Toppenish, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5371960, place: Toppenish city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,063 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 147 (4.8%)
Kindergarten: 239 (7.8%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,671 (54.55%)
High school (grades 9-12): 695 (22.69%)
College or graduate school: 311 (10.15%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,462 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 1,714 (38.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 807 (18.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 997 (22.34%)
Some college, no degree: 548 (12.28%)
Associate degree: 81 (1.82%)
Bachelor's degree: 197 (4.42%)
Graduate or professional degree: 118 (2.64%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 43.5%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 7.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,960 (100%)
Never married: 1,795 (30.12%)
Now married, except separated: 3,244 (54.43%)
Separated: 169 (2.84%)
Total Widowed: 327 (5.49%)
Widowed Female: 180 (3.02%)
Total Divorced: 425 (7.13%)
Divorced Female: 311 (5.22%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 381 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 158 (41.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 5,494 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 335 (6.1%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,866 (100%)
--With a disability: 266 (9.28%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 4,284 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,552 (36.23%)
----Percent employed: 51.8%
--No disability: 2,732 (63.77%)
----Percent employed: 59.9%
Population 65 years and over: 657 (100%)
--With a disability: 431 (65.6%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 7,912 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,448 (56.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,100 (39.18%)
--Same county: 2,710 (34.25%)
--Different county: 390 (4.93%)
----Same state: 191 (2.41%)
----Different state: 199 (2.52%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 364 (4.6%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 8,912 (100%)
Native: 6,005 (67.38%)
--Born in United States: 5,998 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,421 (49.61%)
----Different state: 1,577 (17.7%)
--Born outside United States: 7 (0.08%)
Foreign born: 2,907 (32.62%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,209 (13.57%)
--Naturalized citizen: 644 (7.23%)
--Not a citizen: 2,263 (25.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 2,907 (100%)
Europe: 10 (0.34%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 2,892 (99.48%)
Northern America: 5 (0.17%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 7,912 (100%)
English only: 2,839 (35.88%)
Language other than English: 5,073 (64.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,687 (33.96%)
--Spanish: 4,961 (62.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,632 (33.27%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 58 (0.73%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 35 (0.44%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 8,912 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 8,543% (95.86%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 8 (0.09%)
Danish: 45 (0.5%)
Dutch: 118 (1.32%)
English: 237 (2.66%)
French (except Basque): 120 (1.35%)
French Canadian: 18 (0.2%)
German: 304 (3.41%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 197 (2.21%)
Italian: 63 (0.71%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.18%)
Polish: 13 (0.15%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 11 (0.12%)
Scotch-Irish: 35 (0.39%)
Scottish: 47 (0.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 28 (0.31%)
Swiss: 22 (0.25%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 165 (1.85%)
Welsh: 40 (0.45%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 7,056 (79.17%)

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