General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5363280, place: Selah city, Washington)SCHOOL ENROLLMENTPopulation 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,983 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 134 (6.76%)
Kindergarten: 158 (7.97%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 878 (44.28%)
High school (grades 9-12): 553 (27.89%)
College or graduate school: 260 (13.11%)
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENTPopulation 25 years and over: 3,710 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 175 (4.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 449 (12.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 942 (25.39%)
Some college, no degree: 1,061 (28.6%)
Associate degree: 213 (5.74%)
Bachelor's degree: 557 (15.01%)
Graduate or professional degree: 313 (8.44%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.5%
MARITIAL STATUSPopulation 15 years and over: 4,734 (100%)
Never married: 1,084 (22.9%)
Now married, except separated: 2,764 (58.39%)
Separated: 112 (2.37%)
Total Widowed: 137 (2.89%)
Widowed Female: 117 (2.47%)
Total Divorced: 637 (13.46%)
Divorced Female: 339 (7.16%)
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERSGrandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 55 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 24 (43.64%)
VETERAN STATUSCivilian population 18 years and over: 4,336 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 572 (13.19%)
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATIONPopulation 5 to 20 years: 1,812 (100%)
--With a disability: 111 (6.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,495 (100%)
--With a disability: 662 (18.94%)
----Percent employed: 54.1%
--No disability: 2,833 (81.06%)
----Percent employed: 83.7%
Population 65 years and over: 411 (100%)
--With a disability: 290 (70.56%)
RESIDENCE IN 1995Population 5 years and over: 5,898 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,914 (49.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,966 (50.29%)
--Same county: 2,004 (33.98%)
--Different county: 962 (16.31%)
----Same state: 413 (7%)
----Different state: 549 (9.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 18 (0.31%)
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTHTotal population: 6,413 (100%)
Native: 6,123 (95.48%)
--Born in United States: 6,105 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,840 (59.88%)
----Different state: 2,265 (35.32%)
--Born outside United States: 18 (0.28%)
Foreign born: 290 (4.52%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 88 (1.37%)
--Naturalized citizen: 142 (2.21%)
--Not a citizen: 148 (2.31%)
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORNTotal (excluding born at sea): 290 (100%)
Europe: 20 (6.9%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 24 (8.28%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 232 (80%)
Northern America: 14 (4.83%)
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOMEPopulation 5 years and over: 5,898 (100%)
English only: 5,260 (89.18%)
Language other than English: 638 (10.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 175 (2.97%)
--Spanish: 579 (9.82%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 150 (2.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 24 (0.41%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)Total population: 6,413 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 6,705% (104.55%)
Arab: 24 (0.37%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 66 (1.03%)
Dutch: 187 (2.92%)
English: 623 (9.71%)
French (except Basque): 272 (4.24%)
French Canadian: 121 (1.89%)
German: 1,317 (20.54%)
Greek: 11 (0.17%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 787 (12.27%)
Italian: 217 (3.38%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 327 (5.1%)
Polish: 51 (0.8%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 31 (0.48%)
Scotch-Irish: 144 (2.25%)
Scottish: 156 (2.43%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 294 (4.58%)
Swiss: 35 (0.55%)
Ukrainian: 28 (0.44%)
United States or American: 592 (9.23%)
Welsh: 31 (0.48%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 12 (0.19%)
Other ancestries: 1,372 (21.39%)
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