Seattle, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5363000, place: Seattle city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 136,863 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 7,738 (5.65%)
Kindergarten: 4,972 (3.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 38,588 (28.19%)
High school (grades 9-12): 20,166 (14.73%)
College or graduate school: 65,399 (47.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 409,582 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 17,565 (4.29%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 25,582 (6.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 62,502 (15.26%)
Some college, no degree: 84,218 (20.56%)
Associate degree: 26,393 (6.44%)
Bachelor's degree: 122,429 (29.89%)
Graduate or professional degree: 70,893 (17.31%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 89.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 47.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 489,677 (100%)
Never married: 204,450 (41.75%)
Now married, except separated: 195,139 (39.85%)
Separated: 7,726 (1.58%)
Total Widowed: 26,376 (5.39%)
Widowed Female: 21,496 (4.39%)
Total Divorced: 55,986 (11.43%)
Divorced Female: 31,405 (6.41%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 6,715 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 2,180 (32.46%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 475,172 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 48,343 (10.17%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 86,955 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,431 (7.4%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 376,772 (100%)
--With a disability: 57,019 (15.13%)
----Percent employed: 57.4%
--No disability: 319,753 (84.87%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 65,566 (100%)
--With a disability: 27,549 (42.02%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 537,538 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 236,916 (44.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 274,692 (51.1%)
--Same county: 162,280 (30.19%)
--Different county: 112,412 (20.91%)
----Same state: 36,910 (6.87%)
----Different state: 75,502 (14.05%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25,930 (4.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 563,375 (100%)
Native: 468,423 (83.15%)
--Born in United States: 458,764 (100%)
----State of residence: 218,787 (38.84%)
----Different state: 239,977 (42.6%)
--Born outside United States: 9,659 (1.71%)
Foreign born: 94,952 (16.85%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 44,145 (7.84%)
--Naturalized citizen: 44,334 (7.87%)
--Not a citizen: 50,618 (8.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 94,952 (100%)
Europe: 15,179 (15.99%)
Asia: 52,977 (55.79%)
Africa: 7,397 (7.79%)
Oceania: 1,587 (1.67%)
Latin America: 12,510 (13.18%)
Northern America: 5,302 (5.58%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 537,538 (100%)
English only: 429,105 (79.83%)
Language other than English: 108,433 (20.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49,754 (9.26%)
--Spanish: 22,321 (4.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9,748 (1.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 21,430 (3.99%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4,969 (0.92%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 56,248 (10.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 31,500 (5.86%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 563,375 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 648,787% (115.16%)
Arab: 2,321 (0.41%)
Czech: 3,769 (0.67%)
Danish: 7,100 (1.26%)
Dutch: 10,415 (1.85%)
English: 63,869 (11.34%)
French (except Basque): 18,840 (3.34%)
French Canadian: 3,975 (0.71%)
German: 85,484 (15.17%)
Greek: 2,812 (0.5%)
Hungarian: 2,547 (0.45%)
Irish: 66,826 (11.86%)
Italian: 21,754 (3.86%)
Lithuanian: 1,469 (0.26%)
Norwegian: 32,018 (5.68%)
Polish: 12,622 (2.24%)
Portuguese: 1,652 (0.29%)
Russian: 9,717 (1.72%)
Scotch-Irish: 12,206 (2.17%)
Scottish: 19,880 (3.53%)
Slovak: 647 (0.11%)
Subsaharan African: 9,987 (1.77%)
Swedish: 19,413 (3.45%)
Swiss: 3,446 (0.61%)
Ukrainian: 2,091 (0.37%)
United States or American: 14,343 (2.55%)
Welsh: 6,671 (1.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 950 (0.17%)
Other ancestries: 211,963 (37.62%)

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