Okanogan County, WA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Okanogan county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	10,277	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	538	5.2
Kindergarten	669	6.5
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,273	51.3
High school (grades 9-12)	2,750	26.8
College or graduate school	1,047	10.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	25,826	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,505	9.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	3,534	13.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	7,945	30.8
Some college, no degree	6,184	23.9
Associate degree	1,540	6.0
Bachelor's degree	2,593	10.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,525	5.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	76.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.9	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	30,647	100.0
Never married	6,852	22.4
Now married, except separated	17,527	57.2
Separated	574	1.9
Widowed	2,068	6.7
Female	1,660	5.4
Divorced	3,626	11.8
Female	1,858	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	673	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	338	50.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	28,616	100.0
Civilian veterans	4,657	16.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	9,776	100.0
With a disability	636	6.5

Population 21 to 64 years	21,472	100.0
With a disability	4,368	20.3
Percent employed	42.1	(X)
No disability	17,104	79.7
Percent employed	69.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	5,412	100.0
With a disability	2,596	48.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	37,051	100.0
Same house in 1995	20,140	54.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	16,055	43.3
Same county	9,130	24.6
Different county	6,925	18.7
Same state	4,879	13.2
Different state	2,046	5.5
Elsewhere in 1995	856	2.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	39,564	100.0
Native	35,520	89.8
Born in United States	35,224	89.0
State of residence	23,078	58.3
Different state	12,146	30.7
Born outside United States	296	0.7
Foreign born	4,044	10.2
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,055	5.2
Naturalized citizen	948	2.4
Not a citizen	3,096	7.8

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	4,044	100.0
Europe	232	5.7
Asia	185	4.6
Africa	8	0.2
Oceania	12	0.3
Latin America	3,182	78.7
Northern America	425	10.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	37,051	100.0
English only	31,473	84.9
Language other than English	5,578	15.1
Speak English less than 'very well	2,818	7.6
Spanish	4,695	12.7
Speak English less than "very well"	2,665	7.2
Other Indo-European languages	308	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	49	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	182	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	46	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	39,564	100.0
Total ancestries reported	39,819	100.6
Arab	55	0.1
Czech¹	104	0.3
Danish	363	0.9
Dutch	906	2.3
English	4,462	11.3
French (except Basque)¹	1,436	3.6
French Canadian¹	353	0.9
German	5,919	15.0
Greek	58	0.1
Hungarian	96	0.2
Irish¹	3,630	9.2
Italian	637	1.6
Lithuanian	27	0.1
Norwegian	1,603	4.1
Polish	258	0.7
Portuguese	96	0.2
Russian	86	0.2
Scotch-Irish	724	1.8
Scottish	1,074	2.7
Slovak	14	0.0
Subsaharan African	7	0.0
Swedish	1,017	2.6
Swiss	139	0.4
Ukrainian	28	0.1
United States or American	2,816	7.1
Welsh	486	1.2
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	15	0.0
Other ancestries	13,410	33.9

(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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