Renton, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5357745, place: Renton city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 11,469 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 849 (7.4%)
Kindergarten: 685 (5.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 4,722 (41.17%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,133 (18.6%)
College or graduate school: 3,080 (26.86%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 34,002 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,931 (5.68%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 2,617 (7.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 8,557 (25.17%)
Some college, no degree: 8,813 (25.92%)
Associate degree: 2,619 (7.7%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,295 (21.45%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,170 (6.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 27.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 40,514 (100%)
Never married: 12,376 (30.55%)
Now married, except separated: 19,778 (48.82%)
Separated: 806 (1.99%)
Total Widowed: 2,084 (5.14%)
Widowed Female: 1,790 (4.42%)
Total Divorced: 5,470 (13.5%)
Divorced Female: 3,023 (7.46%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 715 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 350 (48.95%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 39,005 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,876 (12.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 9,196 (100%)
--With a disability: 705 (7.67%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 32,177 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,564 (20.4%)
----Percent employed: 68.1%
--No disability: 25,613 (79.6%)
----Percent employed: 82.2%
Population 65 years and over: 4,770 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,215 (46.44%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 46,480 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 19,413 (41.77%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 24,181 (52.02%)
--Same county: 15,578 (33.52%)
--Different county: 8,603 (18.51%)
----Same state: 2,668 (5.74%)
----Different state: 5,935 (12.77%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,886 (6.21%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 49,894 (100%)
Native: 40,304 (80.78%)
--Born in United States: 39,659 (100%)
----State of residence: 22,070 (44.23%)
----Different state: 17,589 (35.25%)
--Born outside United States: 645 (1.29%)
Foreign born: 9,590 (19.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 5,043 (10.11%)
--Naturalized citizen: 4,207 (8.43%)
--Not a citizen: 5,383 (10.79%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 9,590 (100%)
Europe: 1,951 (20.34%)
Asia: 4,615 (48.12%)
Africa: 529 (5.52%)
Oceania: 132 (1.38%)
Latin America: 1,947 (20.3%)
Northern America: 416 (4.34%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 46,480 (100%)
English only: 35,958 (77.36%)
Language other than English: 10,522 (22.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,588 (12.02%)
--Spanish: 2,821 (6.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,634 (3.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2,445 (5.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,367 (2.94%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,699 (10.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,378 (5.12%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 49,894 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 53,562% (107.35%)
Arab: 107 (0.21%)
Czech: 200 (0.4%)
Danish: 543 (1.09%)
Dutch: 615 (1.23%)
English: 4,400 (8.82%)
French (except Basque): 1,228 (2.46%)
French Canadian: 454 (0.91%)
German: 7,515 (15.06%)
Greek: 146 (0.29%)
Hungarian: 241 (0.48%)
Irish: 4,718 (9.46%)
Italian: 1,826 (3.66%)
Lithuanian: 56 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 2,836 (5.68%)
Polish: 668 (1.34%)
Portuguese: 149 (0.3%)
Russian: 515 (1.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 804 (1.61%)
Scottish: 1,181 (2.37%)
Slovak: 24 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 749 (1.5%)
Swedish: 1,478 (2.96%)
Swiss: 256 (0.51%)
Ukrainian: 710 (1.42%)
United States or American: 2,414 (4.84%)
Welsh: 487 (0.98%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 84 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 19,158 (38.4%)

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