Elgin, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4122550, place: Elgin city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 405 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 29 (7.16%)
Kindergarten: 57 (14.07%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 200 (49.38%)
High school (grades 9-12): 90 (22.22%)
College or graduate school: 29 (7.16%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 1,071 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 47 (4.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 146 (13.63%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 499 (46.59%)
Some college, no degree: 250 (23.34%)
Associate degree: 41 (3.83%)
Bachelor's degree: 57 (5.32%)
Graduate or professional degree: 31 (2.89%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 82%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 8.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 1,252 (100%)
Never married: 204 (16.29%)
Now married, except separated: 717 (57.27%)
Separated: 25 (2%)
Total Widowed: 123 (9.82%)
Widowed Female: 97 (7.75%)
Total Divorced: 183 (14.62%)
Divorced Female: 107 (8.55%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 43 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 17 (39.53%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 1,187 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 253 (21.31%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 389 (100%)
--With a disability: 31 (7.97%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 859 (100%)
--With a disability: 216 (25.15%)
----Percent employed: 49.1%
--No disability: 643 (74.85%)
----Percent employed: 72%
Population 65 years and over: 279 (100%)
--With a disability: 147 (52.69%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,527 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 767 (50.23%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 760 (49.77%)
--Same county: 408 (26.72%)
--Different county: 352 (23.05%)
----Same state: 173 (11.33%)
----Different state: 179 (11.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 0 (0%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,647 (100%)
Native: 1,629 (98.91%)
--Born in United States: 1,618 (100%)
----State of residence: 985 (59.81%)
----Different state: 633 (38.43%)
--Born outside United States: 11 (0.67%)
Foreign born: 18 (1.09%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 0 (0%)
--Naturalized citizen: 11 (0.67%)
--Not a citizen: 7 (0.43%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 18 (100%)
Europe: 8 (44.44%)
Asia: 5 (27.78%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 5 (27.78%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,527 (100%)
English only: 1,498 (98.1%)
Language other than English: 29 (1.9%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 6 (0.39%)
--Spanish: 21 (1.38%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 4 (0.26%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 3 (0.2%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 5 (0.33%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.13%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,647 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,807% (109.71%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 2 (0.12%)
Danish: 30 (1.82%)
Dutch: 62 (3.76%)
English: 186 (11.29%)
French (except Basque): 77 (4.68%)
French Canadian: 10 (0.61%)
German: 294 (17.85%)
Greek: 13 (0.79%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.12%)
Irish: 231 (14.03%)
Italian: 53 (3.22%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 27 (1.64%)
Polish: 13 (0.79%)
Portuguese: 15 (0.91%)
Russian: 7 (0.43%)
Scotch-Irish: 45 (2.73%)
Scottish: 48 (2.91%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 31 (1.88%)
Swiss: 13 (0.79%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 425 (25.8%)
Welsh: 16 (0.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 207 (12.57%)

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