Coos Bay, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4115250, place: Coos Bay city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,601 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 191 (5.3%)
Kindergarten: 168 (4.67%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,605 (44.57%)
High school (grades 9-12): 819 (22.74%)
College or graduate school: 818 (22.72%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,736 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 541 (5.04%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,515 (14.11%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,453 (32.16%)
Some college, no degree: 2,831 (26.37%)
Associate degree: 726 (6.76%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,000 (9.31%)
Graduate or professional degree: 670 (6.24%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 15.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 12,630 (100%)
Never married: 2,785 (22.05%)
Now married, except separated: 6,463 (51.17%)
Separated: 361 (2.86%)
Total Widowed: 1,167 (9.24%)
Widowed Female: 958 (7.59%)
Total Divorced: 1,854 (14.68%)
Divorced Female: 998 (7.9%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 129 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 78 (60.47%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 11,969 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,185 (18.26%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,143 (100%)
--With a disability: 287 (9.13%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 8,516 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,259 (26.53%)
----Percent employed: 49.8%
--No disability: 6,257 (73.47%)
----Percent employed: 76%
Population 65 years and over: 2,692 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,332 (49.48%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 14,569 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 6,916 (47.47%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 7,474 (51.3%)
--Same county: 3,922 (26.92%)
--Different county: 3,552 (24.38%)
----Same state: 1,215 (8.34%)
----Different state: 2,337 (16.04%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 179 (1.23%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 15,443 (100%)
Native: 14,858 (96.21%)
--Born in United States: 14,762 (100%)
----State of residence: 6,729 (43.57%)
----Different state: 8,033 (52.02%)
--Born outside United States: 96 (0.62%)
Foreign born: 585 (3.79%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 238 (1.54%)
--Naturalized citizen: 206 (1.33%)
--Not a citizen: 379 (2.45%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 585 (100%)
Europe: 145 (24.79%)
Asia: 147 (25.13%)
Africa: 7 (1.2%)
Oceania: 17 (2.91%)
Latin America: 229 (39.15%)
Northern America: 40 (6.84%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 14,569 (100%)
English only: 13,774 (94.54%)
Language other than English: 795 (5.46%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 290 (1.99%)
--Spanish: 486 (3.34%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 222 (1.52%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 199 (1.37%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 20 (0.14%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 95 (0.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 48 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 15,443 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 16,593% (107.45%)
Arab: 13 (0.08%)
Czech: 155 (1%)
Danish: 159 (1.03%)
Dutch: 538 (3.48%)
English: 1,994 (12.91%)
French (except Basque): 641 (4.15%)
French Canadian: 118 (0.76%)
German: 3,107 (20.12%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 33 (0.21%)
Irish: 2,139 (13.85%)
Italian: 343 (2.22%)
Lithuanian: 15 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 774 (5.01%)
Polish: 305 (1.98%)
Portuguese: 62 (0.4%)
Russian: 78 (0.51%)
Scotch-Irish: 303 (1.96%)
Scottish: 521 (3.37%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 43 (0.28%)
Swedish: 528 (3.42%)
Swiss: 94 (0.61%)
Ukrainian: 19 (0.12%)
United States or American: 1,082 (7.01%)
Welsh: 156 (1.01%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.23%)
Other ancestries: 3,337 (21.61%)

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