Carnation, WA

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General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5310215, place: Carnation city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 573 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 49 (8.55%)
Kindergarten: 43 (7.5%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 318 (55.5%)
High school (grades 9-12): 118 (20.59%)
College or graduate school: 45 (7.85%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,131 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 25 (2.21%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 83 (7.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 276 (24.4%)
Some college, no degree: 295 (26.08%)
Associate degree: 107 (9.46%)
Bachelor's degree: 273 (24.14%)
Graduate or professional degree: 72 (6.37%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,334 (100%)
Never married: 298 (22.34%)
Now married, except separated: 821 (61.54%)
Separated: 16 (1.2%)
Total Widowed: 36 (2.7%)
Widowed Female: 30 (2.25%)
Total Divorced: 163 (12.22%)
Divorced Female: 87 (6.52%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 31 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 5 (16.13%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,245 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 159 (12.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 535 (100%)
--With a disability: 35 (6.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,091 (100%)
--With a disability: 124 (11.37%)
----Percent employed: 75%
--No disability: 967 (88.63%)
----Percent employed: 85.3%
Population 65 years and over: 93 (100%)
--With a disability: 50 (53.76%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,719 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 761 (44.27%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 942 (54.8%)
--Same county: 658 (38.28%)
--Different county: 284 (16.52%)
----Same state: 95 (5.53%)
----Different state: 189 (10.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 16 (0.93%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,905 (100%)
Native: 1,793 (94.12%)
--Born in United States: 1,785 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,116 (58.58%)
----Different state: 669 (35.12%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.42%)
Foreign born: 112 (5.88%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 49 (2.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 73 (3.83%)
--Not a citizen: 39 (2.05%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 112 (100%)
Europe: 15 (13.39%)
Asia: 35 (31.25%)
Africa: 3 (2.68%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 26 (23.21%)
Northern America: 33 (29.46%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,719 (100%)
English only: 1,598 (92.96%)
Language other than English: 121 (7.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (2.33%)
--Spanish: 57 (3.32%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 29 (1.69%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 28 (1.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 29 (1.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8 (0.47%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,905 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 2,231% (117.11%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 4 (0.21%)
Danish: 40 (2.1%)
Dutch: 51 (2.68%)
English: 286 (15.01%)
French (except Basque): 85 (4.46%)
French Canadian: 7 (0.37%)
German: 415 (21.78%)
Greek: 11 (0.58%)
Hungarian: 11 (0.58%)
Irish: 276 (14.49%)
Italian: 82 (4.3%)
Lithuanian: 2 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 129 (6.77%)
Polish: 81 (4.25%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.21%)
Russian: 6 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 51 (2.68%)
Scottish: 93 (4.88%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 79 (4.15%)
Swiss: 28 (1.47%)
Ukrainian: 12 (0.63%)
United States or American: 68 (3.57%)
Welsh: 8 (0.42%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 402 (21.1%)

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