Vancouver, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5374060, place: Vancouver city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 35,625 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 2,024 (5.68%)
Kindergarten: 2,260 (6.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 16,978 (47.66%)
High school (grades 9-12): 7,087 (19.89%)
College or graduate school: 7,276 (20.42%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 91,013 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 3,595 (3.95%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 9,187 (10.09%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 24,055 (26.43%)
Some college, no degree: 27,463 (30.17%)
Associate degree: 6,966 (7.65%)
Bachelor's degree: 13,013 (14.3%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,734 (7.4%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.7%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 110,191 (100%)
Never married: 27,939 (25.36%)
Now married, except separated: 57,580 (52.25%)
Separated: 2,392 (2.17%)
Total Widowed: 6,418 (5.82%)
Widowed Female: 5,235 (4.75%)
Total Divorced: 15,862 (14.4%)
Divorced Female: 8,652 (7.85%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,741 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 746 (42.85%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 104,436 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 15,732 (15.06%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 31,972 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,528 (7.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 82,848 (100%)
--With a disability: 15,444 (18.64%)
----Percent employed: 57.3%
--No disability: 67,404 (81.36%)
----Percent employed: 78.5%
Population 65 years and over: 15,023 (100%)
--With a disability: 7,094 (47.22%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 131,474 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 49,935 (37.98%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 75,501 (57.43%)
--Same county: 38,933 (29.61%)
--Different county: 36,568 (27.81%)
----Same state: 8,121 (6.18%)
----Different state: 28,447 (21.64%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6,038 (4.59%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 143,226 (100%)
Native: 125,720 (87.78%)
--Born in United States: 124,147 (100%)
----State of residence: 41,341 (28.86%)
----Different state: 82,806 (57.81%)
--Born outside United States: 1,573 (1.1%)
Foreign born: 17,506 (12.22%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 10,600 (7.4%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5,295 (3.7%)
--Not a citizen: 12,211 (8.53%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 17,506 (100%)
Europe: 7,142 (40.8%)
Asia: 5,347 (30.54%)
Africa: 302 (1.73%)
Oceania: 313 (1.79%)
Latin America: 3,638 (20.78%)
Northern America: 764 (4.36%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 131,474 (100%)
English only: 110,695 (84.2%)
Language other than English: 20,779 (15.8%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,758 (8.18%)
--Spanish: 6,265 (4.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,800 (2.13%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9,056 (6.89%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 5,248 (3.99%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4,819 (3.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,486 (1.89%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 143,226 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 154,437% (107.83%)
Arab: 436 (0.3%)
Czech: 792 (0.55%)
Danish: 1,658 (1.16%)
Dutch: 2,870 (2%)
English: 16,374 (11.43%)
French (except Basque): 5,470 (3.82%)
French Canadian: 1,504 (1.05%)
German: 26,975 (18.83%)
Greek: 388 (0.27%)
Hungarian: 477 (0.33%)
Irish: 16,142 (11.27%)
Italian: 4,242 (2.96%)
Lithuanian: 74 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 7,413 (5.18%)
Polish: 2,239 (1.56%)
Portuguese: 474 (0.33%)
Russian: 3,611 (2.52%)
Scotch-Irish: 2,678 (1.87%)
Scottish: 3,888 (2.71%)
Slovak: 126 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 464 (0.32%)
Swedish: 4,355 (3.04%)
Swiss: 767 (0.54%)
Ukrainian: 2,873 (2.01%)
United States or American: 8,934 (6.24%)
Welsh: 1,252 (0.87%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 60 (0.04%)
Other ancestries: 37,901 (26.46%)

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