San Juan County, WA Social Statistics

Updated September 25, 2021 | Infoplease Staff

San juan county washington dp 2 profile of selected social characteristics

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Subject	Number	Percent

Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	2,789	100.0
Nursery school, preschool	257	9.2
Kindergarten	108	3.9
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	1,461	52.4
High school (grades 9-12)	615	22.1
College or graduate school	348	12.5

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over	10,691	100.0
Less than 9th grade	64	0.6
9th to 12th grade, no diploma	533	5.0
High school graduate (includes equivalency)	1,997	18.7
Some college, no degree	3,124	29.2
Associate degree	676	6.3
Bachelor's degree	2,672	25.0
Graduate or professional degree	1,625	15.2

Percent high school graduate or higher	94.4	(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher	40.2	(X)

MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over	11,771	100.0
Never married	2,011	17.1
Now married, except separated	7,114	60.4
Separated	132	1.1
Widowed	776	6.6
Female	602	5.1
Divorced	1,738	14.8
Female	1,054	9.0

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years	76	100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren	23	30.3

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over	11,345	100.0
Civilian veterans	2,132	18.8

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years	2,549	100.0
With a disability	166	6.5

Population 21 to 64 years	8,298	100.0
With a disability	1,359	16.4
Percent employed	67.7	(X)
No disability	6,939	83.6
Percent employed	74.3	(X)

Population 65 years and over	2,621	100.0
With a disability	781	29.8

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over	13,539	100.0
Same house in 1995	6,789	50.1
Different house in the U.S. in 1995	6,580	48.6
Same county	2,653	19.6
Different county	3,927	29.0
Same state	1,891	14.0
Different state	2,036	15.0
Elsewhere in 1995	170	1.3

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population	14,077	100.0
Native	13,240	94.1
Born in United States	13,122	93.2
State of residence	4,932	35.0
Different state	8,190	58.2
Born outside United States	118	0.8
Foreign born	837	5.9
Entered 1990 to March 2000	195	1.4
Naturalized citizen	507	3.6
Not a citizen	330	2.3

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)	837	100.0
Europe	400	47.8
Asia	99	11.8
Africa	0	0.0
Oceania	9	1.1
Latin America	123	14.7
Northern America	206	24.6

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over	13,539	100.0
English only	12,878	95.1
Language other than English	661	4.9
Speak English less than 'very well	208	1.5
Spanish	296	2.2
Speak English less than "very well"	99	0.7
Other Indo-European languages	267	2.0
Speak English less than "very well"	59	0.4
Asian and Pacific Island languages	68	0.5
Speak English less than "very well"	31	0.2

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population	14,077	100.0
Total ancestries reported	17,769	126.2
Arab	14	0.1
Czech¹	103	0.7
Danish	261	1.9
Dutch	410	2.9
English	3,178	22.6
French (except Basque)¹	927	6.6
French Canadian¹	189	1.3
German	2,961	21.0
Greek	34	0.2
Hungarian	36	0.3
Irish¹	2,223	15.8
Italian	559	4.0
Lithuanian	86	0.6
Norwegian	857	6.1
Polish	261	1.9
Portuguese	82	0.6
Russian	144	1.0
Scotch-Irish	525	3.7
Scottish	725	5.2
Slovak	11	0.1
Subsaharan African	0	0.0
Swedish	599	4.3
Swiss	90	0.6
Ukrainian	5	0.0
United States or American	672	4.8
Welsh	347	2.5
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)	0	0.0
Other ancestries	2,470	17.5

(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.

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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