Sherwood, OR

General Social Characteristics, 2000 data (id:4167100, place: Sherwood city, Oregon)

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school: 3,072 (100%)
Nursery school, preschool: 363 (11.82%)
Kindergarten: 194 (6.32%)
Elementary school (grades 1-8): 1,488 (48.44%)
High school (grades 9-12): 538 (17.51%)
College or graduate school: 489 (15.92%)

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over: 7,725 (100%)
Less than 9th grade: 107 (1.39%)
9th to 12th grade, no diploma: 349 (4.52%)
High school graduate (includes equivalency): 1,551 (20.08%)
Some college, no degree: 2,271 (29.4%)
Associate degree: 698 (9.04%)
Bachelor's degree: 2,179 (28.21%)
Graduate or professional degree: 570 (7.38%)
Percent high school graduate or higher: 94.1%
Percent bachelor's degree or higher: 35.6%

MARITIAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over: 8,749 (100%)
Never married: 1,428 (16.32%)
Now married, except separated: 6,124 (70%)
Separated: 52 (0.59%)
Total Widowed: 312 (3.57%)
Widowed Female: 253 (2.89%)
Total Divorced: 833 (9.52%)
Divorced Female: 509 (5.82%)

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with one or more own grandchildren under 18 years: 67 (100%)
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren: 25 (37.31%)

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over: 8,328 (100%)
Civilian veterans: 1,086 (13.04%)

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years: 2,605 (100%)
--With a disability: 154 (5.91%)
Population 21 to 64 years: 7,429 (100%)
--With a disability: 776 (10.45%)
----Percent employed: 65.9%
--No disability: 6,653 (89.55%)
----Percent employed: 85.9%
Population 65 years and over: 635 (100%)
--With a disability: 229 (36.06%)

RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over: 10,675 (100%)
Same house in 1995: 2,478 (23.21%)
Different house in the U.S. in 1995: 8,078 (75.67%)
--Same county: 3,347 (31.35%)
--Different county: 4,731 (44.32%)
----Same state: 2,920 (27.35%)
----Different state: 1,811 (16.96%)
Elsewhere in 1995: 119 (1.11%)

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population: 11,963 (100%)
Native: 11,432 (95.56%)
--Born in United States: 11,273 (100%)
----State of residence: 5,728 (47.88%)
----Different state: 5,545 (46.35%)
--Born outside United States: 159 (1.33%)
Foreign born: 531 (4.44%)
----Entered 1990 to March 2000: 240 (2.01%)
--Naturalized citizen: 243 (2.03%)
--Not a citizen: 288 (2.41%)

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea): 531 (100%)
Europe: 179 (33.71%)
Asia: 139 (26.18%)
Africa: 0 (0%)
Oceania: 0 (0%)
Latin America: 162 (30.51%)
Northern America: 51 (9.6%)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over: 10,675 (100%)
English only: 9,972 (93.41%)
Language other than English: 703 (6.59%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 227 (2.13%)
--Spanish: 313 (2.93%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 87 (0.81%)
--Other Indo-European languages: 231 (2.16%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 103 (0.96%)
--Asian and Pacific Island languages: 148 (1.39%)
----Speak English less than "very well": 37 (0.35%)

ANCESTRY (single or multiple)
Total population: 11,963 (100%)
Total ancestries reported: 14,825% (123.92%)
Arab: 49 (0.41%)
Czech: 76 (0.64%)
Danish: 98 (0.82%)
Dutch: 285 (2.38%)
English: 1,992 (16.65%)
French (except Basque): 512 (4.28%)
French Canadian: 111 (0.93%)
German: 3,207 (26.81%)
Greek: 81 (0.68%)
Hungarian: 31 (0.26%)
Irish: 2,155 (18.01%)
Italian: 744 (6.22%)
Lithuanian: 27 (0.23%)
Norwegian: 625 (5.22%)
Polish: 164 (1.37%)
Portuguese: 10 (0.08%)
Russian: 103 (0.86%)
Scotch-Irish: 301 (2.52%)
Scottish: 422 (3.53%)
Slovak: 0 (0%)
Subsaharan African: 5 (0.04%)
Swedish: 433 (3.62%)
Swiss: 127 (1.06%)
Ukrainian: 53 (0.44%)
United States or American: 866 (7.24%)
Welsh: 112 (0.94%)
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups): 29 (0.24%)
Other ancestries: 2,207 (18.45%)

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