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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: Tacoma city, Washington |
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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 |
52,281 |
100.0 |
Nursery school, preschool |
2,929 |
5.6 |
Kindergarten |
2,779 |
5.3 |
Elementary school (grades 1-8) |
23,302 |
44.6 |
High school (grades 9-12) |
10,929 |
20.9 |
College or graduate school |
12,342 |
23.6 |
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EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT |
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Population 25 years and over |
123,992 |
100.0 |
Less than 9th grade |
6,340 |
5.1 |
9th to 12th grade, no diploma |
14,001 |
11.3 |
High school graduate (includes equivalency) |
36,078 |
29.1 |
Some college, no degree |
33,418 |
27.0 |
Associate degree |
9,407 |
7.6 |
Bachelor's degree |
16,217 |
13.1 |
Graduate or professional degree |
8,531 |
6.9 |
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Percent high school graduate or higher |
83.6 |
(X) |
Percent bachelor's degree or higher |
20.0 |
(X) |
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MARITAL STATUS |
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Population 15 years and over |
151,290 |
100.0 |
Never married |
44,311 |
29.3 |
Now married, except separated |
71,501 |
47.3 |
Separated |
3,557 |
2.4 |
Widowed |
10,404 |
6.9 |
Female |
8,518 |
5.6 |
Divorced |
21,517 |
14.2 |
Female |
12,268 |
8.1 |
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GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS |
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Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years |
3,869 |
100.0 |
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren |
1,856 |
48.0 |
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VETERAN STATUS |
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Civilian population 18 years and over |
141,987 |
100.0 |
Civilian veterans |
24,998 |
17.6 |
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DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION |
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Population 5 to 20 years |
44,706 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
4,128 |
9.2 |
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Population 21 to 64 years |
109,041 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
25,254 |
23.2 |
Percent employed |
53.4 |
(X) |
No disability |
83,787 |
76.8 |
Percent employed |
77.8 |
(X) |
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Population 65 years and over |
21,735 |
100.0 |
With a disability |
10,816 |
49.8 |
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RESIDENCE IN 1995 |
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Population 5 years and over |
179,684 |
100.0 |
Same house in 1995 |
85,941 |
47.8 |
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 |
87,045 |
48.4 |
Same county |
54,770 |
30.5 |
Different county |
32,275 |
18.0 |
Same state |
16,550 |
9.2 |
Different state |
15,725 |
8.8 |
Elsewhere in 1995 |
6,698 |
3.7 |
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NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH |
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Total population |
193,177 |
100.0 |
Native |
170,130 |
88.1 |
Born in United States |
165,716 |
85.8 |
State of residence |
93,869 |
48.6 |
Different state |
71,847 |
37.2 |
Born outside United States |
4,414 |
2.3 |
Foreign born |
23,047 |
11.9 |
Entered 1990 to March 2000 |
10,702 |
5.5 |
Naturalized citizen |
9,657 |
5.0 |
Not a citizen |
13,390 |
6.9 |
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REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN |
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Total (excluding born at sea) |
23,036 |
100.0 |
Europe |
5,838 |
25.3 |
Asia |
11,054 |
48.0 |
Africa |
359 |
1.6 |
Oceania |
261 |
1.1 |
Latin America |
4,549 |
19.7 |
Northern America |
975 |
4.2 |
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LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME |
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Population 5 years and over |
179,684 |
100.0 |
English only |
150,000 |
83.5 |
Language other than English |
29,684 |
16.5 |
Speak English less than 'very well |
14,516 |
8.1 |
Spanish |
8,708 |
4.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
4,119 |
2.3 |
Other Indo-European languages |
6,907 |
3.8 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
2,622 |
1.5 |
Asian and Pacific Island languages |
13,293 |
7.4 |
Speak English less than "very well" |
7,519 |
4.2 |
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ANCESTRY (single or multiple) |
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Total population |
193,177 |
100.0 |
Total ancestries reported |
209,833 |
108.6 |
Arab |
519 |
0.3 |
Czech1 |
1,092 |
0.6 |
Danish |
1,571 |
0.8 |
Dutch |
3,136 |
1.6 |
English |
17,406 |
9.0 |
French (except Basque)1 |
6,187 |
3.2 |
French Canadian1 |
1,866 |
1.0 |
German |
30,433 |
15.8 |
Greek |
836 |
0.4 |
Hungarian |
512 |
0.3 |
Irish1 |
19,984 |
10.3 |
Italian |
6,783 |
3.5 |
Lithuanian |
272 |
0.1 |
Norwegian |
11,169 |
5.8 |
Polish |
2,947 |
1.5 |
Portuguese |
660 |
0.3 |
Russian |
1,975 |
1.0 |
Scotch-Irish |
3,433 |
1.8 |
Scottish |
4,126 |
2.1 |
Slovak |
198 |
0.1 |
Subsaharan African |
1,802 |
0.9 |
Swedish |
5,930 |
3.1 |
Swiss |
877 |
0.5 |
Ukrainian |
1,681 |
0.9 |
United States or American |
8,544 |
4.4 |
Welsh |
1,575 |
0.8 |
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups) |
565 |
0.3 |
Other ancestries |
73,754 |
38.2 |
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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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