Shelton, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5363735, place: Shelton city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,080 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 193 (9.28%)
Kindergarten: 124 (5.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,070 (51.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 452 (21.73%)
College or graduate school: 241 (11.59%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 5,352 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 413 (7.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 709 (13.25%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,606 (30.01%)
Some college, no degree: 1,493 (27.9%)
Associate degree: 425 (7.94%)
Bachelor's degree: 525 (9.81%)
Graduate or professional degree: 181 (3.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 79%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 6,599 (100%)
Never married: 1,501 (22.75%)
Now married, except separated: 3,197 (48.45%)
Separated: 223 (3.38%)
Total Widowed: 712 (10.79%)
Widowed Female: 603 (9.14%)
Total Divorced: 966 (14.64%)
Divorced Female: 571 (8.65%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 161 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 102 (63.35%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 6,214 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,017 (16.37%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,004 (100%)
--With a disability: 259 (12.92%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,264 (100%)
--With a disability: 884 (20.73%)
----Percent employed: 44.3%
--No disability: 3,380 (79.27%)
----Percent employed: 79.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,312 (100%)
--With a disability: 639 (48.7%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,864 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,381 (42.99%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,291 (54.57%)
--Same county: 2,387 (30.35%)
--Different county: 1,904 (24.21%)
----Same state: 1,172 (14.9%)
----Different state: 732 (9.31%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 192 (2.44%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,422 (100%)
Native: 7,709 (91.53%)
--Born in United States: 7,582 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,566 (54.22%)
----Different state: 3,016 (35.81%)
--Born outside United States: 127 (1.51%)
Foreign born: 713 (8.47%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 435 (5.17%)
--Naturalized citizen: 232 (2.75%)
--Not a citizen: 481 (5.71%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 713 (100%)
Europe: 91 (12.76%)
Asia: 66 (9.26%)
Africa: 6 (0.84%)
Oceania: 7 (0.98%)
Latin America: 521 (73.07%)
Northern America: 22 (3.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,864 (100%)
English only: 6,977 (88.72%)
Language other than English: 887 (11.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 564 (7.17%)
--Spanish: 564 (7.17%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 396 (5.04%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 83 (1.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.18%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 105 (1.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 63 (0.8%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,422 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,548% (101.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 36 (0.43%)
Danish: 85 (1.01%)
Dutch: 188 (2.23%)
English: 893 (10.6%)
French (except Basque): 311 (3.69%)
French Canadian: 87 (1.03%)
German: 1,496 (17.76%)
Greek: 29 (0.34%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.23%)
Irish: 916 (10.88%)
Italian: 161 (1.91%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 388 (4.61%)
Polish: 190 (2.26%)
Portuguese: 33 (0.39%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 235 (2.79%)
Scottish: 324 (3.85%)
Slovak: 4 (0.05%)
Subsaharan African: 14 (0.17%)
Swedish: 414 (4.92%)
Swiss: 27 (0.32%)
Ukrainian: 6 (0.07%)
United States or American: 574 (6.82%)
Welsh: 99 (1.18%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,019 (23.97%)

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