Douglas County, WA Social Statistics

Updated August 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Douglas county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	8,929	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	557	6.2
Kindergarten	548	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	4,395	49.2
High school (grades 9-12)	2,341	26.2
College or graduate school	1,088	12.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	20,435	100.0
Less than 9th grade	2,030	9.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	2,376	11.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	6,023	29.5
Some college, no degree	5,255	25.7
Associate degree	1,450	7.1
Bachelor's degree	2,323	11.4
Graduate or professional degree	978	4.8

Percent high school graduate or higher	78.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	24,646	100.0
Never married	5,012	20.3
Now married, except separated	15,450	62.7
Separated	372	1.5
Widowed	1,328	5.4
Female	1,078	4.4
Divorced	2,484	10.1
Female	1,392	5.6

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	454	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	193	42.5

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	22,997	100.0
Civilian veterans	3,282	14.3

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	8,412	100.0
With a disability	633	7.5

Population 21 to 64 years	17,575	100.0
With a disability	3,278	18.7
Percent employed	55.4	(X)
No disability	14,297	81.3
Percent employed	75.8	(X)

Population 65 years and over	3,965	100.0
With a disability	1,564	39.4

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	30,179	100.0
Same house in 1995	16,406	54.4
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	13,045	43.2
Same county	5,291	17.5
Different county	7,754	25.7
Same state	6,190	20.5
Different state	1,564	5.2
Elsewhere in 1995	728	2.4

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	32,603	100.0
Native	28,201	86.5
Born in United States	28,008	85.9
State of residence	18,367	56.3
Different state	9,641	29.6
Born outside United States	193	0.6
Foreign born	4,402	13.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000	2,064	6.3
Naturalized citizen	1,172	3.6
Not a citizen	3,230	9.9

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	4,402	100.0
Europe	323	7.3
Asia	186	4.2
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	8	0.2
Latin America	3,719	84.5
Northern America	166	3.8

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	30,179	100.0
English only	24,308	80.5
Language other than English	5,871	19.5
Speak English less than 'very well	3,326	11.0
Spanish	5,268	17.5
Speak English less than "very well"	3,084	10.2
Other Indo-European languages	380	1.3
Speak English less than "very well"	174	0.6
Asian and Pacific Island languages	185	0.6
Speak English less than "very well"	68	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	32,603	100.0
Total ancestries reported	32,804	100.6
Arab	14	0.0
Czech¹	174	0.5
Danish	438	1.3
Dutch	678	2.1
English	3,667	11.2
French (except Basque)¹	814	2.5
French Canadian¹	264	0.8
German	6,345	19.5
Greek	99	0.3
Hungarian	46	0.1
Irish¹	3,349	10.3
Italian	455	1.4
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	1,595	4.9
Polish	344	1.1
Portuguese	29	0.1
Russian	72	0.2
Scotch-Irish	654	2.0
Scottish	664	2.0
Slovak	13	0.0
Subsaharan African	27	0.1
Swedish	812	2.5
Swiss	105	0.3
Ukrainian	154	0.5
United States or American	2,303	7.1
Welsh	358	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	6	0.0
Other ancestries	9,325	28.6

(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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