Othello, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5352215, place: Othello city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,782 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 73 (4.1%)
Kindergarten: 136 (7.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 919 (51.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 463 (25.98%)
College or graduate school: 191 (10.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,007 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 876 (29.13%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 388 (12.9%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 795 (26.44%)
Some college, no degree: 444 (14.77%)
Associate degree: 145 (4.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 210 (6.98%)
Graduate or professional degree: 149 (4.96%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 58%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.9%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,009 (100%)
Never married: 1,166 (29.08%)
Now married, except separated: 2,187 (54.55%)
Separated: 72 (1.8%)
Total Widowed: 223 (5.56%)
Widowed Female: 179 (4.46%)
Total Divorced: 361 (9%)
Divorced Female: 213 (5.31%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 153 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 69 (45.1%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,691 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 286 (7.75%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,814 (100%)
--With a disability: 162 (8.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,847 (100%)
--With a disability: 591 (20.76%)
----Percent employed: 53.6%
--No disability: 2,256 (79.24%)
----Percent employed: 72.9%
Population 65 years and over: 486 (100%)
--With a disability: 255 (52.47%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,186 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,495 (48.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,261 (43.6%)
--Same county: 1,429 (27.55%)
--Different county: 832 (16.04%)
----Same state: 546 (10.53%)
----Different state: 286 (5.51%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 430 (8.29%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,750 (100%)
Native: 4,043 (70.31%)
--Born in United States: 4,025 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,650 (46.09%)
----Different state: 1,375 (23.91%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.31%)
Foreign born: 1,707 (29.69%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 938 (16.31%)
--Naturalized citizen: 415 (7.22%)
--Not a citizen: 1,292 (22.47%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,707 (100%)
Europe: 12 (0.7%)
Asia: 42 (2.46%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 1,653 (96.84%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,186 (100%)
English only: 2,267 (43.71%)
Language other than English: 2,919 (56.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,486 (28.65%)
--Spanish: 2,855 (55.05%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,452 (28%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 54 (1.04%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (0.46%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 10 (0.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.19%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,750 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,562% (96.73%)
Arab: 23 (0.4%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 18 (0.31%)
Dutch: 35 (0.61%)
English: 403 (7.01%)
French (except Basque): 53 (0.92%)
French Canadian: 9 (0.16%)
German: 434 (7.55%)
Greek: 7 (0.12%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 253 (4.4%)
Italian: 69 (1.2%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 98 (1.7%)
Polish: 7 (0.12%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 15 (0.26%)
Scotch-Irish: 51 (0.89%)
Scottish: 47 (0.82%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 103 (1.79%)
Swiss: 6 (0.1%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 299 (5.2%)
Welsh: 26 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 3,606 (62.71%)

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