Merrill, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4147700, place: Merrill city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 220 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 9 (4.09%)
Kindergarten: 13 (5.91%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 112 (50.91%)
High school (grades 9-12): 61 (27.73%)
College or graduate school: 25 (11.36%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 591 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 130 (22%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 99 (16.75%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 201 (34.01%)
Some college, no degree: 100 (16.92%)
Associate degree: 24 (4.06%)
Bachelor's degree: 27 (4.57%)
Graduate or professional degree: 10 (1.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 61.3%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 6.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 687 (100%)
Never married: 127 (18.49%)
Now married, except separated: 419 (60.99%)
Separated: 17 (2.47%)
Total Widowed: 77 (11.21%)
Widowed Female: 52 (7.57%)
Total Divorced: 47 (6.84%)
Divorced Female: 16 (2.33%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 25 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 13 (52%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 652 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 94 (14.42%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 200 (100%)
--With a disability: 19 (9.5%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 471 (100%)
--With a disability: 108 (22.93%)
----Percent employed: 54.6%
--No disability: 363 (77.07%)
----Percent employed: 75.8%
Population 65 years and over: 158 (100%)
--With a disability: 66 (41.77%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 829 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 361 (43.55%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 462 (55.73%)
--Same county: 279 (33.66%)
--Different county: 183 (22.07%)
----Same state: 75 (9.05%)
----Different state: 108 (13.03%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 6 (0.72%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 896 (100%)
Native: 735 (82.03%)
--Born in United States: 715 (100%)
----State of residence: 378 (42.19%)
----Different state: 337 (37.61%)
--Born outside United States: 20 (2.23%)
Foreign born: 161 (17.97%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 83 (9.26%)
--Naturalized citizen: 36 (4.02%)
--Not a citizen: 125 (13.95%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 161 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 4 (2.48%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 157 (97.52%)
Northern America: 0 (0%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 829 (100%)
English only: 628 (75.75%)
Language other than English: 201 (24.25%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 139 (16.77%)
--Spanish: 195 (23.52%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 137 (16.53%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 2 (0.24%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 2 (0.24%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 896 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 821% (91.63%)
Arab: 2 (0.22%)
Czech: 25 (2.79%)
Danish: 12 (1.34%)
Dutch: 12 (1.34%)
English: 75 (8.37%)
French (except Basque): 19 (2.12%)
French Canadian: 0 (0%)
German: 89 (9.93%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 2 (0.22%)
Irish: 106 (11.83%)
Italian: 23 (2.57%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 9 (1%)
Polish: 5 (0.56%)
Portuguese: 19 (2.12%)
Russian: 4 (0.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (2.9%)
Scottish: 17 (1.9%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 18 (2.01%)
Swiss: 6 (0.67%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 32 (3.57%)
Welsh: 0 (0%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 320 (35.71%)

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