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Seattle Washington Social and demographic information
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Seattle Washington Social information
Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic Area: Seattle city
| Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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Subject |
Number |
Percent |
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| SCHOOL
ENROLLMENT |
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NATIVITY
AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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| Population
3 years and over |
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Total
poplulation |
563,375 |
100.0 |
| enrolled
in school |
136,863 |
100.0 |
|
Native |
468,423 |
83.1 |
| Nursery
school, preschool |
7,738 |
5.7 |
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Born in
United States |
458,764 |
81.4 |
| Kindergarten |
4,972 |
3.6 |
|
State
of residence |
218,787 |
38.8 |
| Elementary
school (grades 1-8) |
38,588 |
28.2 |
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Different state |
239,977 |
42.6 |
| High school
(grades 9-12) |
20,166 |
14.7 |
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Born
outside United States |
9,659 |
1.7 |
| College or
graduate school |
65,399 |
47.8 |
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Foreign born |
94,952 |
16.9 |
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Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
44,145 |
7.8 |
| EDUCATIONAL
ATTAINMENT |
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Naturalized citizen |
44,334 |
7.9 |
| Population
25 years and over |
409,582 |
100.0 |
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Not a
citizen |
50,618 |
9.0 |
| Less than 9th
grade |
17,565 |
4.3 |
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| 9th to 12th
grade, no diploma |
25,582 |
6.2 |
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REGION OF
BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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| High school
graduate (includes equivalency) |
62,502 |
15.3 |
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Total
(excluding born at sea) |
94,952 |
100.0 |
| Some college,
no degree |
84,218 |
20.6 |
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Europe |
15,179 |
16.0 |
| Associate
degree |
26,393 |
6.4 |
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Asia |
52,977 |
55.8 |
| Bachelor's
degree |
122,429 |
29.9 |
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Africa |
7,397 |
7.8 |
| Graduate or
professional degree |
70,893 |
17.3 |
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Oceania |
1,587 |
1.7 |
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Latin America |
12,510 |
13.2 |
| Percent high
school graduate or higher |
89.5 |
(X) |
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Northern
America |
5,302 |
5.6 |
| Percent
bachelor's degree or higher |
47.2 |
(X) |
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LANGUAGE
SPOKEN AT HOME |
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| MARITAL
STATUS |
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Population 5 years and over |
537,538 |
100.0 |
| Population
15 years and over |
489,677 |
100.0 |
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English only |
429,105 |
79.8 |
| Never married |
204,450 |
41.8 |
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Language other
than English |
108,433 |
20.2 |
| Now married,
except separated |
195,139 |
39.9 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
49,754 |
9.3 |
| Separated |
7,726 |
1.6 |
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Spanish |
22,321 |
4.2 |
| Widowed |
26,376 |
5.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
9,748 |
1.8 |
| Female |
21,496 |
4.4 |
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Other
Indo-European languages |
21,430 |
4.0 |
| Divorced |
55,986 |
11.4 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
4,969 |
0.9 |
| Female |
31,405 |
6.4 |
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Asian and
Pacific Island languages |
56,248 |
10.5 |
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Speak
English less than '"very well"' |
31,500 |
5.9 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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| Grandparent
living in household |
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ANCESTRY
(single and multiple) |
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| with
one or more own grandchildren |
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Total
population |
563,375 |
100.0 |
| under
18 years |
6,715 |
100.0 |
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Total
ancestries reported |
648,787 |
115.2 |
| Grandparent
responsible for grandchildren |
2,180 |
32.5 |
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Arab |
2,321 |
0.4 |
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Czech¹ |
3,769 |
0.7 |
| VETERAN
STATUS |
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Danish |
7,100 |
1.3 |
| Civilian
population 18 years and over |
475,172 |
100.0 |
|
Dutch |
10,415 |
1.8 |
| Civilian
veterans |
48,343 |
10.2 |
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English |
63,869 |
11.3 |
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French (except
Basque)¹ |
18,840 |
3.3 |
| DISABILITY
STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN |
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French
Canadian¹ |
3,975 |
0.7 |
| NONINSTITUTIONALIZED
POPULATION |
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German |
85,484 |
15.2 |
| Population
5 to 20 years |
86,955 |
100.0 |
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Greek |
2,812 |
0.5 |
| With a
disability |
6,431 |
7.4 |
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Hungarian |
2,547 |
0.5 |
| Population
21 to 64 years |
376,772 |
100.0 |
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Irish¹ |
66,826 |
11.9 |
| With a
disability |
57,019 |
15.1 |
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Italian |
21,754 |
3.9 |
| Percent
employed |
57.4 |
(X) |
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Lithuanian |
1,469 |
0.3 |
| No disability |
319,753 |
84.9 |
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Norwegian |
32,018 |
5.7 |
| Percent
employed |
82.4 |
(X) |
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Polish |
12,622 |
2.2 |
| Population
65 years and over |
65,566 |
100.0 |
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Portuguese |
1,652 |
0.3 |
| With a
disability |
27,549 |
42.0 |
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Russian |
9,717 |
1.7 |
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Scotch-Irish |
12,206 |
2.2 |
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Scottish |
19,880 |
3.5 |
| RESIDENCE
IN 1995 |
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Slovak |
647 |
0.1 |
| Population
5 years and over |
537,538 |
100.0 |
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Subsaharan
African |
9,987 |
1.8 |
| Same house in
1995 |
236,916 |
44.1 |
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Swedish |
19,413 |
3.4 |
| Different
house in the U.S. in 1995 |
274,692 |
51.1 |
|
Swiss |
3,446 |
0.6 |
| Same county |
162,280 |
30.2 |
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Ukrainian |
2,091 |
0.4 |
| Different
county |
112,412 |
20.9 |
|
United States
or American |
14,343 |
2.5 |
| Same state |
36,910 |
6.9 |
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Welsh |
6,671 |
1.2 |
| Different
state |
75,502 |
14.0 |
|
West Indian
(excluding Hispanic groups) |
950 |
0.2 |
| Elsewhere in
1995 |
25,930 |
4.8 |
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Other
ancestries |
211,963 |
37.6 |
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| Date: January
11, 2005 |
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| -Represent
zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable. |
| ¹ The data
represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary
File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French
Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic. |
| Source: U.S.
Bureau of the Census, Census 2000. |
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