Opportunity, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5351515, place: Opportunity CDP, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,623 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 362 (5.47%)
Kindergarten: 289 (4.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,053 (46.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,447 (21.85%)
College or graduate school: 1,472 (22.23%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,123 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 387 (2.4%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,183 (7.34%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,629 (28.71%)
Some college, no degree: 4,770 (29.59%)
Associate degree: 1,885 (11.69%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,294 (14.23%)
Graduate or professional degree: 975 (6.05%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 90.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 20.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,643 (100%)
Never married: 4,617 (23.5%)
Now married, except separated: 10,464 (53.27%)
Separated: 367 (1.87%)
Total Widowed: 1,494 (7.61%)
Widowed Female: 1,274 (6.49%)
Total Divorced: 2,701 (13.75%)
Divorced Female: 1,643 (8.36%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 282 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 168 (59.57%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,463 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,181 (17.23%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,784 (100%)
--With a disability: 602 (10.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 13,659 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,376 (17.4%)
----Percent employed: 58.9%
--No disability: 11,283 (82.6%)
----Percent employed: 81.4%
Population 65 years and over: 3,606 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,599 (44.34%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,281 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 11,522 (49.49%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 11,555 (49.63%)
--Same county: 7,663 (32.92%)
--Different county: 3,892 (16.72%)
----Same state: 1,605 (6.89%)
----Different state: 2,287 (9.82%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 204 (0.88%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,046 (100%)
Native: 24,168 (96.49%)
--Born in United States: 23,931 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,259 (52.94%)
----Different state: 10,672 (42.61%)
--Born outside United States: 237 (0.95%)
Foreign born: 878 (3.51%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 234 (0.93%)
--Naturalized citizen: 441 (1.76%)
--Not a citizen: 437 (1.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 878 (100%)
Europe: 292 (33.26%)
Asia: 273 (31.09%)
Africa: 22 (2.51%)
Oceania: 13 (1.48%)
Latin America: 77 (8.77%)
Northern America: 201 (22.89%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,281 (100%)
English only: 22,200 (95.36%)
Language other than English: 1,081 (4.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 385 (1.65%)
--Spanish: 502 (2.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 156 (0.67%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 355 (1.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 127 (0.55%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 186 (0.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (0.4%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,046 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,496% (109.78%)
Arab: 84 (0.34%)
Czech: 134 (0.54%)
Danish: 344 (1.37%)
Dutch: 600 (2.4%)
English: 2,877 (11.49%)
French (except Basque): 1,222 (4.88%)
French Canadian: 320 (1.28%)
German: 6,346 (25.34%)
Greek: 88 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 85 (0.34%)
Irish: 3,549 (14.17%)
Italian: 1,000 (3.99%)
Lithuanian: 26 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 1,857 (7.41%)
Polish: 498 (1.99%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.04%)
Russian: 214 (0.85%)
Scotch-Irish: 582 (2.32%)
Scottish: 643 (2.57%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 48 (0.19%)
Swedish: 899 (3.59%)
Swiss: 138 (0.55%)
Ukrainian: 62 (0.25%)
United States or American: 1,676 (6.69%)
Welsh: 395 (1.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.03%)
Other ancestries: 3,791 (15.14%)

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