.07%)
Separated: 16 (1.6%)
Total Widowed: 57 (5.69%)
Widowed Female: 57 (5.69%)
Total Divorced: 97 (9.68%)
Divorced Female: 56 (5.59%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 17 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (58.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 913 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 182 (19.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 347 (100%)
--With a disability: 12 (3.46%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 826 (100%)
--With a disability: 75 (9.08%)
----Percent employed: 57.3%
--No disability: 751 (90.92%)
----Percent employed: 77.2%
Population 65 years and over: 87 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (57.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,279 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 570 (44.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 696 (54.42%)
--Same county: 244 (19.08%)
--Different county: 452 (35.34%)
----Same state: 306 (23.92%)
----Different state: 146 (11.42%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 13 (1.02%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,366 (100%)
Native: 1,350 (98.83%)
--Born in United States: 1,339 (100%)
----State of residence: 842 (61.64%)
----Different state: 497 (36.38%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.81%)
Foreign born: 16 (1.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 16 (1.17%)
--Not a citizen: 0 (0%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 16 (100%)
Europe: 9 (56.25%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 7 (43.75%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,279 (100%)
English only: 1,228 (96.01%)
Language other than English: 51 (3.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.55%)
--Spanish: 20 (1.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (1.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 7 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,366 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,537% (112.52%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 6 (0.44%)
Danish: 0 (0%)
Dutch: 11 (0.81%)
English: 146 (10.69%)
French (except Basque): 61 (4.47%)
French Canadian: 36 (2.64%)
German: 196 (14.35%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 248 (18.16%)
Italian: 94 (6.88%)
Lithuanian: 6 (0.44%)
Norwegian: 189 (13.84%)
Polish: 39 (2.86%)
Portuguese: 42 (3.07%)
Russian: 7 (0.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 22 (1.61%)
Scottish: 20 (1.46%)
Slovak: 6 (0.44%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 173 (12.66%)
Swiss: 7 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 16 (1.17%)
Welsh: 6 (0.44%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 206 (15.08%)

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