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This section provides a summary of social characteristics for West Valley School District (Yakima County), WA based on the 2009 American Community Survey. See related sections General Demographics, Economic Characteristics and Housing Characteristics. See usage notes located at the bottom of the report.

    -- Table/Item --ValuePercent
Total households 10,246 100.0
    Family households (families) 7,689 75.0
        With own children under 18 years 3,379 33.0
    Married-couple family 6,122 59.8
        With own children under 18 years 2,321 22.7
    Male householder, no wife present, family 418 4.1
        With own children under 18 years 294 2.9
    Female householder, no husband present, family 1,149 11.2
        With own children under 18 years 764 7.5
    Nonfamily households 2,557 25.0
    Householder living alone 2,052 20.0
        65 years and over 779 7.6
 
Households with one or more people under 18 years 3,757 36.7
Households with one or more people 65 years and over 2,582 25.2
 
Average household size 2.58
Average family size 2.98
 
RELATIONSHIP
Population in households 26,473 100.0
    Householder 10,246 38.7
        Spouse 6,169 23.3
        Child 7,817 29.5
        Other relatives 1,259 4.8
    Nonrelatives 982 3.7
        Unmarried partner 590 2.2
 
MARITAL STATUS
Males 15 years and over 10,238 100.0
    Never married 2,369 23.1
    Now married, except separated 6,486 63.4
    Separated 97 0.9
    Widowed 248 2.4
    Divorced 1,038 10.1
 
Females 15 years and over 10,972 100.0
    Never married 1,923 17.5
    Now married, except separated 6,363 58.0
    Separated 273 2.5
    Widowed 998 9.1
    Divorced 1,415 12.9
 
FERTILITY
Number of women 15 to 50 years old who had a birth in past 12 mo 281 100.0
    Unmarried women (widowed, divorced, and never married) 33 11.7
        Per 1,000 unmarried women 12
    Per 1,000 women 15 to 50 years old 46
        Per 1,000 women 15 to 19 years old 0
        Per 1,000 women 20 to 34 years old 102
        Per 1,000 women 35 to 50 years old 24
 
GRANDPARENTS
Number of grandparents living with own grandchildren under 18 years 605 100.0
    Responsible for grandchildren 350 57.9
Years responsible for grandchildren
        Less than 1 year 116 19.2
        1 or 2 years 12 2.0
        3 or 4 years 54 8.9
        5 or more years 168 27.8
 
    Number of grandparents resp for own grandchildren under 18 yrs 350 57.9
        Who are female 182 30.1
        Who are married 350 57.9
 
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school 6,700 100.0
        Nursery school, preschool 340 5.1
        Kindergarten 337 5.0
        Elementary school (grades 1-8) 3,224 48.1
        High school (grades 9-12) 1,646 24.6
        College or graduate school 1,153 17.2
 
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over 18,378 100.0
        Less than 9th grade 703 3.8
        9th to 12th grade, no diploma 1,499 8.2
        High school graduate (includes equivalency) 4,911 26.7
        Some college, no degree 4,629 25.2
        Associate's degree 1,543 8.4
        Bachelor's degree 2,785 15.2
        Graduate or professional degree 2,308 12.6
 
Percent high school graduate or higher 88.0
Percent bachelor's degree or higher 27.7
 
VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over 19,925 100.0
    Civilian veterans 2,793 14.0
 
RESIDENCE 1 YEAR AGO
Population 1 year and over 26,563 100.0
    Same house 23,024 86.7
    Different house in the U.S. 3,463 13.0
        Same county 2,323 8.7
        Different county 1,140 4.3
            Same state 577 2.2
            Different state 563 2.1
    Abroad 76 0.3
 
PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population 26,857 100.0
    Native 25,506 95.0
        Born in United States 25,357 94.4
            State of residence 16,063 59.8
            Different state 9,294 34.6
        Born in P.R, U.S. Island areas, or abroad to American parent(s) 149 0.6
    Foreign born 1,351 5.0
 
U.S. CITIZENSHIP STATUS
Foreign-born population 1,351 100.0
    Naturalized U.S. citizen 851 63.0
    Not a U.S. citizen 500 37.0
 
YEAR OF ENTRY
Population born outside the United States 1,500 100.0
 
    Native 149 9.9
        Entered 2000 or later 15 1.0
        Entered before 2000 134 8.9
 
    Foreign born 1,351 90.1
        Entered 2000 or later 241 16.1
        Entered before 2000 1,110 74.0
 
WORLD REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Foreign-born population, excluding population born at sea 1,351 100.0
    Europe 53 3.9
    Asia 460 34.0
    Africa 0 0.0
    Oceania 0 0.0
    Latin America 791 58.5
    Northern America 47 3.5
 
LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over 25,178 100.0
    English only 22,243 88.3
    Language other than English 2,935 11.7
            Speak English less than "very well" 1,256 5.0
        Spanish 2,120 8.4
            Speak English less than "very well" 942 3.7
        Other Indo-European languages 337 1.3
            Speak English less than "very well" 19 0.1
        Asian and Pacific Islander languages 350 1.4
            Speak English less than "very well" 221 0.9
        Other languages 128 0.5
            Speak English less than "very well" 74 0.3
 
ANCESTRY
Total population 26,857 100.0
    American 2,121 7.9
    Arab 196 0.7
    Czech 24 0.1
    Danish 259 1.0
    Dutch 1,243 4.6
    English 3,792 14.1
    French (except Basque) 1,886 7.0
    French Canadian 283 1.1
    German 7,153 26.6
    Greek 69 0.3
    Hungarian 84 0.3
    Irish 2,877 10.7
    Italian 794 3.0
    Lithuanian 67 0.2
    Norwegian 1,138 4.2
    Polish 188 0.7
    Portuguese 128 0.5
    Russian 263 1.0
    Scotch-Irish 888 3.3
    Scottish 676 2.5
    Slovak 26 0.1
    Subsaharan African 0 0.0
    Swedish 839 3.1
    Swiss 74 0.3
    Ukrainian 65 0.2
    Welsh 176 0.7
    West Indian (excluding Hispanic origin groups) 0 0.0
Developed by ProximityOne; Census Bureau ACS 2009 Estimates

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