Morton, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5347175, place: Morton city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 246 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (2.44%)
Kindergarten: 11 (4.47%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 125 (50.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 59 (23.98%)
College or graduate school: 45 (18.29%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 727 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 50 (6.88%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 121 (16.64%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 250 (34.39%)
Some college, no degree: 183 (25.17%)
Associate degree: 21 (2.89%)
Bachelor's degree: 47 (6.46%)
Graduate or professional degree: 55 (7.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 76.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 14%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 842 (100%)
Never married: 148 (17.58%)
Now married, except separated: 494 (58.67%)
Separated: 17 (2.02%)
Total Widowed: 91 (10.81%)
Widowed Female: 65 (7.72%)
Total Divorced: 92 (10.93%)
Divorced Female: 59 (7.01%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 14 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (78.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 799 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 110 (13.77%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 226 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (9.29%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 508 (100%)
--With a disability: 126 (24.8%)
----Percent employed: 59.5%
--No disability: 382 (75.2%)
----Percent employed: 73.3%
Population 65 years and over: 235 (100%)
--With a disability: 128 (54.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 999 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 558 (55.86%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 430 (43.04%)
--Same county: 253 (25.33%)
--Different county: 177 (17.72%)
----Same state: 85 (8.51%)
----Different state: 92 (9.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 11 (1.1%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,059 (100%)
Native: 1,030 (97.26%)
--Born in United States: 1,026 (100%)
----State of residence: 604 (57.03%)
----Different state: 422 (39.85%)
--Born outside United States: 4 (0.38%)
Foreign born: 29 (2.74%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1 (0.09%)
--Naturalized citizen: 26 (2.46%)
--Not a citizen: 3 (0.28%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 29 (100%)
Europe: 7 (24.14%)
Asia: 16 (55.17%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1 (3.45%)
Northern America: 5 (17.24%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 999 (100%)
English only: 970 (97.1%)
Language other than English: 29 (2.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.3%)
--Spanish: 16 (1.6%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.3%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 8 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.5%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,059 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,006% (95%)
Arab: 7 (0.66%)
Czech: 2 (0.19%)
Danish: 8 (0.76%)
Dutch: 23 (2.17%)
English: 128 (12.09%)
French (except Basque): 34 (3.21%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.94%)
German: 193 (18.22%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 139 (13.13%)
Italian: 12 (1.13%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 83 (7.84%)
Polish: 16 (1.51%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 3 (0.28%)
Scotch-Irish: 20 (1.89%)
Scottish: 22 (2.08%)
Slovak: 2 (0.19%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 27 (2.55%)
Swiss: 12 (1.13%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 94 (8.88%)
Welsh: 14 (1.32%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 157 (14.83%)

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