Kennewick, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5335275, place: Kennewick city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,989 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 902 (6.02%)
Kindergarten: 1,024 (6.83%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,164 (47.8%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,850 (25.69%)
College or graduate school: 2,049 (13.67%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 32,984 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,162 (6.55%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,331 (10.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,242 (24.99%)
Some college, no degree: 8,601 (26.08%)
Associate degree: 3,346 (10.14%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,861 (14.74%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,441 (7.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 22.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 41,586 (100%)
Never married: 10,588 (25.46%)
Now married, except separated: 22,721 (54.64%)
Separated: 748 (1.8%)
Total Widowed: 2,273 (5.47%)
Widowed Female: 1,954 (4.7%)
Total Divorced: 5,256 (12.64%)
Divorced Female: 2,894 (6.96%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 982 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 465 (47.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 38,617 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 5,553 (14.38%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 14,311 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,268 (8.86%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 30,484 (100%)
--With a disability: 5,625 (18.45%)
----Percent employed: 56.9%
--No disability: 24,859 (81.55%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 5,235 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,301 (43.95%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 50,556 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 23,733 (46.94%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 25,593 (50.62%)
--Same county: 13,571 (26.84%)
--Different county: 12,022 (23.78%)
----Same state: 6,291 (12.44%)
----Different state: 5,731 (11.34%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,230 (2.43%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 55,090 (100%)
Native: 49,784 (90.37%)
--Born in United States: 49,328 (100%)
----State of residence: 25,940 (47.09%)
----Different state: 23,388 (42.45%)
--Born outside United States: 456 (0.83%)
Foreign born: 5,306 (9.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,770 (5.03%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,551 (2.82%)
--Not a citizen: 3,755 (6.82%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 5,306 (100%)
Europe: 799 (15.06%)
Asia: 709 (13.36%)
Africa: 104 (1.96%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 3,402 (64.12%)
Northern America: 292 (5.5%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 50,556 (100%)
English only: 42,264 (83.6%)
Language other than English: 8,292 (16.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3,827 (7.57%)
--Spanish: 6,272 (12.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,986 (5.91%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,333 (2.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 465 (0.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 602 (1.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 305 (0.6%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 55,090 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 58,505% (106.2%)
Arab: 28 (0.05%)
Czech: 163 (0.3%)
Danish: 823 (1.49%)
Dutch: 1,429 (2.59%)
English: 6,466 (11.74%)
French (except Basque): 2,085 (3.78%)
French Canadian: 476 (0.86%)
German: 10,764 (19.54%)
Greek: 117 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 120 (0.22%)
Irish: 6,291 (11.42%)
Italian: 1,120 (2.03%)
Lithuanian: 51 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 2,645 (4.8%)
Polish: 736 (1.34%)
Portuguese: 134 (0.24%)
Russian: 407 (0.74%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,103 (2%)
Scottish: 1,331 (2.42%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 133 (0.24%)
Swedish: 1,307 (2.37%)
Swiss: 164 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 255 (0.46%)
United States or American: 3,721 (6.75%)
Welsh: 480 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 40 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 16,116 (29.25%)

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