Mason County, WA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

Mason county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	11,233	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	588	5.2
Kindergarten	669	6.0
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	5,554	49.4
High school (grades 9-12)	2,900	25.8
College or graduate school	1,522	13.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	33,936	100.0
Less than 9th grade	1,224	3.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	4,300	12.7
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	11,017	32.5
Some college, no degree	9,709	28.6
Associate degree	2,405	7.1
Bachelor's degree	3,586	10.6
Graduate or professional degree	1,695	5.0

Percent high school graduate or higher	83.7	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	15.6	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	40,009	100.0
Never married	8,334	20.8
Now married, except separated	23,146	57.9
Separated	830	2.1
Widowed	2,627	6.6
Female	1,977	4.9
Divorced	5,072	12.7
Female	2,424	6.1

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	916	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	495	54.0

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	37,674	100.0
Civilian veterans	8,274	22.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	10,540	100.0
With a disability	978	9.3

Population 21 to 64 years	25,953	100.0
With a disability	6,002	23.1
Percent employed	51.0	(X)
No disability	19,951	76.9
Percent employed	71.9	(X)

Population 65 years and over	7,920	100.0
With a disability	3,016	38.1

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	46,757	100.0
Same house in 1995	25,148	53.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	21,096	45.1
Same county	8,036	17.2
Different county	13,060	27.9
Same state	9,392	20.1
Different state	3,668	7.8
Elsewhere in 1995	513	1.1

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	49,405	100.0
Native	47,230	95.6
Born in United States	46,589	94.3
State of residence	26,564	53.8
Different state	20,025	40.5
Born outside United States	641	1.3
Foreign born	2,175	4.4
Entered 1990 to March 2000	834	1.7
Naturalized citizen	1,057	2.1
Not a citizen	1,118	2.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	2,175	100.0
Europe	521	24.0
Asia	345	15.9
Africa	10	0.5
Oceania	27	1.2
Latin America	945	43.4
Northern America	327	15.0

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	46,757	100.0
English only	43,791	93.7
Language other than English	2,966	6.3
Speak English less than 'very well	1,265	2.7
Spanish	1,574	3.4
Speak English less than "very well"	831	1.8
Other Indo-European languages	706	1.5
Speak English less than "very well"	109	0.2
Asian and Pacific Island languages	473	1.0
Speak English less than "very well"	228	0.5

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	49,405	100.0
Total ancestries reported	53,971	109.2
Arab	36	0.1
Czech¹	287	0.6
Danish	650	1.3
Dutch	1,242	2.5
English	6,512	13.2
French (except Basque)¹	2,108	4.3
French Canadian¹	695	1.4
German	9,428	19.1
Greek	130	0.3
Hungarian	151	0.3
Irish¹	6,081	12.3
Italian	1,523	3.1
Lithuanian	46	0.1
Norwegian	3,374	6.8
Polish	656	1.3
Portuguese	133	0.3
Russian	161	0.3
Scotch-Irish	1,530	3.1
Scottish	1,867	3.8
Slovak	15	0.0
Subsaharan African	22	0.0
Swedish	2,045	4.1
Swiss	287	0.6
Ukrainian	35	0.1
United States or American	3,289	6.7
Welsh	564	1.1
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	31	0.1
Other ancestries	11,073	22.4

(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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