Klickitat County, WA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Klickitat county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	4,850	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	328	6.8
Kindergarten	242	5.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	2,507	51.7
High school (grades 9-12)	1,332	27.5
College or graduate school	441	9.1

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	12,806	100.0
Less than 9th grade	860	6.7
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	1,487	11.6
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	4,395	34.3
Some college, no degree	3,180	24.8
Associate degree	789	6.2
Bachelor's degree	1,421	11.1
Graduate or professional degree	674	5.3

Percent high school graduate or higher	81.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	16.4	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	14,894	100.0
Never married	2,876	19.3
Now married, except separated	9,277	62.3
Separated	302	2.0
Widowed	911	6.1
Female	695	4.7
Divorced	1,528	10.3
Female	763	5.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	256	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	172	67.2

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	14,017	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,297	16.4

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	4,569	100.0
With a disability	289	6.3

Population 21 to 64 years	10,694	100.0
With a disability	2,225	20.8
Percent employed	45.7	(X)
No disability	8,469	79.2
Percent employed	72.0	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,601	100.0
With a disability	1,300	50.0

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	17,977	100.0
Same house in 1995	9,589	53.3
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	8,113	45.1
Same county	3,914	21.8
Different county	4,199	23.4
Same state	1,881	10.5
Different state	2,318	12.9
Elsewhere in 1995	275	1.5

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	19,161	100.0
Native	18,003	94.0
Born in United States	17,892	93.4
State of residence	7,662	40.0
Different state	10,230	53.4
Born outside United States	111	0.6
Foreign born	1,158	6.0
Entered 1990 to March 2000	604	3.2
Naturalized citizen	341	1.8
Not a citizen	817	4.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	1,158	100.0
Europe	110	9.5
Asia	64	5.5
Africa	19	1.6
Oceania	6	0.5
Latin America	867	74.9
Northern America	92	7.9

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	17,977	100.0
English only	16,070	89.4
Language other than English	1,907	10.6
Speak English less than 'very well	892	5.0
Spanish	1,383	7.7
Speak English less than "very well"	774	4.3
Other Indo-European languages	218	1.2
Speak English less than "very well"	73	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	31	0.2
Speak English less than "very well"	11	0.1

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	19,161	100.0
Total ancestries reported	20,085	104.8
Arab	15	0.1
Czech¹	25	0.1
Danish	239	1.2
Dutch	541	2.8
English	2,545	13.3
French (except Basque)¹	715	3.7
French Canadian¹	249	1.3
German	3,681	19.2
Greek	64	0.3
Hungarian	23	0.1
Irish¹	2,306	12.0
Italian	217	1.1
Lithuanian	0	0.0
Norwegian	710	3.7
Polish	184	1.0
Portuguese	23	0.1
Russian	120	0.6
Scotch-Irish	405	2.1
Scottish	462	2.4
Slovak	2	0.0
Subsaharan African	11	0.1
Swedish	476	2.5
Swiss	118	0.6
Ukrainian	0	0.0
United States or American	2,102	11.0
Welsh	218	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	4,634	24.2

(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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