Camas, WA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5309480, place: Camas city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,768 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 367 (9.74%)
Kindergarten: 219 (5.81%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,821 (48.33%)
High school (grades 9-12): 795 (21.1%)
College or graduate school: 566 (15.02%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,933 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 130 (1.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 468 (5.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,918 (24.18%)
Some college, no degree: 2,317 (29.21%)
Associate degree: 630 (7.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,491 (18.79%)
Graduate or professional degree: 979 (12.34%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 31.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,189 (100%)
Never married: 1,718 (18.7%)
Now married, except separated: 6,001 (65.31%)
Separated: 168 (1.83%)
Total Widowed: 398 (4.33%)
Widowed Female: 329 (3.58%)
Total Divorced: 904 (9.84%)
Divorced Female: 468 (5.09%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 63 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (7.94%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,565 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,133 (13.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,197 (100%)
--With a disability: 219 (6.85%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,153 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,082 (15.13%)
----Percent employed: 59.9%
--No disability: 6,071 (84.87%)
----Percent employed: 77.9%
Population 65 years and over: 1,024 (100%)
--With a disability: 427 (41.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,473 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,070 (35.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,202 (62.77%)
--Same county: 3,526 (30.73%)
--Different county: 3,676 (32.04%)
----Same state: 566 (4.93%)
----Different state: 3,110 (27.11%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 201 (1.75%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,682 (100%)
Native: 12,195 (96.16%)
--Born in United States: 11,979 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,024 (31.73%)
----Different state: 7,955 (62.73%)
--Born outside United States: 216 (1.7%)
Foreign born: 487 (3.84%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 101 (0.8%)
--Naturalized citizen: 314 (2.48%)
--Not a citizen: 173 (1.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 487 (100%)
Europe: 62 (12.73%)
Asia: 300 (61.6%)
Africa: 29 (5.95%)
Oceania: 23 (4.72%)
Latin America: 29 (5.95%)
Northern America: 44 (9.03%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,473 (100%)
English only: 10,786 (94.01%)
Language other than English: 687 (5.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 215 (1.87%)
--Spanish: 144 (1.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 72 (0.63%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 174 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.11%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 364 (3.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 125 (1.09%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,682 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 13,809% (108.89%)
Arab: 62 (0.49%)
Czech: 129 (1.02%)
Danish: 313 (2.47%)
Dutch: 255 (2.01%)
English: 1,672 (13.18%)
French (except Basque): 544 (4.29%)
French Canadian: 100 (0.79%)
German: 2,693 (21.23%)
Greek: 6 (0.05%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,457 (11.49%)
Italian: 368 (2.9%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 621 (4.9%)
Polish: 301 (2.37%)
Portuguese: 33 (0.26%)
Russian: 71 (0.56%)
Scotch-Irish: 384 (3.03%)
Scottish: 484 (3.82%)
Slovak: 10 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 45 (0.35%)
Swedish: 373 (2.94%)
Swiss: 62 (0.49%)
Ukrainian: 31 (0.24%)
United States or American: 958 (7.55%)
Welsh: 192 (1.51%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,645 (20.86%)

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