Brier, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5307940, place: Brier city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,073 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 120 (5.79%)
Kindergarten: 122 (5.89%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,091 (52.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 498 (24.02%)
College or graduate school: 242 (11.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,137 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 156 (3.77%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 262 (6.33%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 838 (20.26%)
Some college, no degree: 1,151 (27.82%)
Associate degree: 398 (9.62%)
Bachelor's degree: 998 (24.12%)
Graduate or professional degree: 334 (8.07%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 32.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,887 (100%)
Never married: 1,111 (22.73%)
Now married, except separated: 3,266 (66.83%)
Separated: 34 (0.7%)
Total Widowed: 163 (3.34%)
Widowed Female: 100 (2.05%)
Total Divorced: 313 (6.4%)
Divorced Female: 193 (3.95%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 83 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 30 (36.14%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,504 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 542 (12.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,858 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (7.1%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,866 (100%)
--With a disability: 704 (18.21%)
----Percent employed: 72.6%
--No disability: 3,162 (81.79%)
----Percent employed: 85.5%
Population 65 years and over: 437 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (47.14%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 6,180 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,697 (59.82%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,479 (40.11%)
--Same county: 1,237 (20.02%)
--Different county: 1,242 (20.1%)
----Same state: 928 (15.02%)
----Different state: 314 (5.08%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.06%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,548 (100%)
Native: 5,887 (89.91%)
--Born in United States: 5,857 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,624 (55.35%)
----Different state: 2,233 (34.1%)
--Born outside United States: 30 (0.46%)
Foreign born: 661 (10.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 76 (1.16%)
--Naturalized citizen: 499 (7.62%)
--Not a citizen: 162 (2.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 661 (100%)
Europe: 175 (26.48%)
Asia: 402 (60.82%)
Africa: 8 (1.21%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 17 (2.57%)
Northern America: 59 (8.93%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 6,180 (100%)
English only: 5,389 (87.2%)
Language other than English: 791 (12.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 359 (5.81%)
--Spanish: 124 (2.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 32 (0.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 181 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 66 (1.07%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 486 (7.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 261 (4.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,548 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,193% (125.12%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 105 (1.6%)
Danish: 75 (1.15%)
Dutch: 149 (2.28%)
English: 1,182 (18.05%)
French (except Basque): 152 (2.32%)
French Canadian: 100 (1.53%)
German: 1,455 (22.22%)
Greek: 73 (1.11%)
Hungarian: 15 (0.23%)
Irish: 845 (12.9%)
Italian: 324 (4.95%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 708 (10.81%)
Polish: 125 (1.91%)
Portuguese: 13 (0.2%)
Russian: 71 (1.08%)
Scotch-Irish: 228 (3.48%)
Scottish: 324 (4.95%)
Slovak: 10 (0.15%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 315 (4.81%)
Swiss: 7 (0.11%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.14%)
United States or American: 272 (4.15%)
Welsh: 79 (1.21%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 6 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 1,551 (23.69%)

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