Pasco, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5353545, place: Pasco city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 9,446 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 409 (4.33%)
Kindergarten: 669 (7.08%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,081 (53.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,278 (24.12%)
College or graduate school: 1,009 (10.68%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,649 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 4,313 (25.91%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 3,025 (18.17%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,596 (21.6%)
Some college, no degree: 2,982 (17.91%)
Associate degree: 970 (5.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,123 (6.75%)
Graduate or professional degree: 640 (3.84%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 55.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 10.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 22,263 (100%)
Never married: 6,797 (30.53%)
Now married, except separated: 11,686 (52.49%)
Separated: 625 (2.81%)
Total Widowed: 1,254 (5.63%)
Widowed Female: 1,006 (4.52%)
Total Divorced: 1,901 (8.54%)
Divorced Female: 1,051 (4.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 941 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 280 (29.76%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 20,614 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,002 (9.71%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,663 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,036 (10.72%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 16,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,351 (27.19%)
----Percent employed: 55.5%
--No disability: 11,653 (72.81%)
----Percent employed: 69.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,543 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,186 (46.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 28,475 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 12,750 (44.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,368 (46.95%)
--Same county: 7,148 (25.1%)
--Different county: 6,220 (21.84%)
----Same state: 3,811 (13.38%)
----Different state: 2,409 (8.46%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,357 (8.28%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 31,976 (100%)
Native: 22,216 (69.48%)
--Born in United States: 21,997 (100%)
----State of residence: 13,315 (41.64%)
----Different state: 8,682 (27.15%)
--Born outside United States: 219 (0.68%)
Foreign born: 9,760 (30.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,588 (17.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,848 (5.78%)
--Not a citizen: 7,912 (24.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9,760 (100%)
Europe: 356 (3.65%)
Asia: 594 (6.09%)
Africa: 10 (0.1%)
Oceania: 4 (0.04%)
Latin America: 8,696 (89.1%)
Northern America: 100 (1.02%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 28,475 (100%)
English only: 13,100 (46.01%)
Language other than English: 15,375 (53.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,877 (31.17%)
--Spanish: 14,212 (49.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 8,328 (29.25%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 622 (2.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 266 (0.93%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 530 (1.86%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 279 (0.98%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 31,976 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 30,188% (94.41%)
Arab: 69 (0.22%)
Czech: 49 (0.15%)
Danish: 205 (0.64%)
Dutch: 186 (0.58%)
English: 1,534 (4.8%)
French (except Basque): 379 (1.19%)
French Canadian: 82 (0.26%)
German: 2,456 (7.68%)
Greek: 13 (0.04%)
Hungarian: 20 (0.06%)
Irish: 1,159 (3.62%)
Italian: 442 (1.38%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 685 (2.14%)
Polish: 203 (0.63%)
Portuguese: 68 (0.21%)
Russian: 30 (0.09%)
Scotch-Irish: 184 (0.58%)
Scottish: 249 (0.78%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 82 (0.26%)
Swedish: 245 (0.77%)
Swiss: 29 (0.09%)
Ukrainian: 147 (0.46%)
United States or American: 1,645 (5.14%)
Welsh: 50 (0.16%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 19,962 (62.43%)

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