Elk Plain, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5321205, place: Elk Plain CDP, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,850 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 176 (3.63%)
Kindergarten: 278 (5.73%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,466 (50.85%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,302 (26.85%)
College or graduate school: 628 (12.95%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,415 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 170 (1.81%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 914 (9.71%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,085 (32.77%)
Some college, no degree: 2,929 (31.11%)
Associate degree: 968 (10.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 994 (10.56%)
Graduate or professional degree: 355 (3.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 88.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,462 (100%)
Never married: 2,593 (22.62%)
Now married, except separated: 7,351 (64.13%)
Separated: 105 (0.92%)
Total Widowed: 339 (2.96%)
Widowed Female: 244 (2.13%)
Total Divorced: 1,074 (9.37%)
Divorced Female: 608 (5.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 343 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 174 (50.73%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,488 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,505 (23.88%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,545 (100%)
--With a disability: 397 (8.73%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 9,006 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,600 (17.77%)
----Percent employed: 60.1%
--No disability: 7,406 (82.23%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 710 (100%)
--With a disability: 288 (40.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,510 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,999 (55.13%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,994 (41.31%)
--Same county: 3,657 (25.2%)
--Different county: 2,337 (16.11%)
----Same state: 1,177 (8.11%)
----Different state: 1,160 (7.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 517 (3.56%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,687 (100%)
Native: 14,778 (94.21%)
--Born in United States: 14,089 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,072 (51.46%)
----Different state: 6,017 (38.36%)
--Born outside United States: 689 (4.39%)
Foreign born: 909 (5.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 374 (2.38%)
--Naturalized citizen: 510 (3.25%)
--Not a citizen: 399 (2.54%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 909 (100%)
Europe: 322 (35.42%)
Asia: 428 (47.08%)
Africa: 19 (2.09%)
Oceania: 8 (0.88%)
Latin America: 76 (8.36%)
Northern America: 56 (6.16%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,510 (100%)
English only: 13,228 (91.16%)
Language other than English: 1,282 (8.84%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 310 (2.14%)
--Spanish: 328 (2.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 55 (0.38%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 438 (3.02%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 116 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 461 (3.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (0.96%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,687 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,814% (107.18%)
Arab: 16 (0.1%)
Czech: 80 (0.51%)
Danish: 229 (1.46%)
Dutch: 438 (2.79%)
English: 1,685 (10.74%)
French (except Basque): 501 (3.19%)
French Canadian: 161 (1.03%)
German: 3,117 (19.87%)
Greek: 10 (0.06%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.04%)
Irish: 1,786 (11.39%)
Italian: 433 (2.76%)
Lithuanian: 14 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 1,094 (6.97%)
Polish: 354 (2.26%)
Portuguese: 60 (0.38%)
Russian: 171 (1.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 227 (1.45%)
Scottish: 344 (2.19%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 141 (0.9%)
Swedish: 303 (1.93%)
Swiss: 38 (0.24%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.12%)
United States or American: 1,027 (6.55%)
Welsh: 97 (0.62%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 26 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 4,436 (28.28%)

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