Portland, IN

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:1861236, place: Portland city, Indiana)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,268 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 54 (4.26%)
Kindergarten: 73 (5.76%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 661 (52.13%)
High school (grades 9-12): 318 (25.08%)
College or graduate school: 162 (12.78%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 4,365 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 280 (6.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 717 (16.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,058 (47.15%)
Some college, no degree: 641 (14.68%)
Associate degree: 191 (4.38%)
Bachelor's degree: 270 (6.19%)
Graduate or professional degree: 208 (4.77%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 5,190 (100%)
Never married: 1,091 (21.02%)
Now married, except separated: 2,819 (54.32%)
Separated: 77 (1.48%)
Total Widowed: 557 (10.73%)
Widowed Female: 513 (9.88%)
Total Divorced: 646 (12.45%)
Divorced Female: 367 (7.07%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 98 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (13.27%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,946 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 694 (14.03%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,234 (100%)
--With a disability: 125 (10.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 3,529 (100%)
--With a disability: 802 (22.73%)
----Percent employed: 61.2%
--No disability: 2,727 (77.27%)
----Percent employed: 83.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,072 (100%)
--With a disability: 504 (47.01%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,964 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 3,335 (55.92%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 2,546 (42.69%)
--Same county: 1,873 (31.41%)
--Different county: 673 (11.28%)
----Same state: 360 (6.04%)
----Different state: 313 (5.25%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 83 (1.39%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 6,418 (100%)
Native: 6,204 (96.67%)
--Born in United States: 6,198 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,101 (79.48%)
----Different state: 1,097 (17.09%)
--Born outside United States: 6 (0.09%)
Foreign born: 214 (3.33%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 142 (2.21%)
--Naturalized citizen: 38 (0.59%)
--Not a citizen: 176 (2.74%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 214 (100%)
Europe: 11 (5.14%)
Asia: 63 (29.44%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 135 (63.08%)
Northern America: 5 (2.34%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,964 (100%)
English only: 5,626 (94.33%)
Language other than English: 338 (5.67%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 176 (2.95%)
--Spanish: 217 (3.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 132 (2.21%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 98 (1.64%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 21 (0.35%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 23 (0.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 23 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 6,418 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,717% (73.5%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 6 (0.09%)
Dutch: 105 (1.64%)
English: 481 (7.49%)
French (except Basque): 64 (1%)
French Canadian: 28 (0.44%)
German: 1,159 (18.06%)
Greek: 18 (0.28%)
Hungarian: 21 (0.33%)
Irish: 510 (7.95%)
Italian: 76 (1.18%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 16 (0.25%)
Polish: 45 (0.7%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.23%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 42 (0.65%)
Scottish: 58 (0.9%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 7 (0.11%)
Swedish: 37 (0.58%)
Swiss: 57 (0.89%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 1,286 (20.04%)
Welsh: 24 (0.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 662 (10.31%)

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