Brookings, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4108650, place: Brookings city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 1,199 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (2.42%)
Kindergarten: 74 (6.17%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 664 (55.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 267 (22.27%)
College or graduate school: 165 (13.76%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 3,819 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 142 (3.72%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 443 (11.6%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,330 (34.83%)
Some college, no degree: 991 (25.95%)
Associate degree: 272 (7.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 438 (11.47%)
Graduate or professional degree: 203 (5.32%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84.7%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 4,314 (100%)
Never married: 531 (12.31%)
Now married, except separated: 2,525 (58.53%)
Separated: 52 (1.21%)
Total Widowed: 510 (11.82%)
Widowed Female: 328 (7.6%)
Total Divorced: 696 (16.13%)
Divorced Female: 443 (10.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 76 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 32 (42.11%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 4,016 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 867 (21.59%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 1,134 (100%)
--With a disability: 101 (8.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 2,587 (100%)
--With a disability: 550 (21.26%)
----Percent employed: 69.6%
--No disability: 2,037 (78.74%)
----Percent employed: 76.3%
Population 65 years and over: 1,215 (100%)
--With a disability: 551 (45.35%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 5,092 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,765 (34.66%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 3,290 (64.61%)
--Same county: 1,231 (24.18%)
--Different county: 2,059 (40.44%)
----Same state: 516 (10.13%)
----Different state: 1,543 (30.3%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 37 (0.73%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 5,363 (100%)
Native: 5,162 (96.25%)
--Born in United States: 5,082 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,252 (23.35%)
----Different state: 3,830 (71.42%)
--Born outside United States: 80 (1.49%)
Foreign born: 201 (3.75%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 52 (0.97%)
--Naturalized citizen: 100 (1.86%)
--Not a citizen: 101 (1.88%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 201 (100%)
Europe: 70 (34.83%)
Asia: 41 (20.4%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 46 (22.89%)
Northern America: 44 (21.89%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 5,092 (100%)
English only: 4,783 (93.93%)
Language other than English: 309 (6.07%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 76 (1.49%)
--Spanish: 141 (2.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 36 (0.71%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 112 (2.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 25 (0.49%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 6 (0.12%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 5,363 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 5,611% (104.62%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 42 (0.78%)
Dutch: 205 (3.82%)
English: 677 (12.62%)
French (except Basque): 230 (4.29%)
French Canadian: 39 (0.73%)
German: 1,006 (18.76%)
Greek: 7 (0.13%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.35%)
Irish: 709 (13.22%)
Italian: 212 (3.95%)
Lithuanian: 7 (0.13%)
Norwegian: 189 (3.52%)
Polish: 69 (1.29%)
Portuguese: 115 (2.14%)
Russian: 0 (0%)
Scotch-Irish: 115 (2.14%)
Scottish: 215 (4.01%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 110 (2.05%)
Swiss: 79 (1.47%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 431 (8.04%)
Welsh: 86 (1.6%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 21 (0.39%)
Other ancestries: 1,028 (19.17%)

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