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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: Seattle city, Washington |
| NOTE: Corrected counts are available for one or more geographies displayed in this table. |
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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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Number |
Percent |
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SCHOOL ENROLLMENT |
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Population 3 years and over enrolled in school |
136,863 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
7,738 |
5.7 |
Kindergarten |
4,972 |
3.6 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
38,588 |
28.2 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
20,166 |
14.7 |
College or graduate school |
65,399 |
47.8 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
409,582 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
17,565 |
4.3 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
25,582 |
6.2 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
62,502 |
15.3 |
Some college, no degree |
84,218 |
20.6 |
Associate degree |
26,393 |
6.4 |
Bachelor's degree |
122,429 |
29.9 |
Graduate or professional degree |
70,893 |
17.3 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
89.5 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
47.2 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
489,677 |
100.0 |
Never married |
204,450 |
41.8 |
Now married, except separated |
195,139 |
39.9 |
Separated |
7,726 |
1.6 |
Widowed |
26,376 |
5.4 |
Female |
21,496 |
4.4 |
Divorced |
55,986 |
11.4 |
Female |
31,405 |
6.4 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
6,715 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
2,180 |
32.5 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
475,172 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
48,343 |
10.2 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
86,955 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
6,431 |
7.4 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
376,772 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
57,019 |
15.1 |
Percent employed |
57.4 |
(X) |
No disability |
319,753 |
84.9 |
Percent employed |
82.4 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
65,566 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
27,549 |
42.0 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
537,538 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
236,916 |
44.1 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
274,692 |
51.1 |
Same county |
162,280 |
30.2 |
Different county |
112,412 |
20.9 |
Same state |
36,910 |
6.9 |
Different state |
75,502 |
14.0 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
25,930 |
4.8 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
563,375 |
100.0 |
Native |
468,423 |
83.1 |
Born in United States |
458,764 |
81.4 |
State of residence |
218,787 |
38.8 |
Different state |
239,977 |
42.6 |
Born outside United States |
9,659 |
1.7 |
Foreign born |
94,952 |
16.9 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
44,145 |
7.8 |
Naturalized citizen |
44,334 |
7.9 |
Not a citizen |
50,618 |
9.0 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
94,952 |
100.0 |
Europe |
15,179 |
16.0 |
Asia |
52,977 |
55.8 |
Africa |
7,397 |
7.8 |
Oceania |
1,587 |
1.7 |
Latin America |
12,510 |
13.2 |
Northern America |
5,302 |
5.6 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
537,538 |
100.0 |
English only |
429,105 |
79.8 |
Language other than English |
108,433 |
20.2 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
49,754 |
9.3 |
Spanish |
22,321 |
4.2 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
9,748 |
1.8 |
Other Indo-European languages |
21,430 |
4.0 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
4,969 |
0.9 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
56,248 |
10.5 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
31,500 |
5.9 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
563,375 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
648,787 |
115.2 |
Arab |
2,321 |
0.4 |
Czech1 |
3,769 |
0.7 |
Danish |
7,100 |
1.3 |
Dutch |
10,415 |
1.8 |
English |
63,869 |
11.3 |
French (except Basque)1 |
18,840 |
3.3 |
French Canadian1 |
3,975 |
0.7 |
German |
85,484 |
15.2 |
Greek |
2,812 |
0.5 |
Hungarian |
2,547 |
0.5 |
Irish1 |
66,826 |
11.9 |
Italian |
21,754 |
3.9 |
Lithuanian |
1,469 |
0.3 |
Norwegian |
32,018 |
5.7 |
Polish |
12,622 |
2.2 |
Portuguese |
1,652 |
0.3 |
Russian |
9,717 |
1.7 |
Scotch-Irish |
12,206 |
2.2 |
Scottish |
19,880 |
3.5 |
Slovak |
647 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
9,987 |
1.8 |
Swedish |
19,413 |
3.4 |
Swiss |
3,446 |
0.6 |
Ukrainian |
2,091 |
0.4 |
United States or American |
14,343 |
2.5 |
Welsh |
6,671 |
1.2 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
950 |
0.2 |
Other ancestries |
211,963 |
37.6 |
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Number |
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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