Kittitas County, WA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Kittitas county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	12,277	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	394	3.2
Kindergarten	372	3.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,097	25.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,735	14.1
College or graduate school	6,679	54.4

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	19,303	100.0
Less than 9th grade	759	3.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,712	8.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	5,984	31.0
Some college, no degree	4,693	24.3
Associate degree	1,096	5.7
Bachelor's degree	3,257	16.9
Graduate or professional degree	1,802	9.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	26.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	27,836	100.0
Never married	9,629	34.6
Now married, except separated	13,772	49.5
Separated	324	1.2
Widowed	1,351	4.9
Female	1,027	3.7
Divorced	2,760	9.9
Female	1,393	5.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	224	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	93	41.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	26,481	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,391	12.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,289	100.0
With a disability	697	8.4

Population 21 to 64 years	19,401	100.0
With a disability	3,508	18.1
Percent employed	59.8	(X)
No disability	15,893	81.9
Percent employed	70.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,777	100.0
With a disability	1,555	41.2

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	31,673	100.0
Same house in 1995	13,949	44.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	17,044	53.8
Same county	5,928	18.7
Different county	11,116	35.1
Same state	8,774	27.7
Different state	2,342	7.4
Elsewhere in 1995	680	2.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	33,362	100.0
Native	31,582	94.7
Born in United States	31,276	93.7
State of residence	20,048	60.1
Different state	11,228	33.7
Born outside United States	306	0.9
Foreign born	1,780	5.3
Entered 1990 to March 2000	972	2.9
Naturalized citizen	620	1.9
Not a citizen	1,160	3.5

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,780	100.0
Europe	329	18.5
Asia	475	26.7
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	71	4.0
Latin America	763	42.9
Northern America	142	8.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	31,673	100.0
English only	29,220	92.3
Language other than English	2,453	7.7
Speak English less than 'very well	1,153	3.6
Spanish	1,410	4.5
Speak English less than "very well"	728	2.3
Other Indo-European languages	489	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	139	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	464	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	251	0.8

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	33,362	100.0
Total ancestries reported	36,057	108.1
Arab	23	0.1
Czech¹	213	0.6
Danish	468	1.4
Dutch	1,082	3.2
English	4,493	13.5
French (except Basque)¹	1,125	3.4
French Canadian¹	336	1.0
German	7,253	21.7
Greek	57	0.2
Hungarian	62	0.2
Irish¹	3,734	11.2
Italian	1,383	4.1
Lithuanian	48	0.1
Norwegian	2,224	6.7
Polish	629	1.9
Portuguese	100	0.3
Russian	184	0.6
Scotch-Irish	901	2.7
Scottish	942	2.8
Slovak	36	0.1
Subsaharan African	53	0.2
Swedish	1,156	3.5
Swiss	159	0.5
Ukrainian	40	0.1
United States or American	2,008	6.0
Welsh	359	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	16	0.0
Other ancestries	6,973	20.9

(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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