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DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000 Data Set: Census 2000 Summary File 3 (SF 3) - Sample Data Geographic Area: Washington city, District of Columbia |
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NOTE: Data based on a sample except in P3, P4, H3, and H4. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, definitions, and count corrections see http://factfinder.census.gov/home/en/datanotes/expsf3.htm.
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Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
157,475 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
9,409 |
6.0 |
Kindergarten |
7,400 |
4.7 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
54,474 |
34.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
26,694 |
17.0 |
College or graduate school |
59,498 |
37.8 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
384,535 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
29,803 |
7.8 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
55,446 |
14.4 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
79,169 |
20.6 |
Some college, no degree |
59,281 |
15.4 |
Associate degree |
10,599 |
2.8 |
Bachelor's degree |
69,496 |
18.1 |
Graduate or professional degree |
80,741 |
21.0 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
77.8 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
39.1 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
474,417 |
100.0 |
Never married |
229,806 |
48.4 |
Now married, except separated |
141,992 |
29.9 |
Separated |
19,746 |
4.2 |
Widowed |
36,829 |
7.8 |
Female |
29,420 |
6.2 |
Divorced |
46,044 |
9.7 |
Female |
26,944 |
5.7 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
16,842 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
8,183 |
48.6 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
454,454 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
44,484 |
9.8 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
112,797 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
11,288 |
10.0 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
349,658 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
76,412 |
21.9 |
Percent employed |
52.8 |
(X) |
No disability |
273,246 |
78.1 |
Percent employed |
73.4 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
66,478 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
28,280 |
42.5 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
539,658 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
269,299 |
49.9 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
239,960 |
44.5 |
Same county |
126,931 |
23.5 |
Different county |
113,029 |
20.9 |
Same state |
0 |
0.0 |
Different state |
113,029 |
20.9 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
30,399 |
5.6 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
572,059 |
100.0 |
Native |
498,498 |
87.1 |
Born in United States |
491,363 |
85.9 |
State of residence |
224,352 |
39.2 |
Different state |
267,011 |
46.7 |
Born outside United States |
7,135 |
1.2 |
Foreign born |
73,561 |
12.9 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
37,533 |
6.6 |
Naturalized citizen |
22,050 |
3.9 |
Not a citizen |
51,511 |
9.0 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
73,555 |
100.0 |
Europe |
12,909 |
17.6 |
Asia |
12,503 |
17.0 |
Africa |
9,208 |
12.5 |
Oceania |
585 |
0.8 |
Latin America |
37,079 |
50.4 |
Northern America |
1,271 |
1.7 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
539,658 |
100.0 |
English only |
449,241 |
83.2 |
Language other than English |
90,417 |
16.8 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
38,236 |
7.1 |
Spanish |
49,461 |
9.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
25,355 |
4.7 |
Other Indo-European languages |
23,721 |
4.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
5,815 |
1.1 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
8,974 |
1.7 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
4,508 |
0.8 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
572,059 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
524,577 |
91.7 |
Arab |
3,120 |
0.5 |
Czech1 |
1,578 |
0.3 |
Danish |
1,047 |
0.2 |
Dutch |
2,879 |
0.5 |
English |
25,214 |
4.4 |
French (except Basque)1 |
6,942 |
1.2 |
French Canadian1 |
1,431 |
0.3 |
German |
27,415 |
4.8 |
Greek |
1,893 |
0.3 |
Hungarian |
2,048 |
0.4 |
Irish1 |
28,207 |
4.9 |
Italian |
12,587 |
2.2 |
Lithuanian |
1,156 |
0.2 |
Norwegian |
2,336 |
0.4 |
Polish |
7,910 |
1.4 |
Portuguese |
682 |
0.1 |
Russian |
8,338 |
1.5 |
Scotch-Irish |
4,185 |
0.7 |
Scottish |
6,536 |
1.1 |
Slovak |
640 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
16,000 |
2.8 |
Swedish |
3,013 |
0.5 |
Swiss |
1,153 |
0.2 |
Ukrainian |
1,247 |
0.2 |
United States or American |
9,919 |
1.7 |
Welsh |
2,067 |
0.4 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
7,861 |
1.4 |
Other ancestries |
337,173 |
58.9 |
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Percent |
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(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. Ancestry Code List (PDF 35KB) Place of Birth Code List (PDF 74KB) Language Code List (PDF 17KB) 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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