West Valley, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5377885, place: West Valley CDP, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,720 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 184 (6.76%)
Kindergarten: 153 (5.63%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,390 (51.1%)
High school (grades 9-12): 611 (22.46%)
College or graduate school: 382 (14.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,531 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 108 (1.65%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 407 (6.23%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,700 (26.03%)
Some college, no degree: 1,837 (28.13%)
Associate degree: 559 (8.56%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,214 (18.59%)
Graduate or professional degree: 706 (10.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 92.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 29.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 7,706 (100%)
Never married: 1,471 (19.09%)
Now married, except separated: 5,091 (66.07%)
Separated: 105 (1.36%)
Total Widowed: 285 (3.7%)
Widowed Female: 244 (3.17%)
Total Divorced: 754 (9.78%)
Divorced Female: 462 (6%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 147 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 25 (17.01%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,255 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,193 (16.44%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,453 (100%)
--With a disability: 245 (9.99%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,898 (100%)
--With a disability: 786 (13.33%)
----Percent employed: 67.7%
--No disability: 5,112 (86.67%)
----Percent employed: 83.2%
Population 65 years and over: 1,059 (100%)
--With a disability: 269 (25.4%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 9,410 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,083 (54.02%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 4,270 (45.38%)
--Same county: 2,950 (31.35%)
--Different county: 1,320 (14.03%)
----Same state: 680 (7.23%)
----Different state: 640 (6.8%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 57 (0.61%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 10,060 (100%)
Native: 9,641 (95.83%)
--Born in United States: 9,459 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,120 (60.83%)
----Different state: 3,339 (33.19%)
--Born outside United States: 182 (1.81%)
Foreign born: 419 (4.17%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 125 (1.24%)
--Naturalized citizen: 232 (2.31%)
--Not a citizen: 187 (1.86%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 419 (100%)
Europe: 74 (17.66%)
Asia: 164 (39.14%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 119 (28.4%)
Northern America: 62 (14.8%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 9,410 (100%)
English only: 8,751 (93%)
Language other than English: 659 (7%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 126 (1.34%)
--Spanish: 430 (4.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 51 (0.54%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 104 (1.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 19 (0.2%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 116 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 56 (0.6%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 10,060 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 11,112% (110.46%)
Arab: 21 (0.21%)
Czech: 17 (0.17%)
Danish: 111 (1.1%)
Dutch: 296 (2.94%)
English: 1,156 (11.49%)
French (except Basque): 522 (5.19%)
French Canadian: 92 (0.91%)
German: 2,559 (25.44%)
Greek: 23 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 26 (0.26%)
Irish: 1,080 (10.74%)
Italian: 132 (1.31%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 628 (6.24%)
Polish: 154 (1.53%)
Portuguese: 8 (0.08%)
Russian: 63 (0.63%)
Scotch-Irish: 326 (3.24%)
Scottish: 433 (4.3%)
Slovak: 10 (0.1%)
Subsaharan African: 4 (0.04%)
Swedish: 429 (4.26%)
Swiss: 39 (0.39%)
Ukrainian: 37 (0.37%)
United States or American: 739 (7.35%)
Welsh: 92 (0.91%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,115 (21.02%)

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