Union Gap, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5373290, place: Union Gap city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,293 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (4.18%)
Kindergarten: 93 (7.19%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 703 (54.37%)
High school (grades 9-12): 303 (23.43%)
College or graduate school: 140 (10.83%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,621 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 698 (19.28%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 945 (26.1%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,132 (31.26%)
Some college, no degree: 567 (15.66%)
Associate degree: 68 (1.88%)
Bachelor's degree: 76 (2.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 135 (3.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 54.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 5.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,323 (100%)
Never married: 1,065 (24.64%)
Now married, except separated: 2,312 (53.48%)
Separated: 128 (2.96%)
Total Widowed: 261 (6.04%)
Widowed Female: 234 (5.41%)
Total Divorced: 557 (12.88%)
Divorced Female: 252 (5.83%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 125 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 38 (30.4%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,084 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 626 (15.33%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,295 (100%)
--With a disability: 167 (12.9%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,148 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,060 (33.67%)
----Percent employed: 51.5%
--No disability: 2,088 (66.33%)
----Percent employed: 69.7%
Population 65 years and over: 638 (100%)
--With a disability: 303 (47.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,157 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,123 (60.56%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,884 (36.53%)
--Same county: 1,396 (27.07%)
--Different county: 488 (9.46%)
----Same state: 179 (3.47%)
----Different state: 309 (5.99%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 150 (2.91%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,582 (100%)
Native: 4,756 (85.2%)
--Born in United States: 4,729 (100%)
----State of residence: 2,951 (52.87%)
----Different state: 1,778 (31.85%)
--Born outside United States: 27 (0.48%)
Foreign born: 826 (14.8%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 453 (8.12%)
--Naturalized citizen: 190 (3.4%)
--Not a citizen: 636 (11.39%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 826 (100%)
Europe: 12 (1.45%)
Asia: 15 (1.82%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 799 (96.73%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,157 (100%)
English only: 3,742 (72.56%)
Language other than English: 1,415 (27.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 697 (13.52%)
--Spanish: 1,274 (24.7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 662 (12.84%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 62 (1.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.06%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 37 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 13 (0.25%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,582 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,015% (89.84%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 18 (0.32%)
Dutch: 183 (3.28%)
English: 267 (4.78%)
French (except Basque): 204 (3.65%)
French Canadian: 79 (1.42%)
German: 671 (12.02%)
Greek: 4 (0.07%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 496 (8.89%)
Italian: 60 (1.07%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 126 (2.26%)
Polish: 21 (0.38%)
Portuguese: 7 (0.13%)
Russian: 11 (0.2%)
Scotch-Irish: 32 (0.57%)
Scottish: 71 (1.27%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 83 (1.49%)
Swiss: 12 (0.21%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 404 (7.24%)
Welsh: 37 (0.66%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,229 (39.93%)

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