Vashon, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5374305, place: Vashon CDP, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,408 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 162 (6.73%)
Kindergarten: 95 (3.95%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,106 (45.93%)
High school (grades 9-12): 618 (25.66%)
College or graduate school: 427 (17.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,350 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 82 (1.12%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 266 (3.62%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,127 (15.33%)
Some college, no degree: 1,810 (24.63%)
Associate degree: 476 (6.48%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,154 (29.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,435 (19.52%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 95.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 48.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,258 (100%)
Never married: 1,764 (21.36%)
Now married, except separated: 4,866 (58.92%)
Separated: 123 (1.49%)
Total Widowed: 311 (3.77%)
Widowed Female: 255 (3.09%)
Total Divorced: 1,194 (14.46%)
Divorced Female: 754 (9.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 99 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 57 (57.58%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,773 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,235 (15.89%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,046 (100%)
--With a disability: 132 (6.45%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,204 (100%)
--With a disability: 756 (12.19%)
----Percent employed: 59.3%
--No disability: 5,448 (87.81%)
----Percent employed: 80.1%
Population 65 years and over: 1,340 (100%)
--With a disability: 424 (31.64%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,627 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,402 (56.11%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,132 (42.92%)
--Same county: 2,981 (30.96%)
--Different county: 1,151 (11.96%)
----Same state: 379 (3.94%)
----Different state: 772 (8.02%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 93 (0.97%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,123 (100%)
Native: 9,654 (95.37%)
--Born in United States: 9,492 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,843 (47.84%)
----Different state: 4,649 (45.93%)
--Born outside United States: 162 (1.6%)
Foreign born: 469 (4.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 181 (1.79%)
--Naturalized citizen: 161 (1.59%)
--Not a citizen: 308 (3.04%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 469 (100%)
Europe: 111 (23.67%)
Asia: 100 (21.32%)
Africa: 9 (1.92%)
Oceania: 13 (2.77%)
Latin America: 141 (30.06%)
Northern America: 95 (20.26%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,627 (100%)
English only: 9,038 (93.88%)
Language other than English: 589 (6.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 209 (2.17%)
--Spanish: 234 (2.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 104 (1.08%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 262 (2.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 67 (0.7%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 87 (0.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 38 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,123 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,263% (121.14%)
Arab: 120 (1.19%)
Czech: 166 (1.64%)
Danish: 172 (1.7%)
Dutch: 159 (1.57%)
English: 1,901 (18.78%)
French (except Basque): 556 (5.49%)
French Canadian: 91 (0.9%)
German: 1,995 (19.71%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 63 (0.62%)
Irish: 1,341 (13.25%)
Italian: 345 (3.41%)
Lithuanian: 41 (0.41%)
Norwegian: 750 (7.41%)
Polish: 146 (1.44%)
Portuguese: 11 (0.11%)
Russian: 187 (1.85%)
Scotch-Irish: 381 (3.76%)
Scottish: 565 (5.58%)
Slovak: 18 (0.18%)
Subsaharan African: 11 (0.11%)
Swedish: 448 (4.43%)
Swiss: 94 (0.93%)
Ukrainian: 9 (0.09%)
United States or American: 380 (3.75%)
Welsh: 261 (2.58%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 8 (0.08%)
Other ancestries: 2,044 (20.19%)

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