East Renton Highlands, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5319857, place: East Renton Highlands CDP, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,418 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 280 (8.19%)
Kindergarten: 123 (3.6%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,589 (46.49%)
High school (grades 9-12): 910 (26.62%)
College or graduate school: 516 (15.1%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,875 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 248 (2.79%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 627 (7.06%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,341 (26.38%)
Some college, no degree: 2,636 (29.7%)
Associate degree: 818 (9.22%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,619 (18.24%)
Graduate or professional degree: 586 (6.6%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 10,316 (100%)
Never married: 2,199 (21.32%)
Now married, except separated: 6,733 (65.27%)
Separated: 86 (0.83%)
Total Widowed: 368 (3.57%)
Widowed Female: 267 (2.59%)
Total Divorced: 930 (9.02%)
Divorced Female: 491 (4.76%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 147 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 42 (28.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,651 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,517 (15.72%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,042 (100%)
--With a disability: 181 (5.95%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,245 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,328 (16.11%)
----Percent employed: 63%
--No disability: 6,917 (83.89%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 967 (100%)
--With a disability: 404 (41.78%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,254 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 8,087 (65.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,077 (33.27%)
--Same county: 3,180 (25.95%)
--Different county: 897 (7.32%)
----Same state: 381 (3.11%)
----Different state: 516 (4.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 90 (0.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,106 (100%)
Native: 12,345 (94.19%)
--Born in United States: 12,228 (100%)
----State of residence: 7,814 (59.62%)
----Different state: 4,414 (33.68%)
--Born outside United States: 117 (0.89%)
Foreign born: 761 (5.81%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 200 (1.53%)
--Naturalized citizen: 443 (3.38%)
--Not a citizen: 318 (2.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 761 (100%)
Europe: 244 (32.06%)
Asia: 214 (28.12%)
Africa: 46 (6.04%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 154 (20.24%)
Northern America: 103 (13.53%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,254 (100%)
English only: 11,444 (93.39%)
Language other than English: 810 (6.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 342 (2.79%)
--Spanish: 342 (2.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 168 (1.37%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 240 (1.96%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 44 (0.36%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 172 (1.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 115 (0.94%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,106 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,362% (117.21%)
Arab: 87 (0.66%)
Czech: 15 (0.11%)
Danish: 236 (1.8%)
Dutch: 250 (1.91%)
English: 1,700 (12.97%)
French (except Basque): 560 (4.27%)
French Canadian: 113 (0.86%)
German: 2,915 (22.24%)
Greek: 34 (0.26%)
Hungarian: 48 (0.37%)
Irish: 1,807 (13.79%)
Italian: 620 (4.73%)
Lithuanian: 13 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 1,171 (8.93%)
Polish: 206 (1.57%)
Portuguese: 44 (0.34%)
Russian: 127 (0.97%)
Scotch-Irish: 291 (2.22%)
Scottish: 363 (2.77%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 62 (0.47%)
Swedish: 743 (5.67%)
Swiss: 93 (0.71%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.07%)
United States or American: 1,206 (9.2%)
Welsh: 97 (0.74%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,552 (19.47%)

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