Grant County, WA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Grant county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	21,570	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	1,194	5.5
Kindergarten	1,326	6.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	11,042	51.2
High school (grades 9-12)	5,386	25.0
College or graduate school	2,622	12.2

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	43,309	100.0
Less than 9th grade	6,445	14.9
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	5,581	12.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	12,044	27.8
Some college, no degree	10,358	23.9
Associate degree	2,935	6.8
Bachelor's degree	3,939	9.1
Graduate or professional degree	2,007	4.6

Percent high school graduate or higher	72.2	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	13.7	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	54,709	100.0
Never married	12,768	23.3
Now married, except separated	33,050	60.4
Separated	800	1.5
Widowed	3,301	6.0
Female	2,548	4.7
Divorced	4,790	8.8
Female	2,605	4.8

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	1,374	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	770	56.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	50,678	100.0
Civilian veterans	6,836	13.5

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	21,060	100.0
With a disability	1,626	7.7

Population 21 to 64 years	38,230	100.0
With a disability	8,079	21.1
Percent employed	48.4	(X)
No disability	30,151	78.9
Percent employed	72.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	8,321	100.0
With a disability	3,599	43.3

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	68,214	100.0
Same house in 1995	34,113	50.0
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	30,889	45.3
Same county	18,334	26.9
Different county	12,555	18.4
Same state	7,486	11.0
Different state	5,069	7.4
Elsewhere in 1995	3,212	4.7

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	74,698	100.0
Native	61,895	82.9
Born in United States	61,424	82.2
State of residence	37,426	50.1
Different state	23,998	32.1
Born outside United States	471	0.6
Foreign born	12,803	17.1
Entered 1990 to March 2000	7,488	10.0
Naturalized citizen	2,574	3.4
Not a citizen	10,229	13.7

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	12,803	100.0
Europe	1,158	9.0
Asia	398	3.1
Africa	34	0.3
Oceania	17	0.1
Latin America	10,739	83.9
Northern America	457	3.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	68,214	100.0
English only	48,887	71.7
Language other than English	19,327	28.3
Speak English less than 'very well	10,681	15.7
Spanish	17,188	25.2
Speak English less than "very well"	9,742	14.3
Other Indo-European languages	1,687	2.5
Speak English less than "very well"	796	1.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	363	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	109	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	74,698	100.0
Total ancestries reported	74,574	99.8
Arab	85	0.1
Czech¹	149	0.2
Danish	899	1.2
Dutch	1,575	2.1
English	6,782	9.1
French (except Basque)¹	2,121	2.8
French Canadian¹	738	1.0
German	12,116	16.2
Greek	73	0.1
Hungarian	182	0.2
Irish¹	5,908	7.9
Italian	1,175	1.6
Lithuanian	18	0.0
Norwegian	2,647	3.5
Polish	560	0.7
Portuguese	63	0.1
Russian	475	0.6
Scotch-Irish	1,061	1.4
Scottish	1,242	1.7
Slovak	5	0.0
Subsaharan African	184	0.2
Swedish	1,756	2.4
Swiss	329	0.4
Ukrainian	765	1.0
United States or American	4,804	6.4
Welsh	531	0.7
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	71	0.1
Other ancestries	28,260	37.8

(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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