U.S. Beacon November 8, 2024

Longview, WA

Cowlitz County, Washington

Latitude: 46.142733     Longitude: -122.955636
Population 36,137 (2005)
Elevation of Longview, Washington: 290 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5340245, place: Longview city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 8,524 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 620 (7.27%)
Kindergarten: 605 (7.1%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,950 (46.34%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,930 (22.64%)
College or graduate school: 1,419 (16.65%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 22,676 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,184 (5.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,068 (13.53%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 7,043 (31.06%)
Some college, no degree: 6,215 (27.41%)
Associate degree: 1,852 (8.17%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,170 (9.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,144 (5.04%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 81.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 27,283 (100%)
Never married: 6,164 (22.59%)
Now married, except separated: 14,561 (53.37%)
Separated: 550 (2.02%)
Total Widowed: 2,331 (8.54%)
Widowed Female: 1,961 (7.19%)
Total Divorced: 3,677 (13.48%)
Divorced Female: 1,992 (7.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 422 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 243 (57.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 25,793 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,053 (15.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 7,713 (100%)
--With a disability: 677 (8.78%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 18,964 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,434 (23.38%)
----Percent employed: 51.4%
--No disability: 14,530 (76.62%)
----Percent employed: 75%
Population 65 years and over: 5,008 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,336 (46.65%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 32,259 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,817 (49.03%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 15,964 (49.49%)
--Same county: 10,436 (32.35%)
--Different county: 5,528 (17.14%)
----Same state: 2,156 (6.68%)
----Different state: 3,372 (10.45%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 478 (1.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 34,804 (100%)
Native: 32,886 (94.49%)
--Born in United States: 32,621 (100%)
----State of residence: 18,010 (51.75%)
----Different state: 14,611 (41.98%)
--Born outside United States: 265 (0.76%)
Foreign born: 1,918 (5.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 907 (2.61%)
--Naturalized citizen: 753 (2.16%)
--Not a citizen: 1,165 (3.35%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,918 (100%)
Europe: 306 (15.95%)
Asia: 582 (30.34%)
Africa: 10 (0.52%)
Oceania: 8 (0.42%)
Latin America: 797 (41.55%)
Northern America: 215 (11.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 32,259 (100%)
English only: 29,479 (91.38%)
Language other than English: 2,780 (8.62%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,441 (4.47%)
--Spanish: 1,555 (4.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 818 (2.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 462 (1.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 155 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 668 (2.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 440 (1.36%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 34,804 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 35,755% (102.73%)
Arab: 55 (0.16%)
Czech: 118 (0.34%)
Danish: 418 (1.2%)
Dutch: 905 (2.6%)
English: 4,279 (12.29%)
French (except Basque): 1,190 (3.42%)
French Canadian: 404 (1.16%)
German: 6,379 (18.33%)
Greek: 63 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 64 (0.18%)
Irish: 3,808 (10.94%)
Italian: 914 (2.63%)
Lithuanian: 19 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 2,298 (6.6%)
Polish: 429 (1.23%)
Portuguese: 111 (0.32%)
Russian: 198 (0.57%)
Scotch-Irish: 743 (2.13%)
Scottish: 901 (2.59%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 38 (0.11%)
Swedish: 909 (2.61%)
Swiss: 223 (0.64%)
Ukrainian: 98 (0.28%)
United States or American: 2,671 (7.67%)
Welsh: 352 (1.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 29 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 8,139 (23.39%)

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