Yakima, WA

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:5380010, place: Yakima city, Washington)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 18,928 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,042 (5.51%)
Kindergarten: 1,415 (7.48%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 9,613 (50.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 4,301 (22.72%)
College or graduate school: 2,557 (13.51%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 43,820 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 7,005 (15.99%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 6,384 (14.57%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 11,660 (26.61%)
Some college, no degree: 9,446 (21.56%)
Associate degree: 2,308 (5.27%)
Bachelor's degree: 4,426 (10.1%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,591 (5.91%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 69.4%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 54,169 (100%)
Never married: 14,692 (27.12%)
Now married, except separated: 27,241 (50.29%)
Separated: 1,462 (2.7%)
Total Widowed: 4,395 (8.11%)
Widowed Female: 3,660 (6.76%)
Total Divorced: 6,379 (11.78%)
Divorced Female: 3,605 (6.66%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 1,338 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 598 (44.69%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 51,016 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 6,331 (12.41%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 17,918 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,830 (10.21%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 36,893 (100%)
--With a disability: 9,523 (25.81%)
----Percent employed: 49%
--No disability: 27,370 (74.19%)
----Percent employed: 69.9%
Population 65 years and over: 9,456 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,680 (49.49%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 65,994 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 30,735 (46.57%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 33,367 (50.56%)
--Same county: 24,280 (36.79%)
--Different county: 9,087 (13.77%)
----Same state: 4,015 (6.08%)
----Different state: 5,072 (7.69%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 1,892 (2.87%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 72,294 (100%)
Native: 59,704 (82.59%)
--Born in United States: 59,140 (100%)
----State of residence: 37,800 (52.29%)
----Different state: 21,340 (29.52%)
--Born outside United States: 564 (0.78%)
Foreign born: 12,590 (17.41%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 6,131 (8.48%)
--Naturalized citizen: 3,080 (4.26%)
--Not a citizen: 9,510 (13.15%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 12,590 (100%)
Europe: 441 (3.5%)
Asia: 556 (4.42%)
Africa: 29 (0.23%)
Oceania: 18 (0.14%)
Latin America: 11,282 (89.61%)
Northern America: 264 (2.1%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 65,994 (100%)
English only: 45,891 (69.54%)
Language other than English: 20,103 (30.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,821 (16.4%)
--Spanish: 18,549 (28.11%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10,347 (15.68%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 815 (1.23%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 218 (0.33%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 472 (0.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 160 (0.24%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 72,294 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 72,449% (100.21%)
Arab: 75 (0.1%)
Czech: 247 (0.34%)
Danish: 565 (0.78%)
Dutch: 1,132 (1.57%)
English: 5,673 (7.85%)
French (except Basque): 2,835 (3.92%)
French Canadian: 877 (1.21%)
German: 11,193 (15.48%)
Greek: 98 (0.14%)
Hungarian: 123 (0.17%)
Irish: 6,212 (8.59%)
Italian: 1,098 (1.52%)
Lithuanian: 16 (0.02%)
Norwegian: 2,176 (3.01%)
Polish: 405 (0.56%)
Portuguese: 136 (0.19%)
Russian: 329 (0.46%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,154 (1.6%)
Scottish: 1,396 (1.93%)
Slovak: 32 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 77 (0.11%)
Swedish: 1,370 (1.9%)
Swiss: 210 (0.29%)
Ukrainian: 156 (0.22%)
United States or American: 3,671 (5.08%)
Welsh: 458 (0.63%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 47 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 30,688 (42.45%)

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