Sumas, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5368330, place: Sumas city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 330 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 24 (7.27%)
Kindergarten: 16 (4.85%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 171 (51.82%)
High school (grades 9-12): 89 (26.97%)
College or graduate school: 30 (9.09%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 545 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 61 (11.19%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 61 (11.19%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 203 (37.25%)
Some college, no degree: 138 (25.32%)
Associate degree: 22 (4.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 47 (8.62%)
Graduate or professional degree: 13 (2.39%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 684 (100%)
Never married: 170 (24.85%)
Now married, except separated: 351 (51.32%)
Separated: 27 (3.95%)
Total Widowed: 47 (6.87%)
Widowed Female: 40 (5.85%)
Total Divorced: 89 (13.01%)
Divorced Female: 52 (7.6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 12 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 3 (25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 619 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 98 (15.83%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 309 (100%)
--With a disability: 22 (7.12%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 445 (100%)
--With a disability: 55 (12.36%)
----Percent employed: 56.4%
--No disability: 390 (87.64%)
----Percent employed: 81.8%
Population 65 years and over: 134 (100%)
--With a disability: 58 (43.28%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 888 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 421 (47.41%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 442 (49.77%)
--Same county: 266 (29.95%)
--Different county: 176 (19.82%)
----Same state: 34 (3.83%)
----Different state: 142 (15.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 25 (2.82%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 965 (100%)
Native: 837 (86.74%)
--Born in United States: 810 (100%)
----State of residence: 470 (48.7%)
----Different state: 340 (35.23%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (2.8%)
Foreign born: 128 (13.26%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 57 (5.91%)
--Naturalized citizen: 42 (4.35%)
--Not a citizen: 86 (8.91%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 128 (100%)
Europe: 26 (20.31%)
Asia: 42 (32.81%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 13 (10.16%)
Northern America: 47 (36.72%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 888 (100%)
English only: 748 (84.23%)
Language other than English: 140 (15.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 71 (8%)
--Spanish: 39 (4.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (1.46%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 83 (9.35%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (4.84%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 18 (2.03%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 15 (1.69%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 965 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,003% (103.94%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 4 (0.41%)
Dutch: 156 (16.17%)
English: 82 (8.5%)
French (except Basque): 27 (2.8%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.62%)
German: 126 (13.06%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 3 (0.31%)
Irish: 92 (9.53%)
Italian: 19 (1.97%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 58 (6.01%)
Polish: 11 (1.14%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.41%)
Russian: 30 (3.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 0 (0%)
Scottish: 21 (2.18%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.31%)
Swedish: 47 (4.87%)
Swiss: 2 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 19 (1.97%)
United States or American: 39 (4.04%)
Welsh: 9 (0.93%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 245 (25.39%)

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