Pacific County, WA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Pacific county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,621	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	280	6.1
Kindergarten	251	5.4
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,179	47.2
High school (grades 9-12)	1,305	28.2
College or graduate school	606	13.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	15,298	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,011	6.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,219	14.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,822	31.5
Some college, no degree	4,033	26.4
Associate degree	888	5.8
Bachelor's degree	1,395	9.1
Graduate or professional degree	930	6.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	17,410	100.0
Never married	3,097	17.8
Now married, except separated	10,306	59.2
Separated	241	1.4
Widowed	1,656	9.5
Female	1,291	7.4
Divorced	2,110	12.1
Female	1,015	5.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	366	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	252	68.9

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	16,425	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,508	21.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,040	100.0
With a disability	280	6.9

Population 21 to 64 years	11,072	100.0
With a disability	2,912	26.3
Percent employed	41.9	(X)
No disability	8,160	73.7
Percent employed	70.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	4,641	100.0
With a disability	2,218	47.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	20,055	100.0
Same house in 1995	11,429	57.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,373	41.8
Same county	4,160	20.7
Different county	4,213	21.0
Same state	2,428	12.1
Different state	1,785	8.9
Elsewhere in 1995	253	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	20,984	100.0
Native	19,726	94.0
Born in United States	19,548	93.2
State of residence	9,895	47.2
Different state	9,653	46.0
Born outside United States	178	0.8
Foreign born	1,258	6.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	396	1.9
Naturalized citizen	543	2.6
Not a citizen	715	3.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,258	100.0
Europe	266	21.1
Asia	360	28.6
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	20	1.6
Latin America	426	33.9
Northern America	186	14.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	20,055	100.0
English only	18,405	91.8
Language other than English	1,650	8.2
Speak English less than 'very well	740	3.7
Spanish	840	4.2
Speak English less than "very well"	435	2.2
Other Indo-European languages	359	1.8
Speak English less than "very well"	40	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	398	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	246	1.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	20,984	100.0
Total ancestries reported	22,796	108.6
Arab	3	0.0
Czech¹	91	0.4
Danish	305	1.5
Dutch	600	2.9
English	2,834	13.5
French (except Basque)¹	773	3.7
French Canadian¹	251	1.2
German	4,001	19.1
Greek	34	0.2
Hungarian	58	0.3
Irish¹	2,489	11.9
Italian	439	2.1
Lithuanian	66	0.3
Norwegian	1,113	5.3
Polish	465	2.2
Portuguese	39	0.2
Russian	145	0.7
Scotch-Irish	560	2.7
Scottish	569	2.7
Slovak	10	0.0
Subsaharan African	12	0.1
Swedish	1,077	5.1
Swiss	353	1.7
Ukrainian	18	0.1
United States or American	1,398	6.7
Welsh	264	1.3
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	10	0.0
Other ancestries	4,819	23.0

(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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