General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5358235, place: Richland city, Washington)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 10,999 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 714 (6.49%)
Kindergarten: 480 (4.36%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 5,079 (46.18%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,585 (23.5%)
College or graduate school: 2,141 (19.47%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 25,339 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 553 (2.18%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,319 (5.21%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,993 (19.7%)
Some college, no degree: 6,235 (24.61%)
Associate degree: 2,372 (9.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,700 (22.49%)
Graduate or professional degree: 4,167 (16.45%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 38.9%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 30,048 (100%)
Never married: 6,658 (22.16%)
Now married, except separated: 18,211 (60.61%)
Separated: 305 (1.02%)
Total Widowed: 1,658 (5.52%)
Widowed Female: 1,395 (4.64%)
Total Divorced: 3,216 (10.7%)
Divorced Female: 1,868 (6.22%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 395 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 166 (42.03%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 28,087 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 4,548 (16.19%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 9,328 (100%)
--With a disability: 874 (9.37%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 21,705 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,059 (14.09%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 18,646 (85.91%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 5,012 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,881 (37.53%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 36,153 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 18,569 (51.36%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 16,541 (45.75%)
--Same county: 8,777 (24.28%)
--Different county: 7,764 (21.48%)
----Same state: 3,451 (9.55%)
----Different state: 4,313 (11.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,043 (2.88%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 38,653 (100%)
Native: 35,871 (92.8%)
--Born in United States: 35,588 (100%)
----State of residence: 16,519 (42.74%)
----Different state: 19,069 (49.33%)
--Born outside United States: 283 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 2,782 (7.2%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,390 (3.6%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,261 (3.26%)
--Not a citizen: 1,521 (3.94%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 2,782 (100%)
Europe: 1,046 (37.6%)
Asia: 1,134 (40.76%)
Africa: 29 (1.04%)
Oceania: 18 (0.65%)
Latin America: 376 (13.52%)
Northern America: 179 (6.43%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 36,153 (100%)
English only: 32,476 (89.83%)
Language other than English: 3,677 (10.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,286 (3.56%)
--Spanish: 1,208 (3.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 339 (0.94%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,543 (4.27%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 602 (1.67%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 872 (2.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 345 (0.95%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 38,653 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 42,992% (111.23%)
Arab: 76 (0.2%)
Czech: 240 (0.62%)
Danish: 548 (1.42%)
Dutch: 895 (2.32%)
English: 6,002 (15.53%)
French (except Basque): 1,414 (3.66%)
French Canadian: 417 (1.08%)
German: 7,586 (19.63%)
Greek: 70 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 165 (0.43%)
Irish: 4,199 (10.86%)
Italian: 1,343 (3.47%)
Lithuanian: 18 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 1,946 (5.03%)
Polish: 736 (1.9%)
Portuguese: 144 (0.37%)
Russian: 353 (0.91%)
Scotch-Irish: 963 (2.49%)
Scottish: 1,351 (3.5%)
Slovak: 85 (0.22%)
Subsaharan African: 45 (0.12%)
Swedish: 1,298 (3.36%)
Swiss: 195 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 276 (0.71%)
United States or American: 2,680 (6.93%)
Welsh: 563 (1.46%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 33 (0.09%)
Other ancestries: 9,351 (24.19%)
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