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Social Statistics

Richland, Washington

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,999	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	714	6.5
Kindergarten	480	4.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,079	46.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,585	23.5
College or graduate school	2,141	19.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,339	100.0
Less than 9th grade	553	2.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,319	5.2
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,993	19.7
Some college, no degree	6,235	24.6
Associate degree	2,372	9.4
Bachelor's degree	5,700	22.5
Graduate or professional degree	4,167	16.4

Percent high school graduate or higher	92.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	38.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,048	100.0
Never married	6,658	22.2
Now married, except separated	18,211	60.6
Separated	305	1.0
Widowed	1,658	5.5
Female	1,395	4.6
Divorced	3,216	10.7
Female	1,868	6.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	395	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	166	42.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,087	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,548	16.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,328	100.0
With a disability	874	9.4

Population 21 to 64 years	21,705	100.0
With a disability	3,059	14.1
Percent employed	56.4	(X)
No disability	18,646	85.9
Percent employed	79.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,012	100.0
With a disability	1,881	37.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	36,153	100.0
Same house in 1995	18,569	51.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,541	45.8
Same county	8,777	24.3
Different county	7,764	21.5
Same state	3,451	9.5
Different state	4,313	11.9
Elsewhere in 1995	1,043	2.9

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	38,653	100.0
Native	35,871	92.8
Born in United States	35,588	92.1
State of residence	16,519	42.7
Different state	19,069	49.3
Born outside United States	283	0.7
Foreign born	2,782	7.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,390	3.6
Naturalized citizen	1,261	3.3
Not a citizen	1,521	3.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,782	100.0
Europe	1,046	37.6
Asia	1,134	40.8
Africa	29	1.0
Oceania	18	0.6
Latin America	376	13.5
Northern America	179	6.4

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	36,153	100.0
English only	32,476	89.8
Language other than English	3,677	10.2
Speak English less than 'very well	1,286	3.6
Spanish	1,208	3.3
Speak English less than "very well"	339	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	1,543	4.3
Speak English less than "very well"	602	1.7
Asian and Pacific Island languages	872	2.4
Speak English less than "very well"	345	1.0

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	38,653	100.0
Total ancestries reported	42,992	111.2
Arab	76	0.2
Czech¹	240	0.6
Danish	548	1.4
Dutch	895	2.3
English	6,002	15.5
French (except Basque)¹	1,414	3.7
French Canadian¹	417	1.1
German	7,586	19.6
Greek	70	0.2
Hungarian	165	0.4
Irish¹	4,199	10.9
Italian	1,343	3.5
Lithuanian	18	0.0
Norwegian	1,946	5.0
Polish	736	1.9
Portuguese	144	0.4
Russian	353	0.9
Scotch-Irish	963	2.5
Scottish	1,351	3.5
Slovak	85	0.2
Subsaharan African	45	0.1
Swedish	1,298	3.4
Swiss	195	0.5
Ukrainian	276	0.7
United States or American	2,680	6.9
Welsh	563	1.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	33	0.1
Other ancestries	9,351	24.2

(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. Census Bureau, Census 2000 Summary File 3, Matrices P18, P19, P21, P22, P24, P36, P37, P39, P42, PCT8, PCT16, PCT17, and PCT19

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