Blaine, WA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5306505, place: Blaine city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 872 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 20 (2.29%)
Kindergarten: 37 (4.24%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 459 (52.64%)
High school (grades 9-12): 217 (24.89%)
College or graduate school: 139 (15.94%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,505 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 176 (7.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 287 (11.46%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 712 (28.42%)
Some college, no degree: 670 (26.75%)
Associate degree: 116 (4.63%)
Bachelor's degree: 318 (12.69%)
Graduate or professional degree: 226 (9.02%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,906 (100%)
Never married: 646 (22.23%)
Now married, except separated: 1,749 (60.19%)
Separated: 42 (1.45%)
Total Widowed: 161 (5.54%)
Widowed Female: 121 (4.16%)
Total Divorced: 308 (10.6%)
Divorced Female: 191 (6.57%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 0 (0%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,741 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 460 (16.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 809 (100%)
--With a disability: 68 (8.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,961 (100%)
--With a disability: 330 (16.83%)
----Percent employed: 50.6%
--No disability: 1,631 (83.17%)
----Percent employed: 74.2%
Population 65 years and over: 617 (100%)
--With a disability: 210 (34.04%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,442 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,518 (44.1%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,807 (52.5%)
--Same county: 1,102 (32.02%)
--Different county: 705 (20.48%)
----Same state: 290 (8.43%)
----Different state: 415 (12.06%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 117 (3.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,713 (100%)
Native: 2,986 (80.42%)
--Born in United States: 2,883 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,361 (36.65%)
----Different state: 1,522 (40.99%)
--Born outside United States: 103 (2.77%)
Foreign born: 727 (19.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 356 (9.59%)
--Naturalized citizen: 265 (7.14%)
--Not a citizen: 462 (12.44%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 727 (100%)
Europe: 122 (16.78%)
Asia: 87 (11.97%)
Africa: 9 (1.24%)
Oceania: 79 (10.87%)
Latin America: 50 (6.88%)
Northern America: 380 (52.27%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,442 (100%)
English only: 3,075 (89.34%)
Language other than English: 367 (10.66%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 183 (5.32%)
--Spanish: 82 (2.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 41 (1.19%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 203 (5.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 114 (3.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 75 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 28 (0.81%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,713 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,494% (121.03%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 26 (0.7%)
Danish: 72 (1.94%)
Dutch: 236 (6.36%)
English: 564 (15.19%)
French (except Basque): 147 (3.96%)
French Canadian: 39 (1.05%)
German: 763 (20.55%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 46 (1.24%)
Irish: 445 (11.98%)
Italian: 127 (3.42%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 154 (4.15%)
Polish: 122 (3.29%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 125 (3.37%)
Scotch-Irish: 99 (2.67%)
Scottish: 205 (5.52%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 38 (1.02%)
Swedish: 107 (2.88%)
Swiss: 61 (1.64%)
Ukrainian: 14 (0.38%)
United States or American: 131 (3.53%)
Welsh: 28 (0.75%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.57%)
Other ancestries: 924 (24.89%)

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