Portland, MI

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:2665860, place: Portland city, Michigan)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,012 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 41 (4.05%)
Kindergarten: 95 (9.39%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 465 (45.95%)
High school (grades 9-12): 257 (25.4%)
College or graduate school: 154 (15.22%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,362 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 76 (3.22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 130 (5.5%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 786 (33.28%)
Some college, no degree: 750 (31.75%)
Associate degree: 213 (9.02%)
Bachelor's degree: 339 (14.35%)
Graduate or professional degree: 68 (2.88%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,822 (100%)
Never married: 584 (20.69%)
Now married, except separated: 1,685 (59.71%)
Separated: 4 (0.14%)
Total Widowed: 225 (7.97%)
Widowed Female: 190 (6.73%)
Total Divorced: 324 (11.48%)
Divorced Female: 187 (6.63%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 22 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 11 (50%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,640 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 373 (14.13%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 882 (100%)
--With a disability: 79 (8.96%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,137 (100%)
--With a disability: 301 (14.09%)
----Percent employed: 56.8%
--No disability: 1,836 (85.91%)
----Percent employed: 86.1%
Population 65 years and over: 405 (100%)
--With a disability: 195 (48.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,424 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,874 (54.73%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,550 (45.27%)
--Same county: 863 (25.2%)
--Different county: 687 (20.06%)
----Same state: 583 (17.03%)
----Different state: 104 (3.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,688 (100%)
Native: 3,681 (99.81%)
--Born in United States: 3,681 (100%)
----State of residence: 3,392 (91.97%)
----Different state: 289 (7.84%)
--Born outside United States: 0 (0%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.19%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 0 (0%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.19%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 7 (100%)
Asia: 0 (0%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,424 (100%)
English only: 3,371 (98.45%)
Language other than English: 53 (1.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.26%)
--Spanish: 44 (1.29%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 9 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 9 (0.26%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,688 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 4,101% (111.2%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 7 (0.19%)
Danish: 18 (0.49%)
Dutch: 254 (6.89%)
English: 439 (11.9%)
French (except Basque): 157 (4.26%)
French Canadian: 47 (1.27%)
German: 1,552 (42.08%)
Greek: 32 (0.87%)
Hungarian: 7 (0.19%)
Irish: 562 (15.24%)
Italian: 114 (3.09%)
Lithuanian: 3 (0.08%)
Norwegian: 30 (0.81%)
Polish: 123 (3.34%)
Portuguese: 0 (0%)
Russian: 4 (0.11%)
Scotch-Irish: 50 (1.36%)
Scottish: 38 (1.03%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 56 (1.52%)
Swiss: 7 (0.19%)
Ukrainian: 42 (1.14%)
United States or American: 313 (8.49%)
Welsh: 47 (1.27%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 199 (5.4%)

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