Ontario, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4154900, place: Ontario city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,251 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 176 (5.41%)
Kindergarten: 231 (7.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,494 (45.96%)
High school (grades 9-12): 721 (22.18%)
College or graduate school: 629 (19.35%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 6,503 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 770 (11.84%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 993 (15.27%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,865 (28.68%)
Some college, no degree: 1,563 (24.04%)
Associate degree: 453 (6.97%)
Bachelor's degree: 562 (8.64%)
Graduate or professional degree: 297 (4.57%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 72.9%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 13.2%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,238 (100%)
Never married: 1,618 (19.64%)
Now married, except separated: 4,723 (57.33%)
Separated: 205 (2.49%)
Total Widowed: 722 (8.76%)
Widowed Female: 601 (7.3%)
Total Divorced: 970 (11.77%)
Divorced Female: 601 (7.3%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 290 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 202 (69.66%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 7,747 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 938 (12.11%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,946 (100%)
--With a disability: 227 (7.71%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 5,471 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,086 (19.85%)
----Percent employed: 38%
--No disability: 4,385 (80.15%)
----Percent employed: 74.7%
Population 65 years and over: 1,582 (100%)
--With a disability: 770 (48.67%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,151 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 4,474 (44.07%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 5,433 (53.52%)
--Same county: 2,933 (28.89%)
--Different county: 2,500 (24.63%)
----Same state: 785 (7.73%)
----Different state: 1,715 (16.89%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 244 (2.4%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,127 (100%)
Native: 10,112 (90.88%)
--Born in United States: 10,018 (100%)
----State of residence: 4,610 (41.43%)
----Different state: 5,408 (48.6%)
--Born outside United States: 94 (0.84%)
Foreign born: 1,015 (9.12%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 370 (3.33%)
--Naturalized citizen: 334 (3%)
--Not a citizen: 681 (6.12%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,015 (100%)
Europe: 38 (3.74%)
Asia: 62 (6.11%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 866 (85.32%)
Northern America: 49 (4.83%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,151 (100%)
English only: 7,350 (72.41%)
Language other than English: 2,801 (27.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,132 (11.15%)
--Spanish: 2,533 (24.95%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 1,013 (9.98%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 115 (1.13%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 49 (0.48%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 130 (1.28%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 70 (0.69%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,127 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 10,566% (94.96%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 50 (0.45%)
Danish: 116 (1.04%)
Dutch: 194 (1.74%)
English: 1,010 (9.08%)
French (except Basque): 239 (2.15%)
French Canadian: 83 (0.75%)
German: 1,530 (13.75%)
Greek: 0 (0%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 847 (7.61%)
Italian: 144 (1.29%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 210 (1.89%)
Polish: 109 (0.98%)
Portuguese: 6 (0.05%)
Russian: 45 (0.4%)
Scotch-Irish: 218 (1.96%)
Scottish: 221 (1.99%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 23 (0.21%)
Swedish: 114 (1.02%)
Swiss: 96 (0.86%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 672 (6.04%)
Welsh: 90 (0.81%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,549 (40.88%)

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