Lake Forest Park, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5337270, place: Lake Forest Park city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,232 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 233 (7.21%)
Kindergarten: 130 (4.02%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,500 (46.41%)
High school (grades 9-12): 786 (24.32%)
College or graduate school: 583 (18.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 9,684 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 256 (2.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 404 (4.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,419 (14.65%)
Some college, no degree: 2,090 (21.58%)
Associate degree: 564 (5.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,910 (30.05%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,041 (21.08%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 51.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 11,015 (100%)
Never married: 2,399 (21.78%)
Now married, except separated: 7,095 (64.41%)
Separated: 126 (1.14%)
Total Widowed: 449 (4.08%)
Widowed Female: 374 (3.4%)
Total Divorced: 946 (8.59%)
Divorced Female: 530 (4.81%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 142 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 35 (24.65%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 10,401 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,398 (13.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,736 (100%)
--With a disability: 157 (5.74%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,312 (100%)
--With a disability: 935 (11.25%)
----Percent employed: 50.4%
--No disability: 7,377 (88.75%)
----Percent employed: 82.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,722 (100%)
--With a disability: 452 (26.25%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 12,793 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,928 (61.97%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,563 (35.67%)
--Same county: 2,893 (22.61%)
--Different county: 1,670 (13.05%)
----Same state: 713 (5.57%)
----Different state: 957 (7.48%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 302 (2.36%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 13,443 (100%)
Native: 11,857 (88.2%)
--Born in United States: 11,593 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,652 (49.48%)
----Different state: 4,941 (36.76%)
--Born outside United States: 264 (1.96%)
Foreign born: 1,586 (11.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 419 (3.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 969 (7.21%)
--Not a citizen: 617 (4.59%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,586 (100%)
Europe: 398 (25.09%)
Asia: 855 (53.91%)
Africa: 42 (2.65%)
Oceania: 46 (2.9%)
Latin America: 82 (5.17%)
Northern America: 163 (10.28%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 12,793 (100%)
English only: 11,271 (88.1%)
Language other than English: 1,522 (11.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 564 (4.41%)
--Spanish: 124 (0.97%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 62 (0.48%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 554 (4.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 146 (1.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 758 (5.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 326 (2.55%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 13,443 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 15,430% (114.78%)
Arab: 32 (0.24%)
Czech: 107 (0.8%)
Danish: 99 (0.74%)
Dutch: 453 (3.37%)
English: 2,170 (16.14%)
French (except Basque): 356 (2.65%)
French Canadian: 111 (0.83%)
German: 2,255 (16.77%)
Greek: 28 (0.21%)
Hungarian: 40 (0.3%)
Irish: 1,537 (11.43%)
Italian: 418 (3.11%)
Lithuanian: 33 (0.25%)
Norwegian: 1,171 (8.71%)
Polish: 243 (1.81%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.13%)
Russian: 161 (1.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 482 (3.59%)
Scottish: 607 (4.52%)
Slovak: 15 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 57 (0.42%)
Swedish: 729 (5.42%)
Swiss: 115 (0.86%)
Ukrainian: 68 (0.51%)
United States or American: 588 (4.37%)
Welsh: 148 (1.1%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 5 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 3,385 (25.18%)

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