U.S. Beacon November 9, 2024

Ritzville, WA

Adams County, Washington

Latitude: 47.126442     Longitude: -118.377088
Population 1,721 (2005)
Elevation of Ritzville, Washington: 1825 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5358725, place: Ritzville city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 346 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 26 (7.51%)
Kindergarten: 14 (4.05%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 167 (48.27%)
High school (grades 9-12): 106 (30.64%)
College or graduate school: 33 (9.54%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,318 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 90 (6.83%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 113 (8.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 466 (35.36%)
Some college, no degree: 349 (26.48%)
Associate degree: 96 (7.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 150 (11.38%)
Graduate or professional degree: 54 (4.1%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.5%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,484 (100%)
Never married: 248 (16.71%)
Now married, except separated: 815 (54.92%)
Separated: 50 (3.37%)
Total Widowed: 185 (12.47%)
Widowed Female: 156 (10.51%)
Total Divorced: 186 (12.53%)
Divorced Female: 113 (7.61%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 9 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 9 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,399 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 289 (20.66%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 317 (100%)
--With a disability: 20 (6.31%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 894 (100%)
--With a disability: 206 (23.04%)
----Percent employed: 49%
--No disability: 688 (76.96%)
----Percent employed: 79.9%
Population 65 years and over: 396 (100%)
--With a disability: 161 (40.66%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,682 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 925 (54.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 750 (44.59%)
--Same county: 344 (20.45%)
--Different county: 406 (24.14%)
----Same state: 287 (17.06%)
----Different state: 119 (7.07%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 7 (0.42%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,758 (100%)
Native: 1,716 (97.61%)
--Born in United States: 1,695 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,100 (62.57%)
----Different state: 595 (33.85%)
--Born outside United States: 21 (1.19%)
Foreign born: 42 (2.39%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 8 (0.46%)
--Naturalized citizen: 23 (1.31%)
--Not a citizen: 19 (1.08%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 42 (100%)
Europe: 3 (7.14%)
Asia: 5 (11.9%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 17 (40.48%)
Northern America: 17 (40.48%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,682 (100%)
English only: 1,578 (93.82%)
Language other than English: 104 (6.18%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 24 (1.43%)
--Spanish: 49 (2.91%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 17 (1.01%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 51 (3.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 7 (0.42%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,758 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,949% (110.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 14 (0.8%)
Danish: 14 (0.8%)
Dutch: 53 (3.01%)
English: 238 (13.54%)
French (except Basque): 75 (4.27%)
French Canadian: 8 (0.46%)
German: 703 (39.99%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 165 (9.39%)
Italian: 23 (1.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 86 (4.89%)
Polish: 11 (0.63%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.23%)
Russian: 70 (3.98%)
Scotch-Irish: 30 (1.71%)
Scottish: 31 (1.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 70 (3.98%)
Swiss: 7 (0.4%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 152 (8.65%)
Welsh: 11 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 184 (10.47%)

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