Oregon City, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4155200, place: Oregon City city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 6,387 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 332 (5.2%)
Kindergarten: 372 (5.82%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 2,990 (46.81%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,185 (18.55%)
College or graduate school: 1,508 (23.61%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 16,088 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 649 (4.03%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,578 (9.81%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 4,444 (27.62%)
Some college, no degree: 5,312 (33.02%)
Associate degree: 1,150 (7.15%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,102 (13.07%)
Graduate or professional degree: 853 (5.3%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 86.2%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 18.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 19,747 (100%)
Never married: 4,993 (25.28%)
Now married, except separated: 10,698 (54.18%)
Separated: 361 (1.83%)
Total Widowed: 1,155 (5.85%)
Widowed Female: 946 (4.79%)
Total Divorced: 2,540 (12.86%)
Divorced Female: 1,435 (7.27%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 326 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 141 (43.25%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 18,794 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 2,720 (14.47%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 5,781 (100%)
--With a disability: 544 (9.41%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 14,626 (100%)
--With a disability: 2,494 (17.05%)
----Percent employed: 63.8%
--No disability: 12,132 (82.95%)
----Percent employed: 82.4%
Population 65 years and over: 2,220 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,069 (48.15%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 23,460 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 9,566 (40.78%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 13,587 (57.92%)
--Same county: 7,543 (32.15%)
--Different county: 6,044 (25.76%)
----Same state: 3,715 (15.84%)
----Different state: 2,329 (9.93%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 307 (1.31%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 25,533 (100%)
Native: 24,182 (94.71%)
--Born in United States: 23,951 (100%)
----State of residence: 14,441 (56.56%)
----Different state: 9,510 (37.25%)
--Born outside United States: 231 (0.9%)
Foreign born: 1,351 (5.29%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 512 (2.01%)
--Naturalized citizen: 494 (1.93%)
--Not a citizen: 857 (3.36%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 1,351 (100%)
Europe: 457 (33.83%)
Asia: 276 (20.43%)
Africa: 10 (0.74%)
Oceania: 8 (0.59%)
Latin America: 513 (37.97%)
Northern America: 87 (6.44%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 23,460 (100%)
English only: 21,416 (91.29%)
Language other than English: 2,044 (8.71%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 925 (3.94%)
--Spanish: 1,132 (4.83%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 520 (2.22%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 748 (3.19%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 326 (1.39%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 130 (0.55%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 68 (0.29%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 25,533 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 27,967% (109.53%)
Arab: 27 (0.11%)
Czech: 215 (0.84%)
Danish: 292 (1.14%)
Dutch: 638 (2.5%)
English: 3,352 (13.13%)
French (except Basque): 916 (3.59%)
French Canadian: 319 (1.25%)
German: 5,950 (23.3%)
Greek: 102 (0.4%)
Hungarian: 121 (0.47%)
Irish: 3,256 (12.75%)
Italian: 1,063 (4.16%)
Lithuanian: 24 (0.09%)
Norwegian: 1,044 (4.09%)
Polish: 365 (1.43%)
Portuguese: 57 (0.22%)
Russian: 371 (1.45%)
Scotch-Irish: 514 (2.01%)
Scottish: 778 (3.05%)
Slovak: 9 (0.04%)
Subsaharan African: 22 (0.09%)
Swedish: 953 (3.73%)
Swiss: 91 (0.36%)
Ukrainian: 248 (0.97%)
United States or American: 1,903 (7.45%)
Welsh: 418 (1.64%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 4,919 (19.27%)

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