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 Seattle--Bellevue--Everett, WA PMSA
Data followed by an * indicates a Significant Difference at the 90 percent level between that data and the data from the most current year.  Data followed by a "c" indicates the estimate for that year and the current year are both controlled; a statistical test is not appropriate.
TABLE 2. SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  2003
Estimate		 2002
Estimate		 2001
Estimate		 2000
Estimate
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
594,606
620,119 *
607,114
610,412
Nursery school, preschool
5.90%
5.33%
5.51%
5.43%
Kindergarten
4.57%
5.26%
4.49%
4.90%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
42.86%
42.77%
42.79%
43.59%
High school grade (grades 9-12)
22.50%
20.52% *
21.61%
19.95% *
College or graduate school
24.17%
26.12%
25.60%
26.12%
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,656,492
1,652,883
1,616,050 *
1,591,943 *
Less than 9th grade
2.52%
2.66%
3.13%
2.53%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
5.62%
6.16%
6.33%
5.81%
High school graduate (including equivalency)
21.58%
21.37%
21.37%
22.55%
Some college, no degree
24.47%
24.40%
24.44%
24.88%
Associate degree
7.93%
7.68%
8.14%
7.50%
Bachelor's degree
25.63%
25.11%
24.96%
23.89% *
Graduate or professional degree
12.26%
12.63%
11.63%
12.83%
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
91.9
91.2
90.5 *
91.7
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
37.9
37.7
36.6
36.7
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
963,350
954,788 *
943,533 *
930,788 *
Never married
32.45%
30.25% *
31.74%
32.16%
Now married, except separated
53.78%
56.64% *
55.70%
53.52%
Separated
1.53%
1.76%
1.58%
1.64%
Widowed
1.92%
1.65%
1.56%
2.31%
Divorced
10.32%
9.70%
9.42%
10.37%
 
Females 15 years and over
989,830
988,066
972,580 *
959,240 *
Never married
25.22%
25.76%
26.14%
26.24%
Now married, except separated
52.32%
52.41%
51.54%
51.00%
Separated
1.31%
1.40%
1.86%
1.91% *
Widowed
7.14%
7.25%
7.30%
7.93%
Divorced
14.01%
13.19%
13.15%
12.91%
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in the past 12 months
29,843
39,495 *
29,253
32,470
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
16.35%
18.19%
24.58%
23.16%
Per 1,000 unmarried women
16
23
23
24
As a percent of all women with a birth
16.3
18.2
24.6
23.2
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
45
59 *
44
49
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
9
7
29
6
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
86
99
67
79
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
21
38 *
29
34 *
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren under 18 years in households
24,933
34,667 *
28,794
32,351
Responsible for grandchildren
29.75%
35.70%
32.60%
39.10%
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent Responsible for grandchildren
less than 1 year
10.25%
18.76%
33.07% *
15.14%
1 or 2 years
44.03%
11.38%
35.75%
43.75%
3 or 4 years
7.66%
19.08%
13.22%
7.42%
5 or more years
38.07%
50.78%
17.96%
33.69%
 
Percent who are female
58.0
54.9
62.0
66.4
Percent who are married
62.1
59.8
68.5
72.5
Percent who are in labor force
67.6
68.6
79.6
66.2
Percent who are in poverty
6.1
28.6 *
9.0
10.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,853,879
1,842,416
1,812,103 *
1,790,965 *
Civilian veterans
12.00%
12.59%
12.83%
13.07% *
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
2,395,529
2,401,659
2,373,340 *
2,353,997 *
Same house
80.74%
80.75%
82.01%
80.19%
Different house in the U.S.
18.30%
18.49%
16.66% *
18.50%
Same county
13.03%
12.59%
11.49% *
11.92%
Different county
5.26%
5.90%
5.17%
6.57% *
Same state
2.42%
3.24% *
2.37%
2.85%
Different state
2.84%
2.66%
2.80%
3.72% *
Abroad
0.96%
0.76%
1.33%
1.31%
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
2,424,316
2,433,901
2,398,146 *
2,379,184 *
Native
85.24%
84.74%
85.40%
85.93%
Born in United States
83.81%
83.06%
84.04%
84.40%
State of residence
45.49%
44.47%
45.14%
45.47%
Different state
38.33%
38.59%
38.90%
38.93%
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or born abroad to American parent(s)
1.43%
1.68%
1.36%
1.53%
Foreign born
14.76%
15.26%
14.60%
14.07%
Naturalized citizen
45.21%
42.76%
44.38%
43.60%
Not a citizen
54.79%
57.24%
55.62%
56.40%
Entered 1990 or later
54.06%
56.93%
50.26%
52.46%
Entered before 1990
45.94%
43.07%
49.74% *
47.54%
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
357,716
371,415
350,199
334,864
Europe
19.01%
21.91%
19.39%
23.00%
Asia
49.80%
46.50%
49.64%
50.77%
Africa
4.71%
4.27%
4.63%
4.08%
Oceania
2.20%
1.89%
2.03%
1.93%
Latin America
18.17%
18.37%
16.71%
13.59% *
Northern America
6.11%
7.06%
7.59%
6.63%
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
2,270,343
2,276,304
2,243,674 *
2,225,432 *
English only
82.29%
81.52%
82.11%
82.64%
Language other than English
17.71%
18.48%
17.89%
17.36%
Speak English less than "very well"
7.57%
8.71%
7.53%
7.68%
Spanish
4.68%
5.08%
4.82%
3.80% *
Speak English less than "very well"
2.43%
2.58%
2.08%
1.64% *
Other Indo-European languages
4.48%
4.96%
4.58%
4.69%
Speak English less than "very well"
1.50%
1.94%
1.19%
1.85%
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
7.59%
7.69%
7.47%
7.94%
Speak English less than "very well"
3.18%
3.76% *
3.85% *
3.88% *
Other languages
0.97%
0.75%
1.02%
0.92%
Speak English less than "very well"
0.46%
0.43%
0.40%
0.32%
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
2,424,316
2,433,901
2,398,146 *
2,379,184 *
Arab
0.33%
0.37%
0.27%
0.19%
Czech
0.51%
0.47%
0.88% *
0.52%
Danish
1.14%
1.12%
1.50%
1.28%
Dutch
2.20%
2.05%
2.49%
2.73%
English
14.07%
13.19%
13.84%
13.65%
French (except Basque)
3.96%
4.18%
4.36%
3.94%
French Canadian
0.82%
0.78%
1.13%
0.52% *
German
19.13%
19.23%
20.02%
19.99%
Greek
0.28%
0.47%
0.48% *
0.42%
Hungarian
0.41%
0.48%
0.35%
0.51%
Irish
12.89%
12.72%
12.45%
12.09%
Italian
3.73%
4.06%
4.11%
3.86%
Lithuanian
0.11%
0.24%
0.19%
0.22%
Norwegian
6.66%
6.49%
8.26% *
7.04%
Polish
2.05%
1.87%
2.38%
1.85%
Portuguese
0.30%
0.45%
0.34%
0.43%
Russian
1.46%
1.43%
1.50%
2.04%
Scotch-Irish
2.82%
2.45%
2.49%
2.12% *
Scottish
3.45%
3.31%
3.73%
3.38%
Slovak
0.12%
0.10%
0.23%
0.13%
Subsaharan African
1.07%
0.85%
1.02%
0.81%
Swedish
4.70%
4.93%
4.15%
4.81%
Swiss
0.92%
0.44% *
0.56% *
0.72%
Ukrainian
0.56%
1.59% *
0.61%
1.16%
United States or American
4.59%
5.19%
4.79%
5.27%
Welsh
1.04%
1.27%
1.10%
1.08%
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0.06%
0.08%
0.13%
0.02%
 
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Footnotes

The profile universe is limited to the household population and excludes the population living in institutions, college dormitories, and other group quarters. Data are based on a sample and are subject to sampling variability.

Ancestry listed in this table refers to the total number of reports; for example, the estimate given for Russian represents the number of people who listed Russian as either their first or second ancestry. This table lists only the largest ancestry groups; see the Detailed Tables for more categories. Race and Hispanic origin groups are not included in this table because official data for those groups come from the Race and Hispanic origin questions rather than the ancestry question (see Table 1).

1. An '-' entry in an Estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
2. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
3. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
4. An 'N' entry in an Estimate column indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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