U.S. Beacon March 29, 2024

Medford, OR

Jackson County, Oregon

Latitude: 42.331998     Longitude: -122.861874
Population 70,147 (2005)
Elevation of Medford, Oregon: 1383 feet



General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4147000, place: Medford city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 14,972 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 1,112 (7.43%)
Kindergarten: 825 (5.51%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 7,192 (48.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 3,343 (22.33%)
College or graduate school: 2,500 (16.7%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 41,804 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 2,205 (5.27%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 4,777 (11.43%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 12,420 (29.71%)
Some college, no degree: 11,273 (26.97%)
Associate degree: 2,302 (5.51%)
Bachelor's degree: 5,964 (14.27%)
Graduate or professional degree: 2,863 (6.85%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 83.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 21.1%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 49,980 (100%)
Never married: 10,819 (21.65%)
Now married, except separated: 27,719 (55.46%)
Separated: 949 (1.9%)
Total Widowed: 4,058 (8.12%)
Widowed Female: 3,369 (6.74%)
Total Divorced: 6,435 (12.88%)
Divorced Female: 3,920 (7.84%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 753 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 293 (38.91%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 47,335 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 8,503 (17.96%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 13,793 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,048 (7.6%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 34,318 (100%)
--With a disability: 6,670 (19.44%)
----Percent employed: 51.3%
--No disability: 27,648 (80.56%)
----Percent employed: 78.7%
Population 65 years and over: 10,044 (100%)
--With a disability: 4,315 (42.96%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 58,901 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 24,913 (42.3%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 33,165 (56.31%)
--Same county: 20,540 (34.87%)
--Different county: 12,625 (21.43%)
----Same state: 4,212 (7.15%)
----Different state: 8,413 (14.28%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 823 (1.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 63,436 (100%)
Native: 59,455 (93.72%)
--Born in United States: 58,992 (100%)
----State of residence: 23,944 (37.75%)
----Different state: 35,048 (55.25%)
--Born outside United States: 463 (0.73%)
Foreign born: 3,981 (6.28%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 1,499 (2.36%)
--Naturalized citizen: 1,467 (2.31%)
--Not a citizen: 2,514 (3.96%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 3,981 (100%)
Europe: 478 (12.01%)
Asia: 527 (13.24%)
Africa: 9 (0.23%)
Oceania: 45 (1.13%)
Latin America: 2,595 (65.18%)
Northern America: 327 (8.21%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 58,901 (100%)
English only: 53,227 (90.37%)
Language other than English: 5,674 (9.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,683 (4.56%)
--Spanish: 4,385 (7.44%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2,197 (3.73%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 717 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 241 (0.41%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 502 (0.85%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 229 (0.39%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 63,436 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 68,894% (108.6%)
Arab: 77 (0.12%)
Czech: 376 (0.59%)
Danish: 721 (1.14%)
Dutch: 1,789 (2.82%)
English: 9,126 (14.39%)
French (except Basque): 2,276 (3.59%)
French Canadian: 597 (0.94%)
German: 12,361 (19.49%)
Greek: 139 (0.22%)
Hungarian: 181 (0.29%)
Irish: 8,430 (13.29%)
Italian: 2,608 (4.11%)
Lithuanian: 104 (0.16%)
Norwegian: 2,170 (3.42%)
Polish: 983 (1.55%)
Portuguese: 688 (1.08%)
Russian: 435 (0.69%)
Scotch-Irish: 1,465 (2.31%)
Scottish: 1,886 (2.97%)
Slovak: 15 (0.02%)
Subsaharan African: 24 (0.04%)
Swedish: 1,808 (2.85%)
Swiss: 330 (0.52%)
Ukrainian: 45 (0.07%)
United States or American: 4,234 (6.67%)
Welsh: 728 (1.15%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 41 (0.06%)
Other ancestries: 15,257 (24.05%)

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