EDITOR’S NOTE: The Peninsula Daily News has begun a three-part series on newly released 2000 Census data for the North Olympic Peninsula.
Residents in Clallam and Jefferson counties are making more money, getting more education and paying more — a lot more — for their homes.
One in five residents of Clallam County say they’re disabled — and almost 1 in 5 households in Jefferson County use wood-burning stoves or furnaces to stay warm.
In both counties, 21 percent of the residents are veterans, and 54 percent of family households are headed by married couples.
In Jefferson, 96 percent of residents speak only English at home; in Clallam, it’s 93.7 percent.
The U.S. Census Bureau released those and hundreds of other facts last week about people who live on the North Olympic Peninsula and in other Washington cities and counties.
The information comes from the 2000 Census long form, which asked one in six residents dozens of economic, social and lifestyle questions.
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The rest of this story appears in the Sunday Peninsula Daily News. The series continues Monday and Tuesday. Click on “Subscribe” to get the PDN delivered to your home or office.