Washington County, UT Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Washington county utah dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	26,270	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,712	6.5
Kindergarten	1,277	4.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	12,019	45.8
High school (grades 9-12)	6,243	23.8
College or graduate school	5,019	19.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	51,842	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,447	2.8
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,995	9.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	13,847	26.7
Some college, no degree	16,540	31.9
Associate degree	4,145	8.0
Bachelor's degree	7,222	13.9
Graduate or professional degree	3,646	7.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	87.6	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	21.0	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	67,074	100.0
Never married	14,184	21.1
Now married, except separated	43,537	64.9
Separated	666	1.0
Widowed	3,527	5.3
Female	2,938	4.4
Divorced	5,160	7.7
Female	2,721	4.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,150	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	556	48.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	62,263	100.0
Civilian veterans	9,404	15.1

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	25,085	100.0
With a disability	1,597	6.4

Population 21 to 64 years	41,243	100.0
With a disability	6,656	16.1
Percent employed	59.4	(X)
No disability	34,587	83.9
Percent employed	73.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	15,036	100.0
With a disability	5,435	36.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	82,121	100.0
Same house in 1995	34,909	42.5
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	45,927	55.9
Same county	19,271	23.5
Different county	26,656	32.5
Same state	12,880	15.7
Different state	13,776	16.8
Elsewhere in 1995	1,285	1.6

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	90,354	100.0
Native	86,640	95.9
Born in United States	86,083	95.3
State of residence	53,130	58.8
Different state	32,953	36.5
Born outside United States	557	0.6
Foreign born	3,714	4.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,616	1.8
Naturalized citizen	1,398	1.5
Not a citizen	2,316	2.6

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,714	100.0
Europe	697	18.8
Asia	377	10.2
Africa	6	0.2
Oceania	73	2.0
Latin America	2,142	57.7
Northern America	419	11.3

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	82,121	100.0
English only	75,858	92.4
Language other than English	6,263	7.6
Speak English less than 'very well	2,199	2.7
Spanish	4,129	5.0
Speak English less than "very well"	1,763	2.1
Other Indo-European languages	1,013	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	178	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	668	0.8
Speak English less than "very well"	175	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	90,354	100.0
Total ancestries reported	97,737	108.2
Arab	51	0.1
Czech¹	288	0.3
Danish	4,995	5.5
Dutch	1,961	2.2
English	29,305	32.4
French (except Basque)¹	2,342	2.6
French Canadian¹	311	0.3
German	10,804	12.0
Greek	165	0.2
Hungarian	146	0.2
Irish¹	5,594	6.2
Italian	2,047	2.3
Lithuanian	104	0.1
Norwegian	2,093	2.3
Polish	675	0.7
Portuguese	166	0.2
Russian	208	0.2
Scotch-Irish	1,267	1.4
Scottish	4,314	4.8
Slovak	11	0.0
Subsaharan African	31	0.0
Swedish	3,342	3.7
Swiss	2,285	2.5
Ukrainian	113	0.1
United States or American	8,214	9.1
Welsh	1,660	1.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	15	0.0
Other ancestries	15,230	16.9

(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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