Pendleton, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4157150, place: Pendleton city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 4,074 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 306 (7.51%)
Kindergarten: 243 (5.96%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,621 (39.79%)
High school (grades 9-12): 1,027 (25.21%)
College or graduate school: 877 (21.53%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 10,646 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 482 (4.53%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 1,225 (11.51%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 2,780 (26.11%)
Some college, no degree: 2,745 (25.78%)
Associate degree: 881 (8.28%)
Bachelor's degree: 1,276 (11.99%)
Graduate or professional degree: 1,257 (11.81%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 84%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 23.8%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 13,187 (100%)
Never married: 2,832 (21.48%)
Now married, except separated: 7,646 (57.98%)
Separated: 178 (1.35%)
Total Widowed: 783 (5.94%)
Widowed Female: 586 (4.44%)
Total Divorced: 1,748 (13.26%)
Divorced Female: 904 (6.86%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 224 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 129 (57.59%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 12,440 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,872 (15.05%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 3,382 (100%)
--With a disability: 255 (7.54%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,942 (100%)
--With a disability: 1,492 (18.79%)
----Percent employed: 52.9%
--No disability: 6,450 (81.21%)
----Percent employed: 82.5%
Population 65 years and over: 1,946 (100%)
--With a disability: 838 (43.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 15,212 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 7,810 (51.34%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 6,969 (45.81%)
--Same county: 3,807 (25.03%)
--Different county: 3,162 (20.79%)
----Same state: 1,531 (10.06%)
----Different state: 1,631 (10.72%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 433 (2.85%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 16,262 (100%)
Native: 15,678 (96.41%)
--Born in United States: 15,463 (100%)
----State of residence: 8,467 (52.07%)
----Different state: 6,996 (43.02%)
--Born outside United States: 215 (1.32%)
Foreign born: 584 (3.59%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 334 (2.05%)
--Naturalized citizen: 135 (0.83%)
--Not a citizen: 449 (2.76%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 584 (100%)
Europe: 63 (10.79%)
Asia: 61 (10.45%)
Africa: 13 (2.23%)
Oceania: 6 (1.03%)
Latin America: 394 (67.47%)
Northern America: 47 (8.05%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 15,212 (100%)
English only: 14,013 (92.12%)
Language other than English: 1,199 (7.88%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 464 (3.05%)
--Spanish: 857 (5.63%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 365 (2.4%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 186 (1.22%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 40 (0.26%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 117 (0.77%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 50 (0.33%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 16,262 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,918% (91.74%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 95 (0.58%)
Danish: 232 (1.43%)
Dutch: 399 (2.45%)
English: 1,924 (11.83%)
French (except Basque): 506 (3.11%)
French Canadian: 152 (0.93%)
German: 2,799 (17.21%)
Greek: 38 (0.23%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 1,535 (9.44%)
Italian: 313 (1.92%)
Lithuanian: 8 (0.05%)
Norwegian: 509 (3.13%)
Polish: 97 (0.6%)
Portuguese: 31 (0.19%)
Russian: 44 (0.27%)
Scotch-Irish: 427 (2.63%)
Scottish: 410 (2.52%)
Slovak: 14 (0.09%)
Subsaharan African: 13 (0.08%)
Swedish: 374 (2.3%)
Swiss: 23 (0.14%)
Ukrainian: 15 (0.09%)
United States or American: 1,790 (11.01%)
Welsh: 96 (0.59%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 53 (0.33%)
Other ancestries: 3,021 (18.58%)

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