Myrtle Creek, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4150950, place: Myrtle Creek city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 926 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 69 (7.45%)
Kindergarten: 69 (7.45%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 464 (50.11%)
High school (grades 9-12): 244 (26.35%)
College or graduate school: 80 (8.64%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 2,125 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 134 (6.31%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 335 (15.76%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 721 (33.93%)
Some college, no degree: 558 (26.26%)
Associate degree: 115 (5.41%)
Bachelor's degree: 141 (6.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 121 (5.69%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 77.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 12.3%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 2,597 (100%)
Never married: 529 (20.37%)
Now married, except separated: 1,348 (51.91%)
Separated: 49 (1.89%)
Total Widowed: 264 (10.17%)
Widowed Female: 213 (8.2%)
Total Divorced: 407 (15.67%)
Divorced Female: 191 (7.35%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 136 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 82 (60.29%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 2,435 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 493 (20.25%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 880 (100%)
--With a disability: 105 (11.93%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 1,829 (100%)
--With a disability: 404 (22.09%)
----Percent employed: 50.5%
--No disability: 1,425 (77.91%)
----Percent employed: 77.6%
Population 65 years and over: 496 (100%)
--With a disability: 221 (44.56%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 3,205 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 1,225 (38.22%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 1,947 (60.75%)
--Same county: 1,303 (40.66%)
--Different county: 644 (20.09%)
----Same state: 302 (9.42%)
----Different state: 342 (10.67%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 33 (1.03%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 3,466 (100%)
Native: 3,396 (97.98%)
--Born in United States: 3,351 (100%)
----State of residence: 1,641 (47.35%)
----Different state: 1,710 (49.34%)
--Born outside United States: 45 (1.3%)
Foreign born: 70 (2.02%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 7 (0.2%)
--Naturalized citizen: 36 (1.04%)
--Not a citizen: 34 (0.98%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 70 (100%)
Europe: 2 (2.86%)
Asia: 19 (27.14%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 18 (25.71%)
Northern America: 31 (44.29%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 3,205 (100%)
English only: 3,040 (94.85%)
Language other than English: 165 (5.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (1.56%)
--Spanish: 109 (3.4%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 14 (0.44%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 22 (0.69%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 10 (0.31%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 30 (0.94%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 26 (0.81%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 3,466 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 3,321% (95.82%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 0 (0%)
Danish: 51 (1.47%)
Dutch: 96 (2.77%)
English: 520 (15%)
French (except Basque): 108 (3.12%)
French Canadian: 25 (0.72%)
German: 726 (20.95%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 412 (11.89%)
Italian: 55 (1.59%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 57 (1.64%)
Polish: 12 (0.35%)
Portuguese: 4 (0.12%)
Russian: 36 (1.04%)
Scotch-Irish: 77 (2.22%)
Scottish: 82 (2.37%)
Slovak: 6 (0.17%)
Subsaharan African: 0 (0%)
Swedish: 67 (1.93%)
Swiss: 7 (0.2%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 230 (6.64%)
Welsh: 28 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 722 (20.83%)

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