Longview, WA Social Statistics

Updated June 5, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school8,524100.0
Nursery school, preschool6207.3
Kindergarten6057.1
Elementary school (grades 1-8)3,95046.3
High school (grades 9-12)1,93022.6
College or graduate school1,41916.6
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over22,676100.0
Less than 9th grade1,1845.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma3,06813.5
High school graduate (includes equivalency)7,04331.1
Some college, no degree6,21527.4
Associate degree1,8528.2
Bachelor's degree2,1709.6
Graduate or professional degree1,1445.0
Percent high school graduate or higher81.2(X)
Percent bachelor's degree or higher14.6(X)
MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over27,283100.0
Never married6,16422.6
Now married, except separated14,56153.4
Separated5502.0
Widowed2,3318.5
Female
1,9617.2
Divorced3,67713.5
Female
1,9927.3
GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years422100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren24357.6
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over25,793100.0
Civilian veterans4,05315.7
DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years7,713100.0
With a disability6778.8
Population 21 to 64 years18,964100.0
With a disability4,43423.4
Percent employed
51.4(X)
No disability14,53076.6
Percent employed
75.0(X)
Population 65 years and over5,008100.0
With a disability2,33646.6
RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over32,259100.0
Same house in 199515,81749.0
Different house in the U.S. in 199515,96449.5
Same county
10,43632.4
Different county
5,52817.1
Same state
2,1566.7
Different state
3,37210.5
Elsewhere in 19954781.5
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population34,804100.0
Native32,88694.5
Born in United States
32,62193.7
State of residence
18,01051.7
Different state
14,61142.0
Born outside United States
2650.8
Foreign born1,9185.5
Entered 1990 to March 2000
9072.6
Naturalized citizen
7532.2
Not a citizen
1,1653.3
REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea)1,918100.0
Europe30616.0
Asia58230.3
Africa100.5
Oceania80.4
Latin America79741.6
Northern America21511.2
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over32,259100.0
English only29,47991.4
Language other than English2,7808.6
Speak English less than 'very well
1,4414.5
Spanish
1,5554.8
Speak English less than "very well"
8182.5
Other Indo-European languages
4621.4
Speak English less than "very well"
1550.5
Asian and Pacific Island languages
6682.1
Speak English less than "very well"
4401.4
ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population34,804100.0

Total ancestries reported

35,755102.7
Arab550.2
Czech11180.3
Danish4181.2
Dutch9052.6
English4,27912.3
French (except Basque)11,1903.4
French Canadian14041.2
German6,37918.3
Greek630.2
Hungarian640.2
Irish13,80810.9
Italian9142.6
Lithuanian190.1
Norwegian2,2986.6
Polish4291.2
Portuguese1110.3
Russian1980.6
Scotch-Irish7432.1
Scottish9012.6
Slovak00.0
Subsaharan African380.1
Swedish9092.6
Swiss2230.6
Ukrainian980.3
United States or American2,6717.7
Welsh3521.0
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)290.1
Other ancestries8,13923.4
(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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