Skamania County, WA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Skamania county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,385	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	147	6.2
Kindergarten	92	3.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,217	51.0
High school (grades 9-12)	646	27.1
College or graduate school	283	11.9

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	6,557	100.0
Less than 9th grade	268	4.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	659	10.1
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	2,193	33.4
Some college, no degree	1,908	29.1
Associate degree	428	6.5
Bachelor's degree	764	11.7
Graduate or professional degree	337	5.1

Percent high school graduate or higher	85.9	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.8	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	7,751	100.0
Never married	1,627	21.0
Now married, except separated	4,677	60.3
Separated	174	2.2
Widowed	401	5.2
Female	330	4.3
Divorced	872	11.3
Female	406	5.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	204	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	88	43.1

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	7,228	100.0
Civilian veterans	1,316	18.2

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,343	100.0
With a disability	180	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	5,759	100.0
With a disability	996	17.3
Percent employed	49.7	(X)
No disability	4,763	82.7
Percent employed	73.5	(X)

Population 65 years and over	1,058	100.0
With a disability	428	40.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	9,222	100.0
Same house in 1995	4,884	53.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	4,278	46.4
Same county	1,632	17.7
Different county	2,646	28.7
Same state	1,375	14.9
Different state	1,271	13.8
Elsewhere in 1995	60	0.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	9,872	100.0
Native	9,525	96.5
Born in United States	9,417	95.4
State of residence	3,739	37.9
Different state	5,678	57.5
Born outside United States	108	1.1
Foreign born	347	3.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	106	1.1
Naturalized citizen	159	1.6
Not a citizen	188	1.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	347	100.0
Europe	121	34.9
Asia	42	12.1
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	6	1.7
Latin America	138	39.8
Northern America	40	11.5

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	9,222	100.0
English only	8,767	95.1
Language other than English	455	4.9
Speak English less than 'very well	101	1.1
Spanish	293	3.2
Speak English less than "very well"	84	0.9
Other Indo-European languages	84	0.9
Speak English less than "very well"	5	0.1
Asian and Pacific Island languages	46	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	12	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	9,872	100.0
Total ancestries reported	10,373	105.1
Arab	25	0.3
Czech¹	67	0.7
Danish	108	1.1
Dutch	268	2.7
English	1,338	13.6
French (except Basque)¹	414	4.2
French Canadian¹	106	1.1
German	2,029	20.6
Greek	13	0.1
Hungarian	19	0.2
Irish¹	1,452	14.7
Italian	214	2.2
Lithuanian	14	0.1
Norwegian	491	5.0
Polish	149	1.5
Portuguese	18	0.2
Russian	63	0.6
Scotch-Irish	226	2.3
Scottish	248	2.5
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	321	3.3
Swiss	116	1.2
Ukrainian	3	0.0
United States or American	818	8.3
Welsh	89	0.9
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	2	0.0
Other ancestries	1,760	17.8

(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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