Mountlake Terrace, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5347490, place: Mountlake Terrace city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 5,643 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 323 (5.72%)
Kindergarten: 214 (3.79%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,547 (45.14%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,098 (19.46%)
College or graduate school: 1,461 (25.89%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 13,314 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 351 (2.64%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 916 (6.88%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,349 (25.15%)
Some college, no degree: 4,109 (30.86%)
Associate degree: 1,343 (10.09%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,523 (18.95%)
Graduate or professional degree: 723 (5.43%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 24.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 16,008 (100%)
Never married: 4,757 (29.72%)
Now married, except separated: 7,920 (49.48%)
Separated: 235 (1.47%)
Total Widowed: 810 (5.06%)
Widowed Female: 694 (4.34%)
Total Divorced: 2,286 (14.28%)
Divorced Female: 1,278 (7.98%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 263 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 70 (26.62%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 15,160 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,263 (14.93%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 4,780 (100%)
--With a disability: 425 (8.89%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 12,247 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,244 (18.32%)
----Percent employed: 64.7%
--No disability: 10,003 (81.68%)
----Percent employed: 82%
Population 65 years and over: 1,946 (100%)
--With a disability: 969 (49.79%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 19,007 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,321 (49.04%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,829 (46.45%)
--Same county: 3,322 (17.48%)
--Different county: 5,507 (28.97%)
----Same state: 3,912 (20.58%)
----Different state: 1,595 (8.39%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 857 (4.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 20,300 (100%)
Native: 16,864 (83.07%)
--Born in United States: 16,441 (100%)
----State of residence: 9,800 (48.28%)
----Different state: 6,641 (32.71%)
--Born outside United States: 423 (2.08%)
Foreign born: 3,436 (16.93%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,600 (7.88%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,655 (8.15%)
--Not a citizen: 1,781 (8.77%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,436 (100%)
Europe: 639 (18.6%)
Asia: 1,931 (56.2%)
Africa: 216 (6.29%)
Oceania: 48 (1.4%)
Latin America: 440 (12.81%)
Northern America: 162 (4.71%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 19,007 (100%)
English only: 15,090 (79.39%)
Language other than English: 3,917 (20.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,510 (7.94%)
--Spanish: 751 (3.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 289 (1.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,143 (6.01%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 321 (1.69%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 1,763 (9.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 833 (4.38%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 20,300 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 22,918% (112.9%)
Arab: 165 (0.81%)
Czech: 148 (0.73%)
Danish: 266 (1.31%)
Dutch: 473 (2.33%)
English: 2,357 (11.61%)
French (except Basque): 653 (3.22%)
French Canadian: 163 (0.8%)
German: 3,319 (16.35%)
Greek: 86 (0.42%)
Hungarian: 66 (0.33%)
Irish: 2,310 (11.38%)
Italian: 745 (3.67%)
Lithuanian: 10 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 1,442 (7.1%)
Polish: 270 (1.33%)
Portuguese: 58 (0.29%)
Russian: 340 (1.67%)
Scotch-Irish: 358 (1.76%)
Scottish: 675 (3.33%)
Slovak: 9 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 125 (0.62%)
Swedish: 849 (4.18%)
Swiss: 59 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 127 (0.63%)
United States or American: 822 (4.05%)
Welsh: 200 (0.99%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 7 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 6,816 (33.58%)

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