Walla Walla, WA Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school9,003100.0
Nursery school, preschool4334.8
Kindergarten3584.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,18535.4
High school (grades 9-12)1,97922.0
College or graduate school3,04833.9
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over18,503100.0
Less than 9th grade1,8119.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma2,00510.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)4,71025.5
Some college, no degree4,33223.4
Associate degree1,6548.9
Bachelor's degree2,48813.4
Graduate or professional degree1,5038.1
Percent high school graduate or higher79.4(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher21.6(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over24,227100.0
Never married6,45826.7
Now married, except separated13,08854.0
Separated5102.1
Widowed1,8607.7
Female
1,4846.1
Divorced2,3119.5
Female
1,4155.8
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years449100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren20746.1
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over22,989100.0
Civilian veterans2,90612.6
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years7,224100.0
With a disability4996.9
Population 21 to 64 years13,875100.0
With a disability3,18222.9
Percent employed
46.2(X)
No disability10,69377.1
Percent employed
76.0(X)
Population 65 years and over4,421100.0
With a disability2,03946.1
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over28,033100.0
Same house in 199513,73649.0
Different house in the U.S. in 199513,03446.5
Same county
7,13425.4
Different county
5,90021.0
Same state
2,85710.2
Different state
3,04310.9
Elsewhere in 19951,2634.5
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population29,792100.0
Native27,01590.7
Born in United States
26,67089.5
State of residence
14,25947.9
Different state
12,41141.7
Born outside United States
3451.2
Foreign born2,7779.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000
1,1593.9
Naturalized citizen
9463.2
Not a citizen
1,8316.1
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)2,777100.0
Europe1997.2
Asia2077.5
Africa140.5
Oceania00.0
Latin America2,20479.4
Northern America1535.5
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over28,033100.0
English only23,25082.9
Language other than English4,78317.1
Speak English less than 'very well
2,2378.0
Spanish
4,00314.3
Speak English less than "very well"
2,0717.4
Other Indo-European languages
3391.2
Speak English less than "very well"
330.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages
3101.1
Speak English less than "very well"
960.3
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population29,792100.0

Total ancestries reported

29,12397.8
Arab280.1
Czech11750.6
Danish4191.4
Dutch5391.8
English3,55611.9
French (except Basque)11,1063.7
French Canadian12841.0
German5,71019.2
Greek890.3
Hungarian550.2
Irish13,07610.3
Italian1,1984.0
Lithuanian190.1
Norwegian1,0583.6
Polish3231.1
Portuguese1060.4
Russian1390.5
Scotch-Irish6462.2
Scottish7582.5
Slovak00.0
Subsaharan African430.1
Swedish6742.3
Swiss1310.4
Ukrainian410.1
United States or American1,3144.4
Welsh2610.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)100.0
Other ancestries7,36524.7
(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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