Lynden, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5340805, place: Lynden city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,376 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 129 (5.43%)
Kindergarten: 204 (8.59%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,236 (52.02%)
High school (grades 9-12): 476 (20.03%)
College or graduate school: 331 (13.93%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,682 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 395 (6.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 426 (7.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,836 (32.31%)
Some college, no degree: 1,196 (21.05%)
Associate degree: 298 (5.24%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,042 (18.34%)
Graduate or professional degree: 489 (8.61%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 26.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,783 (100%)
Never married: 1,195 (17.62%)
Now married, except separated: 4,443 (65.5%)
Separated: 64 (0.94%)
Total Widowed: 722 (10.64%)
Widowed Female: 623 (9.18%)
Total Divorced: 359 (5.29%)
Divorced Female: 221 (3.26%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 53 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 23 (43.4%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,408 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 730 (11.39%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,201 (100%)
--With a disability: 121 (5.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,395 (100%)
--With a disability: 444 (10.1%)
----Percent employed: 60.8%
--No disability: 3,951 (89.9%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 1,682 (100%)
--With a disability: 785 (46.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 8,278 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,683 (44.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,359 (52.66%)
--Same county: 2,993 (36.16%)
--Different county: 1,366 (16.5%)
----Same state: 606 (7.32%)
----Different state: 760 (9.18%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 236 (2.85%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 9,093 (100%)
Native: 8,085 (88.91%)
--Born in United States: 7,899 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,311 (47.41%)
----Different state: 3,588 (39.46%)
--Born outside United States: 186 (2.05%)
Foreign born: 1,008 (11.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 455 (5%)
--Naturalized citizen: 555 (6.1%)
--Not a citizen: 453 (4.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,008 (100%)
Europe: 258 (25.6%)
Asia: 227 (22.52%)
Africa: 6 (0.6%)
Oceania: 13 (1.29%)
Latin America: 20 (1.98%)
Northern America: 484 (48.02%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 8,278 (100%)
English only: 7,491 (90.49%)
Language other than English: 787 (9.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 279 (3.37%)
--Spanish: 236 (2.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 61 (0.74%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 539 (6.51%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 218 (2.63%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 12 (0.14%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 9,093 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 9,818% (107.97%)
Arab: 6 (0.07%)
Czech: 23 (0.25%)
Danish: 131 (1.44%)
Dutch: 2,790 (30.68%)
English: 671 (7.38%)
French (except Basque): 118 (1.3%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.11%)
German: 1,670 (18.37%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 8 (0.09%)
Irish: 457 (5.03%)
Italian: 127 (1.4%)
Lithuanian: 32 (0.35%)
Norwegian: 504 (5.54%)
Polish: 65 (0.71%)
Portuguese: 35 (0.38%)
Russian: 28 (0.31%)
Scotch-Irish: 206 (2.27%)
Scottish: 223 (2.45%)
Slovak: 7 (0.08%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 397 (4.37%)
Swiss: 101 (1.11%)
Ukrainian: 48 (0.53%)
United States or American: 579 (6.37%)
Welsh: 48 (0.53%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,534 (16.87%)

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