Rock Island, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5359180, place: Rock Island city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 310 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 8 (2.58%)
Kindergarten: 31 (10%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 140 (45.16%)
High school (grades 9-12): 104 (33.55%)
College or graduate school: 27 (8.71%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 467 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 87 (18.63%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 64 (13.7%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 155 (33.19%)
Some college, no degree: 119 (25.48%)
Associate degree: 25 (5.35%)
Bachelor's degree: 17 (3.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 0 (0%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 67.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 3.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 617 (100%)
Never married: 153 (24.8%)
Now married, except separated: 344 (55.75%)
Separated: 10 (1.62%)
Total Widowed: 34 (5.51%)
Widowed Female: 24 (3.89%)
Total Divorced: 76 (12.32%)
Divorced Female: 37 (6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 15 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 6 (40%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 568 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 81 (14.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 293 (100%)
--With a disability: 27 (9.22%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 446 (100%)
--With a disability: 92 (20.63%)
----Percent employed: 41.3%
--No disability: 354 (79.37%)
----Percent employed: 84.5%
Population 65 years and over: 56 (100%)
--With a disability: 34 (60.71%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 795 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 430 (54.09%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 361 (45.41%)
--Same county: 186 (23.4%)
--Different county: 175 (22.01%)
----Same state: 144 (18.11%)
----Different state: 31 (3.9%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 4 (0.5%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 883 (100%)
Native: 725 (82.11%)
--Born in United States: 725 (100%)
----State of residence: 502 (56.85%)
----Different state: 223 (25.25%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 158 (17.89%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 46 (5.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 62 (7.02%)
--Not a citizen: 96 (10.87%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 158 (100%)
Europe: 4 (2.53%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 153 (96.84%)
Northern America: 1 (0.63%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 795 (100%)
English only: 524 (65.91%)
Language other than English: 271 (34.09%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (17.48%)
--Spanish: 260 (32.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 135 (16.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 11 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.5%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 883 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 945% (107.02%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.34%)
Danish: 4 (0.45%)
Dutch: 25 (2.83%)
English: 66 (7.47%)
French (except Basque): 18 (2.04%)
French Canadian: 22 (2.49%)
German: 158 (17.89%)
Greek: 12 (1.36%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 109 (12.34%)
Italian: 27 (3.06%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 13 (1.47%)
Polish: 10 (1.13%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.79%)
Russian: 2 (0.23%)
Scotch-Irish: 7 (0.79%)
Scottish: 6 (0.68%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 23 (2.6%)
Swiss: 0 (0%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 63 (7.13%)
Welsh: 4 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 366 (41.45%)

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