City Of The Dalles, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4113425, place: City of The Dalles city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 2,669 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 112 (4.2%)
Kindergarten: 196 (7.34%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,301 (48.74%)
High school (grades 9-12): 640 (23.98%)
College or graduate school: 420 (15.74%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 8,278 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 420 (5.07%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 940 (11.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,864 (34.6%)
Some college, no degree: 2,190 (26.46%)
Associate degree: 518 (6.26%)
Bachelor's degree: 918 (11.09%)
Graduate or professional degree: 428 (5.17%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.6%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 16.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 9,794 (100%)
Never married: 1,783 (18.21%)
Now married, except separated: 5,668 (57.87%)
Separated: 117 (1.19%)
Total Widowed: 873 (8.91%)
Widowed Female: 726 (7.41%)
Total Divorced: 1,353 (13.81%)
Divorced Female: 756 (7.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 184 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 69 (37.5%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 9,249 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,804 (19.5%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,515 (100%)
--With a disability: 160 (6.36%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 6,528 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,184 (18.14%)
----Percent employed: 55.9%
--No disability: 5,344 (81.86%)
----Percent employed: 78.9%
Population 65 years and over: 2,088 (100%)
--With a disability: 887 (42.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 11,454 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 5,094 (44.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,190 (54.04%)
--Same county: 3,446 (30.09%)
--Different county: 2,744 (23.96%)
----Same state: 1,327 (11.59%)
----Different state: 1,417 (12.37%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 170 (1.48%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 12,230 (100%)
Native: 11,399 (93.21%)
--Born in United States: 11,333 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,694 (46.56%)
----Different state: 5,639 (46.11%)
--Born outside United States: 66 (0.54%)
Foreign born: 831 (6.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 323 (2.64%)
--Naturalized citizen: 278 (2.27%)
--Not a citizen: 553 (4.52%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 831 (100%)
Europe: 85 (10.23%)
Asia: 75 (9.03%)
Africa: 6 (0.72%)
Oceania: 21 (2.53%)
Latin America: 610 (73.41%)
Northern America: 34 (4.09%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 11,454 (100%)
English only: 10,094 (88.13%)
Language other than English: 1,360 (11.87%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 720 (6.29%)
--Spanish: 1,152 (10.06%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 653 (5.7%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 139 (1.21%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.17%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 56 (0.49%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 43 (0.38%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 12,230 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 12,913% (105.58%)
Arab: 18 (0.15%)
Czech: 96 (0.78%)
Danish: 194 (1.59%)
Dutch: 312 (2.55%)
English: 1,692 (13.83%)
French (except Basque): 620 (5.07%)
French Canadian: 79 (0.65%)
German: 2,525 (20.65%)
Greek: 46 (0.38%)
Hungarian: 19 (0.16%)
Irish: 1,478 (12.09%)
Italian: 268 (2.19%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 702 (5.74%)
Polish: 147 (1.2%)
Portuguese: 74 (0.61%)
Russian: 57 (0.47%)
Scotch-Irish: 293 (2.4%)
Scottish: 309 (2.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 448 (3.66%)
Swiss: 61 (0.5%)
Ukrainian: 28 (0.23%)
United States or American: 698 (5.71%)
Welsh: 167 (1.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 2,582 (21.11%)

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