Cowlitz County, WA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Cowlitz county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	23,679	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,683	7.1
Kindergarten	1,438	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,376	48.0
High school (grades 9-12)	5,580	23.6
College or graduate school	3,602	15.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	60,355	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,450	4.1
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	7,710	12.8
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	19,760	32.7
Some college, no degree	17,396	28.8
Associate degree	5,023	8.3
Bachelor's degree	5,048	8.4
Graduate or professional degree	2,968	4.9

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.3	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	72,283	100.0
Never married	14,969	20.7
Now married, except separated	42,110	58.3
Separated	1,343	1.9
Widowed	4,886	6.8
Female	4,001	5.5
Divorced	8,975	12.4
Female	4,715	6.5

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,465	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	707	48.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	67,987	100.0
Civilian veterans	11,228	16.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	21,935	100.0
With a disability	1,675	7.6

Population 21 to 64 years	51,723	100.0
With a disability	11,399	22.0
Percent employed	52.1	(X)
No disability	40,324	78.0
Percent employed	74.6	(X)

Population 65 years and over	11,771	100.0
With a disability	5,464	46.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	86,502	100.0
Same house in 1995	45,512	52.6
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	40,156	46.4
Same county	25,584	29.6
Different county	14,572	16.8
Same state	6,213	7.2
Different state	8,359	9.7
Elsewhere in 1995	834	1.0

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	92,948	100.0
Native	89,496	96.3
Born in United States	88,966	95.7
State of residence	50,139	53.9
Different state	38,827	41.8
Born outside United States	530	0.6
Foreign born	3,452	3.7
Entered 1990 to March 2000	1,474	1.6
Naturalized citizen	1,478	1.6
Not a citizen	1,974	2.1

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	3,452	100.0
Europe	662	19.2
Asia	892	25.8
Africa	10	0.3
Oceania	63	1.8
Latin America	1,318	38.2
Northern America	507	14.7

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	86,502	100.0
English only	81,312	94.0
Language other than English	5,190	6.0
Speak English less than 'very well	2,410	2.8
Spanish	3,024	3.5
Speak English less than "very well"	1,476	1.7
Other Indo-European languages	937	1.1
Speak English less than "very well"	263	0.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages	1,070	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	637	0.7

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	92,948	100.0
Total ancestries reported	94,689	101.9
Arab	95	0.1
Czech¹	454	0.5
Danish	1,055	1.1
Dutch	2,216	2.4
English	10,661	11.5
French (except Basque)¹	3,328	3.6
French Canadian¹	1,068	1.1
German	17,996	19.4
Greek	264	0.3
Hungarian	172	0.2
Irish¹	10,277	11.1
Italian	2,356	2.5
Lithuanian	55	0.1
Norwegian	6,183	6.7
Polish	1,266	1.4
Portuguese	227	0.2
Russian	582	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,854	2.0
Scottish	2,532	2.7
Slovak	18	0.0
Subsaharan African	48	0.1
Swedish	2,941	3.2
Swiss	528	0.6
Ukrainian	123	0.1
United States or American	7,652	8.2
Welsh	781	0.8
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	57	0.1
Other ancestries	19,900	21.4

(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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