Gearhart, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4128450, place: Gearhart city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 212 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 6 (2.83%)
Kindergarten: 9 (4.25%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 113 (53.3%)
High school (grades 9-12): 50 (23.58%)
College or graduate school: 34 (16.04%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 707 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 10 (1.41%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 52 (7.36%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 140 (19.8%)
Some college, no degree: 240 (33.95%)
Associate degree: 52 (7.36%)
Bachelor's degree: 123 (17.4%)
Graduate or professional degree: 90 (12.73%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 91.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 30.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 805 (100%)
Never married: 143 (17.76%)
Now married, except separated: 496 (61.61%)
Separated: 32 (3.98%)
Total Widowed: 51 (6.34%)
Widowed Female: 40 (4.97%)
Total Divorced: 83 (10.31%)
Divorced Female: 38 (4.72%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 4 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 4 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 757 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 151 (19.95%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 198 (100%)
--With a disability: 9 (4.55%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 568 (100%)
--With a disability: 77 (13.56%)
----Percent employed: 61%
--No disability: 491 (86.44%)
----Percent employed: 78.6%
Population 65 years and over: 162 (100%)
--With a disability: 54 (33.33%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 930 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 551 (59.25%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 373 (40.11%)
--Same county: 196 (21.08%)
--Different county: 177 (19.03%)
----Same state: 98 (10.54%)
----Different state: 79 (8.49%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.65%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 948 (100%)
Native: 933 (98.42%)
--Born in United States: 930 (100%)
----State of residence: 487 (51.37%)
----Different state: 443 (46.73%)
--Born outside United States: 3 (0.32%)
Foreign born: 15 (1.58%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 4 (0.42%)
--Naturalized citizen: 6 (0.63%)
--Not a citizen: 9 (0.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 15 (100%)
Europe: 2 (13.33%)
Asia: 2 (13.33%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 2 (13.33%)
Latin America: 2 (13.33%)
Northern America: 7 (46.67%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 930 (100%)
English only: 915 (98.39%)
Language other than English: 15 (1.61%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.22%)
--Spanish: 4 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 7 (0.75%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 4 (0.43%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.22%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 948 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,233% (130.06%)
Arab: 2 (0.21%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 15 (1.58%)
Dutch: 33 (3.48%)
English: 187 (19.73%)
French (except Basque): 54 (5.7%)
French Canadian: 6 (0.63%)
German: 227 (23.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 6 (0.63%)
Irish: 159 (16.77%)
Italian: 34 (3.59%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 54 (5.7%)
Polish: 26 (2.74%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.42%)
Russian: 10 (1.05%)
Scotch-Irish: 46 (4.85%)
Scottish: 45 (4.75%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 64 (6.75%)
Swiss: 17 (1.79%)
Ukrainian: 2 (0.21%)
United States or American: 61 (6.43%)
Welsh: 13 (1.37%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 168 (17.72%)

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