Adams County, WA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Adams county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,945	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	230	4.7
Kindergarten	319	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,631	53.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,299	26.3
College or graduate school	466	9.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	9,242	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,211	23.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,184	12.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,422	26.2
Some college, no degree	1,797	19.4
Associate degree	504	5.5
Bachelor's degree	780	8.4
Graduate or professional degree	344	3.7

Percent high school graduate or higher	63.3	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	12.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,747	100.0
Never married	2,788	23.7
Now married, except separated	7,157	60.9
Separated	180	1.5
Widowed	670	5.7
Female	555	4.7
Divorced	952	8.1
Female	499	4.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	355	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	147	41.4

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	10,804	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,077	10.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,838	100.0
With a disability	464	9.6

Population 21 to 64 years	8,248	100.0
With a disability	1,783	21.6
Percent employed	54.9	(X)
No disability	6,465	78.4
Percent employed	73.2	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,673	100.0
With a disability	762	45.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	14,873	100.0
Same house in 1995	8,386	56.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	5,674	38.1
Same county	3,279	22.0
Different county	2,395	16.1
Same state	1,621	10.9
Different state	774	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	813	5.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	16,428	100.0
Native	12,664	77.1
Born in United States	12,564	76.5
State of residence	8,199	49.9
Different state	4,365	26.6
Born outside United States	100	0.6
Foreign born	3,764	22.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,916	11.7
Naturalized citizen	903	5.5
Not a citizen	2,861	17.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,764	100.0
Europe	18	0.5
Asia	65	1.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	0	0.0
Latin America	3,620	96.2
Northern America	61	1.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	14,873	100.0
English only	8,433	56.7
Language other than English	6,440	43.3
Speak English less than 'very well	3,359	22.6
Spanish	6,162	41.4
Speak English less than "very well"	3,289	22.1
Other Indo-European languages	227	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	31	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	32	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	20	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	16,428	100.0
Total ancestries reported	16,370	99.6
Arab	23	0.1
Czech¹	47	0.3
Danish	110	0.7
Dutch	232	1.4
English	1,205	7.3
French (except Basque)¹	314	1.9
French Canadian¹	50	0.3
German	2,767	16.8
Greek	7	0.0
Hungarian	10	0.1
Irish¹	908	5.5
Italian	153	0.9
Lithuanian	9	0.1
Norwegian	397	2.4
Polish	29	0.2
Portuguese	10	0.1
Russian	163	1.0
Scotch-Irish	177	1.1
Scottish	227	1.4
Slovak	0	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	359	2.2
Swiss	35	0.2
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	855	5.2
Welsh	57	0.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	8,226	50.1

(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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