Corvallis, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4115800, place: Corvallis city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 22,154 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 664 (3%)
Kindergarten: 453 (2.04%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 3,951 (17.83%)
High school (grades 9-12): 2,080 (9.39%)
College or graduate school: 15,006 (67.73%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 26,539 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 899 (3.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 959 (3.61%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 3,216 (12.12%)
Some college, no degree: 5,527 (20.83%)
Associate degree: 1,837 (6.92%)
Bachelor's degree: 7,589 (28.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 6,512 (24.54%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 93%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 53.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 41,965 (100%)
Never married: 19,186 (45.72%)
Now married, except separated: 17,252 (41.11%)
Separated: 448 (1.07%)
Total Widowed: 1,690 (4.03%)
Widowed Female: 1,488 (3.55%)
Total Divorced: 3,389 (8.08%)
Divorced Female: 1,981 (4.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 315 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 119 (37.78%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 40,326 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 3,853 (9.55%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,180 (100%)
--With a disability: 992 (7.53%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 28,803 (100%)
--With a disability: 3,285 (11.41%)
----Percent employed: 54.7%
--No disability: 25,518 (88.59%)
----Percent employed: 74%
Population 65 years and over: 4,574 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,701 (37.19%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 46,963 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 15,621 (33.26%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 29,224 (62.23%)
--Same county: 9,310 (19.82%)
--Different county: 19,914 (42.4%)
----Same state: 11,843 (25.22%)
----Different state: 8,071 (17.19%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2,118 (4.51%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 49,184 (100%)
Native: 44,412 (90.3%)
--Born in United States: 43,626 (100%)
----State of residence: 19,307 (39.25%)
----Different state: 24,319 (49.44%)
--Born outside United States: 786 (1.6%)
Foreign born: 4,772 (9.7%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2,866 (5.83%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,463 (2.97%)
--Not a citizen: 3,309 (6.73%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 4,772 (100%)
Europe: 980 (20.54%)
Asia: 2,290 (47.99%)
Africa: 133 (2.79%)
Oceania: 68 (1.42%)
Latin America: 1,083 (22.69%)
Northern America: 218 (4.57%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 46,963 (100%)
English only: 41,130 (87.58%)
Language other than English: 5,833 (12.42%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,600 (5.54%)
--Spanish: 2,249 (4.79%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,133 (2.41%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 1,243 (2.65%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 280 (0.6%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 2,082 (4.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,073 (2.28%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 49,184 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 57,471% (116.85%)
Arab: 121 (0.25%)
Czech: 538 (1.09%)
Danish: 776 (1.58%)
Dutch: 1,121 (2.28%)
English: 6,986 (14.2%)
French (except Basque): 1,686 (3.43%)
French Canadian: 420 (0.85%)
German: 10,688 (21.73%)
Greek: 281 (0.57%)
Hungarian: 260 (0.53%)
Irish: 6,160 (12.52%)
Italian: 1,392 (2.83%)
Lithuanian: 53 (0.11%)
Norwegian: 2,418 (4.92%)
Polish: 1,086 (2.21%)
Portuguese: 347 (0.71%)
Russian: 505 (1.03%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,286 (2.61%)
Scottish: 2,067 (4.2%)
Slovak: 43 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 150 (0.3%)
Swedish: 2,078 (4.22%)
Swiss: 561 (1.14%)
Ukrainian: 92 (0.19%)
United States or American: 2,263 (4.6%)
Welsh: 616 (1.25%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 36 (0.07%)
Other ancestries: 13,441 (27.33%)

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