Pacific, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5352495, place: Pacific city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,530 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 70 (4.58%)
Kindergarten: 133 (8.69%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 790 (51.63%)
High school (grades 9-12): 317 (20.72%)
College or graduate school: 220 (14.38%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,175 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 119 (3.75%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 352 (11.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,274 (40.13%)
Some college, no degree: 881 (27.75%)
Associate degree: 259 (8.16%)
Bachelor's degree: 210 (6.61%)
Graduate or professional degree: 80 (2.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 85.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 9.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 3,996 (100%)
Never married: 1,192 (29.83%)
Now married, except separated: 1,993 (49.87%)
Separated: 50 (1.25%)
Total Widowed: 61 (1.53%)
Widowed Female: 56 (1.4%)
Total Divorced: 700 (17.52%)
Divorced Female: 444 (11.11%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 61 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 31 (50.82%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 3,717 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 475 (12.78%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,540 (100%)
--With a disability: 111 (7.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,170 (100%)
--With a disability: 588 (18.55%)
----Percent employed: 54.1%
--No disability: 2,582 (81.45%)
----Percent employed: 81.6%
Population 65 years and over: 274 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (36.86%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 4,994 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,055 (41.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,840 (56.87%)
--Same county: 1,873 (37.51%)
--Different county: 967 (19.36%)
----Same state: 473 (9.47%)
----Different state: 494 (9.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 99 (1.98%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,482 (100%)
Native: 5,120 (93.4%)
--Born in United States: 5,094 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,225 (58.83%)
----Different state: 1,869 (34.09%)
--Born outside United States: 26 (0.47%)
Foreign born: 362 (6.6%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 194 (3.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 129 (2.35%)
--Not a citizen: 233 (4.25%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 362 (100%)
Europe: 123 (33.98%)
Asia: 178 (49.17%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 55 (15.19%)
Northern America: 6 (1.66%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 4,994 (100%)
English only: 4,448 (89.07%)
Language other than English: 546 (10.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 225 (4.51%)
--Spanish: 224 (4.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 94 (1.88%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 134 (2.68%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.8%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 178 (3.56%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 81 (1.62%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,482 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,894% (89.27%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 27 (0.49%)
Danish: 5 (0.09%)
Dutch: 148 (2.7%)
English: 509 (9.28%)
French (except Basque): 212 (3.87%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.46%)
German: 850 (15.51%)
Greek: 19 (0.35%)
Hungarian: 14 (0.26%)
Irish: 416 (7.59%)
Italian: 163 (2.97%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 317 (5.78%)
Polish: 53 (0.97%)
Portuguese: 17 (0.31%)
Russian: 54 (0.99%)
Scotch-Irish: 58 (1.06%)
Scottish: 82 (1.5%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 88 (1.61%)
Swiss: 10 (0.18%)
Ukrainian: 82 (1.5%)
United States or American: 459 (8.37%)
Welsh: 10 (0.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 1,269 (23.15%)

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