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Census 2000 Supplementary Survey Profile
King County
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TABLE 2. PROFILE OF SELECTED SOCIAL CHARACTERISTICS
  Estimate Lower
Bound
Upper
Bound
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school
428,966
415,573
442,359
Nursery school, preschool
25,023
20,461
29,585
Kindergarten
18,777
14,477
23,077
Elementary school (grades 1-8)
172,829
165,439
180,219
High school grade (grades 9-12)
85,916
81,337
90,495
College or graduate school
126,421
115,906
136,936
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over
1,160,731
1,157,584
1,163,878
Less than 9th grade
30,854
24,564
37,144
9th to 12th grade, no diploma
62,382
54,541
70,223
High school graduate (including equivalency)
239,292
225,414
253,170
Some college, no degree
267,170
253,510
280,830
Associate degree
88,774
79,351
98,197
Bachelor's degree
306,964
289,378
324,550
Graduate or professional degree
165,295
154,166
176,424
 
Percent high school graduate or higher
92.0
91.2
92.8
Percent bachelor's degree or higher
40.7
39.2
42.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over
677,350
675,401
679,299
Never married
231,168
221,537
240,799
Now married, except separated
347,685
335,561
359,809
Separated
11,807
8,137
15,477
Widowed
16,959
13,527
20,391
Divorced
69,731
61,554
77,908
 
Females 15 years and over
696,539
694,412
698,666
Never married
195,141
186,843
203,439
Now married, except separated
344,823
333,280
356,366
Separated
8,731
5,649
11,813
Widowed
55,500
50,370
60,630
Divorced
92,344
84,160
100,528
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had
a birth in the past 12 months
21,064
15,961
26,167
Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married)
4,781
2,547
7,015
Per 1,000 unmarried women
20
10
30
As a percent of all women with a birth
22.7
13.6
31.8
Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old
44
34
54
Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old
8
0
21
Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old
71
53
89
Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old
28
16
40
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents with own grandchildren
under 18 years in households
22,436
18,080
26,792
Responsible for grandchildren
8,377
5,292
11,463
less than 1 year
1,576
367
2,785
1 or 2 years
2,708
1,136
4,280
3 or 4 years
521
0
1,171
5 or more years
3,572
1,615
5,529
 
Characteristics of grandparents responsible for own grandchildren under 18 years
Percent who are female
74.0
65.8
82.3
Percent who are married
65.6
49.8
81.4
Percent who are in labor force
56.5
41.5
71.5
Percent who are in poverty
13.4
0.0
27.3
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over
1,307,241
1,304,126
1,310,356
Civilian veterans
160,313
151,750
168,877
 
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years
338,127
333,992
342,262
With a disability
21,049
15,201
26,897
 
Population 21 to 64 years
1,083,581
1,078,192
1,088,970
With a disability
120,677
109,845
131,509
Percent employed
57.2
52.4
62.0
No disability
962,904
952,011
973,797
Percent employed
81.0
79.8
82.2
 
Population 65 years and over
169,402
167,193
171,611
With a disability
68,006
62,442
73,570
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over
1,681,235
1,677,250
1,685,220
Same house
1,350,938
1,320,694
1,381,183
Different house in the U.S.
305,807
279,359
332,255
Same county
207,394
183,030
231,758
Different county
98,413
83,588
113,238
Same state
35,859
27,330
44,388
Different state
62,554
50,908
74,200
Abroad
24,490
13,447
35,533
 
PLACE OF BIRTH, CITIZENSHIP, AND YEAR OF ENTRY
Total population
1,699,415
*****
*****
Native
1,432,220
1,414,648
1,449,793
Born in United States
1,403,751
1,384,448
1,423,054
State of residence
726,446
698,485
754,407
Different state
677,305
653,476
701,134
Born in Puerto Rico, U.S. Island areas, or
born abroad to American parent(s)
28,469
22,364
34,574
Foreign born
267,195
249,623
284,768
Naturalized citizen
112,764
102,608
122,920
Not a citizen
154,431
134,050
174,812
Entered 1990 or later
143,656
122,937
164,375
Entered before 1990
123,539
111,646
135,432
 
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population with region of birth reported
267,195
249,623
284,768
Europe
59,763
47,347
72,179
Asia
139,941
130,508
149,374
Africa
12,213
5,903
18,523
Oceania
5,249
1,631
8,867
Latin America
35,087
27,525
42,649
Northern America
14,942
11,650
18,234
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over
1,594,476
1,592,598
1,596,354
English only
1,286,257
1,265,710
1,306,804
Language other than English
308,219
287,916
328,522
Speak English less than "very well"
129,685
113,413
145,957
Spanish
63,388
54,631
72,145
Speak English less than "very well"
25,213
19,103
31,323
Other Indo-European languages
80,312
64,061
96,563
Speak English less than "very well"
28,771
17,467
40,075
Asian and Pacific Islander languages
146,490
135,107
157,873
Speak English less than "very well"
69,939
60,155
79,724
Other languages
18,029
9,942
26,116
Speak English less than "very well"
5,762
2,241
9,283
 
ANCESTRY (TOTAL REPORTED)
Total Population
1,699,415
*****
*****
Arab
2,680
990
4,370
Czech
7,616
4,984
10,248
Danish
21,771
17,067
26,475
Dutch
38,645
30,783
46,507
English
240,065
224,690
255,440
French (except Basque)
62,234
54,268
70,200
French Canadian
8,666
6,029
11,303
German
311,194
290,444
331,944
Greek
8,135
3,705
12,565
Hungarian
8,644
2,866
14,422
Irish
181,145
166,976
195,314
Italian
68,618
57,672
79,564
Lithuanian
4,050
1,460
6,641
Norwegian
103,084
90,440
115,728
Polish
35,106
25,843
44,369
Portuguese
6,667
3,265
10,069
Russian
30,669
23,929
37,409
Scotch-Irish
35,783
29,209
42,357
Scottish
57,459
50,229
64,689
Slovak
2,411
819
4,003
Subsaharan African
16,783
10,396
23,170
Swedish
79,277
67,186
91,368
Swiss
13,530
9,364
17,696
Ukrainian
19,785
7,615
31,955
United States or American
101,453
82,749
120,157
Welsh
14,438
11,013
17,863
West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups)
0
0
480
 

The Census 2000 Supplementary Survey 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. The degree of uncertainty for an estimate is represented through the use of a confidence interval. The confidence interval computed here is a 90 percent confidence interval and can be interpreted roughly as providing 90 percent certainty that the true number falls between the lower and upper bounds.

School enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey will tend to be lower than similar estimates from Census 2000 and the Current Population Survey because the school enrollment estimates from the Census 2000 Supplementary Survey do not include individuals residing in group quarters, such as college dormitories.

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 the lower and upper bound columns indicates that too few sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
2. An '**' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that no sample observations were available to compute a standard error and thus the lower and upper bounds. A statistical test is not appropriate.
3. An '-' entry in the estimate column indicates that no sample observations were available to compute an estimate.
4. An '-' following a median estimate means the median falls in the lowest interval of an open-ended distribution.
5. An '+' following a median estimate means the median falls in the upper interval of an open-ended distribution.
6. An '***' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the median falls in the lowest interval or upper interval of an open-ended distribution. A statistical test is not appropriate.
7. An '*****' entry in the lower and upper bound columns indicates that the estimate is controlled. A statistical test is not appropriate.
8. An 'N' entry in the estimate, lower bound, and upper bound columns indicates that data for this geographic area cannot be displayed because the number of sample cases is too small.

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