Chelan, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5311615, place: Chelan city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 897 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 48 (5.35%)
Kindergarten: 72 (8.03%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 404 (45.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 280 (31.22%)
College or graduate school: 93 (10.37%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,390 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 233 (9.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 336 (14.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 498 (20.84%)
Some college, no degree: 731 (30.59%)
Associate degree: 101 (4.23%)
Bachelor's degree: 304 (12.72%)
Graduate or professional degree: 187 (7.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,872 (100%)
Never married: 616 (21.45%)
Now married, except separated: 1,499 (52.19%)
Separated: 44 (1.53%)
Total Widowed: 264 (9.19%)
Widowed Female: 242 (8.43%)
Total Divorced: 449 (15.63%)
Divorced Female: 228 (7.94%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 30 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 27 (90%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,631 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 430 (16.34%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 879 (100%)
--With a disability: 42 (4.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,824 (100%)
--With a disability: 310 (17%)
----Percent employed: 57.7%
--No disability: 1,514 (83%)
----Percent employed: 68.3%
Population 65 years and over: 657 (100%)
--With a disability: 321 (48.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,392 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,565 (46.14%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,668 (49.17%)
--Same county: 1,083 (31.93%)
--Different county: 585 (17.25%)
----Same state: 390 (11.5%)
----Different state: 195 (5.75%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 159 (4.69%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,594 (100%)
Native: 3,170 (88.2%)
--Born in United States: 3,150 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,881 (52.34%)
----Different state: 1,269 (35.31%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (0.56%)
Foreign born: 424 (11.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 236 (6.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 107 (2.98%)
--Not a citizen: 317 (8.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 424 (100%)
Europe: 40 (9.43%)
Asia: 6 (1.42%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 337 (79.48%)
Northern America: 41 (9.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,392 (100%)
English only: 2,825 (83.28%)
Language other than English: 567 (16.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 335 (9.88%)
--Spanish: 534 (15.74%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 320 (9.43%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 27 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,594 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,662% (101.89%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 45 (1.25%)
Danish: 49 (1.36%)
Dutch: 84 (2.34%)
English: 501 (13.94%)
French (except Basque): 81 (2.25%)
French Canadian: 44 (1.22%)
German: 568 (15.8%)
Greek: 8 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 41 (1.14%)
Irish: 332 (9.24%)
Italian: 73 (2.03%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 203 (5.65%)
Polish: 34 (0.95%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 57 (1.59%)
Scotch-Irish: 112 (3.12%)
Scottish: 135 (3.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 55 (1.53%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 17 (0.47%)
United States or American: 361 (10.04%)
Welsh: 32 (0.89%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 830 (23.09%)

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