Prairie City, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4159650, place: Prairie City city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 288 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 13 (4.51%)
Kindergarten: 32 (11.11%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 147 (51.04%)
High school (grades 9-12): 78 (27.08%)
College or graduate school: 18 (6.25%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 744 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 29 (3.9%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 114 (15.32%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 273 (36.69%)
Some college, no degree: 190 (25.54%)
Associate degree: 53 (7.12%)
Bachelor's degree: 64 (8.6%)
Graduate or professional degree: 21 (2.82%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 80.8%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 11.4%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 857 (100%)
Never married: 117 (13.65%)
Now married, except separated: 510 (59.51%)
Separated: 9 (1.05%)
Total Widowed: 122 (14.24%)
Widowed Female: 94 (10.97%)
Total Divorced: 99 (11.55%)
Divorced Female: 44 (5.13%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 10 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 10 (100%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 811 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 124 (15.29%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 275 (100%)
--With a disability: 21 (7.64%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 577 (100%)
--With a disability: 112 (19.41%)
----Percent employed: 40.2%
--No disability: 465 (80.59%)
----Percent employed: 70.1%
Population 65 years and over: 149 (100%)
--With a disability: 57 (38.26%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 1,048 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 557 (53.15%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 489 (46.66%)
--Same county: 256 (24.43%)
--Different county: 233 (22.23%)
----Same state: 105 (10.02%)
----Different state: 128 (12.21%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 2 (0.19%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 1,118 (100%)
Native: 1,111 (99.37%)
--Born in United States: 1,103 (100%)
----State of residence: 665 (59.48%)
----Different state: 438 (39.18%)
--Born outside United States: 8 (0.72%)
Foreign born: 7 (0.63%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 2 (0.18%)
--Naturalized citizen: 5 (0.45%)
--Not a citizen: 2 (0.18%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 7 (100%)
Europe: 0 (0%)
Asia: 2 (28.57%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 0 (0%)
Northern America: 5 (71.43%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 1,048 (100%)
English only: 1,030 (98.28%)
Language other than English: 18 (1.72%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.29%)
--Spanish: 12 (1.15%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 3 (0.29%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 6 (0.57%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 0 (0%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 0 (0%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 1,118 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 1,024% (91.59%)
Arab: 0 (0%)
Czech: 3 (0.27%)
Danish: 20 (1.79%)
Dutch: 39 (3.49%)
English: 143 (12.79%)
French (except Basque): 23 (2.06%)
French Canadian: 26 (2.33%)
German: 191 (17.08%)
Greek: 2 (0.18%)
Hungarian: 0 (0%)
Irish: 117 (10.47%)
Italian: 38 (3.4%)
Lithuanian: 0 (0%)
Norwegian: 36 (3.22%)
Polish: 11 (0.98%)
Portuguese: 25 (2.24%)
Russian: 6 (0.54%)
Scotch-Irish: 26 (2.33%)
Scottish: 42 (3.76%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 3 (0.27%)
Swedish: 33 (2.95%)
Swiss: 14 (1.25%)
Ukrainian: 0 (0%)
United States or American: 79 (7.07%)
Welsh: 22 (1.97%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 0 (0%)
Other ancestries: 125 (11.18%)

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